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**hasasnn2345tv** · 07-22-2009, 07:49 PM

"Quit" is a relative term. Are you going to quit forever, a week, 10 days, after 8 holes, 16 hours, the next tee box. "Done for a while" might be a better term.

I shoot scores when I really focus on what I am doing in the high 70s, to low 80s about 95% of the time...........except when I am in FW Texas on those Rockwood greens.

I tend to golf too much. By that I mean I let other things go, that I should be doing. Yard work, home maintenance, car stuff, and a slew of other "honey do this" things. Once I get a pile of undone stuff, I don't golf again till I get caught up. Family, and pet stuff are my first priority, personal health is second, and golf/hiking are third. Everything else has another place in line.

If I am golfing, having a bad round, I will finish it, and not give it a second thought. I found out a long time ago that dwelling on the bad, only made the future worse. How I might finish a poor round, becomes the new focus. One time, what ever the reason, my PW was giving me fits, costing me strokes through 5 holes. I played the remaining 13 holes with just my PW. I even putted with it. By the time I was on the 12th hole I was hitting it pretty well again. The folks I was golfing with thought I was nuts, until I won a few holes. The other day I bought a bucket of balls. After warming up (it was a 104* already) I found I was not hitting anything good. No progress what so ever. Not quite the shanks, but in that family of bad shots.. After about 20 balls, I gave the remaining 40 balls to the guy next to me. Went to the 19th, had a drought beverage, and watched Watson play some great golf. Next day I shot a 77 for 18 holes.

Playing golf is not a life or death thing, although one could say it does add to one's life. If a person makes it that important, and does not already know how to play well, or is not learning to play well (improving) then that person should probably take up another sport, or hobby. Now if a person is a 15 hdcpr, knows that is as good as he/she will ever be, and is happy with that, that's good thing. That person knows how to enjoy the game

07-22-2009, 07:49 PM	#4
hasasnn2345tv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	"Quit" is a relative term. Are you going to quit forever, a week, 10 days, after 8 holes, 16 hours, the next tee box. "Done for a while" might be a better term. I shoot scores when I really focus on what I am doing in the high 70s, to low 80s about 95% of the time...........except when I am in FW Texas on those Rockwood greens. I tend to golf too much. By that I mean I let other things go, that I should be doing. Yard work, home maintenance, car stuff, and a slew of other "honey do this" things. Once I get a pile of undone stuff, I don't golf again till I get caught up. Family, and pet stuff are my first priority, personal health is second, and golf/hiking are third. Everything else has another place in line. If I am golfing, having a bad round, I will finish it, and not give it a second thought. I found out a long time ago that dwelling on the bad, only made the future worse. How I might finish a poor round, becomes the new focus. One time, what ever the reason, my PW was giving me fits, costing me strokes through 5 holes. I played the remaining 13 holes with just my PW. I even putted with it. By the time I was on the 12th hole I was hitting it pretty well again. The folks I was golfing with thought I was nuts, until I won a few holes. The other day I bought a bucket of balls. After warming up (it was a 104* already) I found I was not hitting anything good. No progress what so ever. Not quite the shanks, but in that family of bad shots.. After about 20 balls, I gave the remaining 40 balls to the guy next to me. Went to the 19th, had a drought beverage, and watched Watson play some great golf. Next day I shot a 77 for 18 holes. Playing golf is not a life or death thing, although one could say it does add to one's life. If a person makes it that important, and does not already know how to play well, or is not learning to play well (improving) then that person should probably take up another sport, or hobby. Now if a person is a 15 hdcpr, knows that is as good as he/she will ever be, and is happy with that, that's good thing. That person knows how to enjoy the game
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