Ways To Enjoy Golf More
Golf is game that many of us enjoy, but there are times when we wish we had never picked up a club. You can make those times less frequent by using a few of these suggestions.
1. Walk the course. Some say that walking is not only the purist way to enjoy the sport, but it can also help your game. Walking gives you a better opportunity to scan the layout of each hole and consider the best strategy for your next shot. It is also a great form of exercise. And, if you’re normally a golf cart person, you can save a lot of cash on cart rental fees. With a little of the money you save, you can buy yourself a golf push cart and you won’t even have to carry your bag.
2. Don’t play the blue tees. Unless you are at least a 10 handicap or lower, why bother making the golf course more difficult than it has to be. If you are shooting in the 90 or triple digits, it doesn’t make much sense to make the game any more difficult. By playing the white tees, you can take the extra level of anxiety out of the equation.
3. Play different games with friends. Compete in categories other than score, instead of playing the same old match with your buddies. Most fairways hit, least amount of 3 putts, or most 1 putts might be some examples.
4. If it’s your honor, take it. You just birdied the hardest or even the easiest hole on the golf course, it’s your tee, you earned it, take it. Challenge yourself to get another one; you will be surprised how often you can have two birdies in a row if you are actually trying to get two birdies in a row.
5. Improve your lie.When you are playing a leisure round of golf, there is no way you should be playing the strict rules of golf. If everyone played by these rules, the average round of golf would be at least 6 hours. Golfers would be returning to the tees all day after hitting there first ball out bounds, or searching for every lost ball for 5 minutes. So if we are bending the rules to save time, why not improve your lie, something you can actually benefit from. Play winter rules all the time, if you are not playing a competitive round.
6. Don’t be so hard on yourself. An average golfer plays twice a week if they’re lucky. On top of that, you don’t practice as much as you should. You cannot honestly believe that your game is exactly what it should be. Just enjoy the game itself, don’t be so hard on yourself when you are not playing well. Even the pros have bad days.
If you follow a few of these tips: play the white tees, walk with a golf push cart, give yourself a good lie, don’t play for the best score, play for the honor, and be realistic about your expectations, the game will be much more enjoyable.














