I don't think "fun" drives the ego, but rather ego is a protection from our fears and serves as a protection our self-worth. And sure, it's probably less of a good feeling moving up. For example, some golfers don't move up a tee box or two because they are afraid of what others will think/say...
Thanks! My home course is littered with hazards, and is also littered with my golf balls, which finds those hazards just a bit too often. The consensus among my playing partners is that even though it's the shortest course we play, it's also the most difficult.
Absolutely. A young friend of mine picked up the game at the age of 22, by the time he was 25 he was a 2 HI and a legit 300 yards off the tee. Never had a lesson either. But those people are few and far between. At the same time, he started with a set of GI irons, and after two years switched to...
This game can really test us mentally. There is no other activity I can think of where if you put in the work, you might not see the results commensurate with that work. If you take up an instrument, learn a language, etc., you will get better. Not so much with golf. Sure, you're better than...
Played 18 today…took a cart. It took our group 1:25 to play the front, 2:35 to play the back. Shot an 82 with six lost golf balls. Pretty much any other course it would have been zero lost golf balls. Fortunately I found more than I lost…so there is that.
My home course has a 9 hole short course with yardages ranging from 48 to 100 yards, the average being about 75 yards. The best I've played 18 holes is -5. This guy shoots a 58 from 7000+ in a tournament. These guys aren't good, they're great.
A number of years ago I purchased a set of ultra game improvement irons, in my naiveté thinking they would be very forgiving. Not. I hit a lot of hooks with them and hit my friend's TW Nike irons better.
Frankie Capan shot an opening round 58 yesterday at the Veritex Bank Championship. In one eight-hole stretch he shot -9 at the Texas Rangers Golf Club. Apparently Scheffler shot a 59 there during a casual round a few years ago.
That's crazy stuff. If you look at the Zurich the lowest score...
Two extremes: the first was playing in snow along with high winds (didn't start until the back nine), the second was playing when the heat index hit 124º.