Golf: a Journey

It is said that GOLF is the challenge of a lifetime; a sport so emotive that promotes both inexpressible elation and unimaginable despair!

It is more than a game; it is a pursuit, a journey on which there is no destination.  It is a mirror that reflects who we really are, the kind of person we are, through the way that we play the game.

It is a constant test to our patience.  It demands us to keep focused on each and every shot, to continue to believe that, no matter how badly we may be playing at the time, if we grind it out we can still achieve a score.  It demands that we never give up or give in and it demands that accept our good shots and bad shots with equal grace.

A good shot to a novice gives the same satisfaction as a good shot to a tour professional albeit the results are quite different.

It is a game that drives us to do better and to improve for who really can be content with their own mediocrity?

Whether we play golf to enjoy the fresh air, the exercise and companionship of friends or whether we have ambitions on a higher level it is a game that demands our respect.

It is a game of trust where we call our own penalties knowing that others will do the same.  Break that trust and that person will be ostracised and outcast forever.

We strive always to do that what is right, also that what is fair; to leave the course the way we would like to find it and to treat others in the way we would like them to treat us.

GOLF!  It is not how well one plays the game that counts for not everyone can be a champion, it is the way in which one plays the game that really matters.

The truth is that the biggest compliment one will ever get is that phone call saying "Would you like to play golf this weekend?  I don't care what your handicap is, they say you are good to play golf with"!

GOLF!  It is like our journey in life, don't you think?