More Wonders of Golf

When you step onto the first tee of the golf course – one yo have played hundreds of times before, or you are visiting for the first time – you have a sense of excitement. How challenging will it be today? How much fun will yo have?

If you manage to hit a good first tee shot, you go forward with a sense of relief and well-being. If you hit a bad one, maybe you will be annoyed, but you know that you will play better once you are warmed up. Ideally, you should have warmed up beforehand, but most people just dash onto the tee and hit the ball!

Isn’t golf a wonderful game? Well, if you’re a non-golfer you might wonder what’s so great about it. Golf provides pleasure on so many levels. You get:

The challenge of the course;
The test of co-ordinating your mind and muscles, even when the pressure is on;
The pleasure of the company of friends;
and the beauty of the countryside you are playing in – even if it is surrounded by tall buildings, a golf course can be beautiful.

You’ll see straight away that I don’t agree with Mark Twain that golf spoiled a good walk – great writer, but he lacked imagination when it came to golf.

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