December 16, 2007 -
Just in time for Christmas, Doofus Proof Golf has finally hit the street. The response has been great so far, and even the PayPal ordering site is working like a champ. How good is that?
Learned that I need to read my own book last week. Played at the beautiful Copperhead Course at Innisbrook resort, and was minding all my etiquette P's and Q's by fixing multiple ball marks on one particular green. I was 80 feet from the guy getting ready to putt, and finished what I was doing and stood up (and still) to watch him putt for par.
Just before he drew his club back, I realized that the setting sun was piercing through the trees behind me, and that big blotch of shade just in front of his ball was my elongated head and shoulders. Instinctively, I bent down quickly to move the shadow out of his line, but did so just as he was drawing back the putter. He missed an 8 foot putt by four feet.
Even though he was pleasant because he was having a rough round anyway, I felt awful, and wondered why I wasn't paying closer attention to what was going on, despite my best intentions on the green.
I know it sounds a little silly, but being an excellent playing partner takes some practice and concentration of its own, but is well worth the time investment required. Live and learn.
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Right or wrong, I like the image of the very first golfers as bored shepherds using their hooked staffs to whack rocks around the countryside while their sheep munched on their lunch. Eventually they'd select a flat spot over yonder, and see who could reach it in the least number of whacks.
One among them realized a hole was needed as the final destination for the rock, and suddenly golf was all the rage. It became so popular in Scotland at one point that the King had to outlaw it because his archers were spending their daily practice time out on the links, instead.
Golf is an unbelievably addictive game. Once you catch the golf bug, it’s hard to concentrate on anything else. Days, weeks . . . even entire vacations are all organized around opportunities to swing the club.
Golf is also a gentlemen’s game, kept that way through a set of guidelines for proper conduct among competitors. These guidelines govern the pace and order of play, positioning of players, care of the course, as well as issues of integrity and temperament. They are as important to the game as the actual rules of play.
So remember this: you can embarrass yourself two ways on a golf course . . . with a bad swing and with bad etiquette. Most will excuse a bad swing, but few will excuse bad etiquette. Nor should they – it’s your obligation to know how to handle yourself on the course to help make everyone’s day as enjoyable as possible.
That’s what Doofus Proof Golf will do for you – save you some serious embarrassment and put you more at ease on the golf course. Play well or play poorly – none of us know which when we tee it up on #1. But either way, we should all play correctly. Hit 'em straight.
Right or wrong, I like the image of the very first golfers as bored shepherds using their hooked staffs to whack rocks around the countryside while their sheep munched on their lunch. Eventually they'd select a flat spot over yonder, and see who could reach it in the least number of whacks.
One among them realized a hole was needed as the final destination for the rock, and suddenly golf was all the rage. It became so popular in Scotland at one point that the King had to outlaw it because his archers were spending their daily practice time out on the links, instead.
Golf is an unbelievably addictive game. Once you catch the golf bug, it’s hard to concentrate on anything else. Days, weeks . . . even entire vacations are all organized around opportunities to swing the club.
Golf is also a gentlemen’s game, kept that way through a set of guidelines for proper conduct among competitors. These guidelines govern the pace and order of play, positioning of players, care of the course, as well as issues of integrity and temperament. They are as important to the game as the actual rules of play.
So remember this: you can embarrass yourself two ways on a golf course . . . with a bad swing and with bad etiquette. Most will excuse a bad swing, but few will excuse bad etiquette. Nor should they – it’s your obligation to know how to handle yourself on the course to help make everyone’s day as enjoyable as possible.
That’s what Doofus Proof Golf will do for you – save you some serious embarrassment and put you more at ease on the golf course. Play well or play poorly – none of us know which when we tee it up on #1. But either way, we should all play correctly. Hit 'em straight.
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