Introduction...
Remember what it was like the first time you picked up a golf club?
The first time you took a swing at a golf ball?
Chances are, if you're like me it was at a driving range. What a fantastic place!
Where else can you go and let our your frustrations, by swinging a club at a ball and driving it 200 yards downrange, and have a ton of fun at the same time?
That's what getting started with golf was like for me. I went to the driving range two to three times a week and spent hours just having fun. I wasn't thinking about what club I was using, what the best approach to the green would be, or trying to see the green to make birdie with one putt.
I was having a blast smashing that little white ball and driving it as far as I could.
Then I got the idea that it would be a great time walking all over golf courses chasing that little white ball and trying to put it into a small cup.
It sure wasn't just taking a whack anymore. Now it was about strategy and scores. Now it was about choosing which number club to use. What approach do I take in reading my next putt?
I love golf, but it was more like operating a business than spending time playing my favorite sport.
Decisions, strategies, trying to think two strokes ahead.... it was work. I wasn't relaxed. I didn't feel refreshed after each round. I even started struggling with my scores. Instead of making par or under most of the time, I