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Digestopia > Golf > Golf Articles < Article New Articles and Videos for May 30, 2007 Why would anyone want to subject themselves to the game of golf? I mean, unless you have the temperment of Ghandi why bother? From the outset you have to call on your body to do unnatural things. In baseball, you are a swinging entity, moving toward an obital sphere. In football you become an irrisistable force hurtling toward an immovable object. In basketball you are a leaping balletic gazelle, who has been given a ball to bounce. Golf? You are a stationary figure hovering over a stationary object. J.B. Holmes shocked the golfing world with a runaway win at the FBR Open last week. He came in ranked 464th in the world but his second top ten of the season will certainly draw some attention his way. On the 18th last Sunday, he bombed a 354-yard drive to the delight of the spectators and if anyone saw him after that shot, they saw a young man shaking like a first time winner should be. Thanks to the star power of Tiger Woods, golf has become one of the commercially successful sports worldwide. Now, golf is enjoying and basking in its popularity with several major and minor tournaments happening every year. Very few people, whether they are golfers or not, realize that the mind cannot stand still. Even the most unobservant person’s mind is continually receiving new impressions. In the course of a single round many of new ideas enter the mind of every golfer, possibly leading him to trying experiments, a change either of grip or stance, or, sometimes a deliberate attempt to slice or hook an iron-shot. There are many ways single golfers behave when taking a potential partner on a golf date. The thing you need to think about as you play your 18 holes is why you are there. Is it to play golf or to get to know someone you may want to become involved with. Here are three quick tips to follow if you are trying to impress your golfmate. Most golfers will admit that golf is 90% mental, yet most spend all their time and efforts on the mechanical aspect of the game. The golfing industry has not helped the trend by breaking down the swing and analyzing each of its components. Although, the average handicap for club players is still the same as it was 20 years ago. Even with all the new technology in equipment and video analysis. |
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Updated: May 30, 2007