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I dont play any official competitive golf nor leagues etc...
We often talk on the forum pages about competitive golf and unfortunately a huge amount of that talk seems to be more bad than good.
Sandbagging, rules cheaters, problems with the way events are run, issues with the handicap system, personal issues between players, etc,etc.. it just sems to me (being one who doesn't play competitively in any official capacity) that there is more negatives and sour times than positive good ones. And not just on forums but as i play my none competitive golf and for years am at/on courses so very many times I hear the bitching and moaning from others while they discuss their competitive golf. I mean even while outside the actual events , leagues, whatever, and it could be on the practice green, or at the practice range, or simply at the club house, or of course while you play a casual round. The negative frustrations about all the bad and unfair stuff or often vented. Its not constant but collectively through the years its a whole lot. and we certainly have the fair share of that here too.
So it all got me thinking....just exactly how much fun is official competitive golf? whether here or in person out at my courses it seems a ton of it is plagued with unpleasant issues. Heck, even friendly unofficial competitive play has its ugly side sometimes that has been brought up.
It seems that sometimes perhaps i should be glad im not involved in that stuff. because it seems there can often be more problems than it is fun.
I can understand that when things go worng is usually when they get discussed and not so much when things are ok. So i'll amuse that has something to do with why the bad is talked about more than the good. But the bad and the issues/problems are still a dominant topic too many times in too many places. So it all almost makes me question if its really as much fun as it should be or is it actually more stressful , aggravating and problematic than it is anything else?
We often talk on the forum pages about competitive golf and unfortunately a huge amount of that talk seems to be more bad than good.
Sandbagging, rules cheaters, problems with the way events are run, issues with the handicap system, personal issues between players, etc,etc.. it just sems to me (being one who doesn't play competitively in any official capacity) that there is more negatives and sour times than positive good ones. And not just on forums but as i play my none competitive golf and for years am at/on courses so very many times I hear the bitching and moaning from others while they discuss their competitive golf. I mean even while outside the actual events , leagues, whatever, and it could be on the practice green, or at the practice range, or simply at the club house, or of course while you play a casual round. The negative frustrations about all the bad and unfair stuff or often vented. Its not constant but collectively through the years its a whole lot. and we certainly have the fair share of that here too.
So it all got me thinking....just exactly how much fun is official competitive golf? whether here or in person out at my courses it seems a ton of it is plagued with unpleasant issues. Heck, even friendly unofficial competitive play has its ugly side sometimes that has been brought up.
It seems that sometimes perhaps i should be glad im not involved in that stuff. because it seems there can often be more problems than it is fun.
I can understand that when things go worng is usually when they get discussed and not so much when things are ok. So i'll amuse that has something to do with why the bad is talked about more than the good. But the bad and the issues/problems are still a dominant topic too many times in too many places. So it all almost makes me question if its really as much fun as it should be or is it actually more stressful , aggravating and problematic than it is anything else?