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But they just ran an MMT commercial. I just let that one run to completion.
My passion comes from always wanting to improve but also spending time with Friends is what life is about!
I don’t remember when I started but I just remember playing lefty with my mom’s clubs as a pre-teen and going and playing with my dad and his buddies probably once every few months when they would play. As I grew into a teen, I outgrew my mom’s left clubs and then started playing with my dad’s righty clubs. I have played righty ever since even though I do everything in life and sports left handed and I’m left eye dominate.
I have had seasons of golf in my life. I played sporadic until I started my career and started having days off during the week. My big sports have always been fishing and hunting. I played and coached softball until I injured my Achilles. After that I picked golf back up and when I did it was on. Playing 2-3 days a week and I got down to around a 10 handicap. Played feverish til I bought a new fishing boat and then took a hiatus. Didn’t play but about once a year for 5-6 years. All of a sudden got invited by a buddy to play and the fever was on again. This time golf has really consumed me. It’s all I watch on tv or sm. THP is always been awesome. I hit balls in my yard everyday it’s not raining and play every week. Putting on the Perfect putt everyday.
I guess there’s worse things to be consumed by. My wife just rolls her eyes [emoji1787]. I wish her or my kids had any interest at all but they don’t.
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The question about passion was thought provoking, and I spent some time turning it over in my mind. I’m not sure I can point to one thing about golf that drives the passion, it’s a sum of all things. Spending time outdoors in a beautiful environment, the camaraderie with friends, the perpetual challenge of a game I’ll never master, the feeling when I hit a well struck shot or sink a long putt, the elation when I shoot a good score and the desire to come back and avenge it when I shoot a bad one. It’s a respite and a refuge, the fact that I can put all the other stuff in life out of my mind for 3 or 4 hours and just go enjoy myself. It’s an activity you can start enjoying at a young age, and continue to enjoy it well into old age – and honestly, you don’t even have to be very good at it to enjoy it! The challenge of the game evolves over time, but it never goes away. All those things together create the passion.
Some great thoughts on passion.
That is such a great line, Golf Is Unconquerable
As I sit and think about it I too am not sure where it came from but I can go back 20+ years and realize at some point it became something I loved. I took a class at Golfsmith where I learned to build clubs, I played golf with my dad and his friends ever Sunday and even built my own set from components.
Then life changed and I quit the game for about 6-8 years. I focused on another sport and my family. It wasn’t until I found THP that my passion was reignited and has only gotten grown over my time here. Something about this game and equipment drives me. I used to think it was the challenge of the game, you vs the course which is a different challenge every time out but I think it’s more than that
This is where I am stuck. It is the challenge, it is the idea that perfection is impossible. But there is something else. I think for me part of it is the social, but in a different way than just being with friends. I’m convinced I can figure this out, but i’m at a loss currently.
When I tried golf, it instantly hooked me with the improvement possibility. Even as an adult starting from zero, I could see and feel progress. There was and is an illusion, that I could be almost as good as some really great players. I trained, I played, I spent a ton of time getting better. And I loved it. The singular great shots, sunk 50 footers or striped tee shots were awesome, but the best part was and is when I can see myself getting more consistent, not fearing a shot but approaching it with confidence. That keeps me coming back.
I enjoy the social rounds and playing with a good group, but I equally enjoy the solitary dew sweeper rounds where it’s just me and the course. I’m trying to best myself as well as the course layout and I take immense joy in doing it. As some others have said, I also enjoy taking my mind off everything else for the 2-4 hours that I’m on the round. Or even on the range. When I’m golfing, I’m not worrying, I’m relaxing and recovering. And that’s the real driver behind my passion nowadays.
Perfection is impossible even for the pros. There is something beautiful yet frustrating about it too haha
The course across street was a Masonic course. Dad was a Mason. I got a membership and off I went. Every day from M-F. Some days I’d walk numerous rounds. All from the creation of passion from mini golf in OC.
Now I get to enjoy it all over again with one of my Son’s who also enjoys the game.
Thanks Hackers and Worst Podcast.
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