brock on Nostr: The cool thing about golf is that the embedded creativity and optionality means you ...
The cool thing about golf is that the embedded creativity and optionality means you never master it, even if you play your best round. There is always a shot you could have done differently, played the wind differently, hit a putt differently, chose iron instead of driver off the tee.
And you play against yourself - other people too, sure - but mostly against yourself.
Because expectations can widely vary depending on who you are, what your life experience has been, and your level of play - you playing bogey golf might be the equivalent to a PGA tour professional making the cut. Winning a club championship could feel like winning the Masters. Shooting over 100 might feel like Tiger Woods missing a cut.
That damned, little white ball.
And you play against yourself - other people too, sure - but mostly against yourself.
Because expectations can widely vary depending on who you are, what your life experience has been, and your level of play - you playing bogey golf might be the equivalent to a PGA tour professional making the cut. Winning a club championship could feel like winning the Masters. Shooting over 100 might feel like Tiger Woods missing a cut.
That damned, little white ball.