Enjoy Golf More

We all enjoy the game of golf, but we sometimes wish we had never picked up a club. Here are some tips to help you prevent those times from happening.

1. Walk the golf course. Many suggest that walking is not only the purist way to enjoy the sport, but it can also improve your score. Walking gives you a better opportunity to scan the layout of each hole and consider the best strategy for your next shot. It is also a great way to get a little exercise. And, if you’re usually a golf cart person, you can save a lot of cash on cart rental fees. With a little of the money you save, you can buy yourself a golf pull cart. You won’t even have to carry your bag.

2. Don’t play the blue tees.Unless you are at least a 10 handicap or lower, why bother making the game even harder than it has to be. If you are shooting in the 90s or triple digits, making the game harder doesn’t make much sense. Take the extra level of anxiety out of the equation and play the white tees.

3. Try playing different games. Instead of playing the same old match with your buddies, compete in games other than score. Some examples might be most fairways hit, least amount of three putts, or most one putts.

4. If it is your honor, take it. You just birdied the hardest (or easiest) hole on the golf course, it’s your tee, you earned it, take it. Challenge yourself to get another one; you will be surprised how often you can have two birdies in a row if you are actually trying.

5. Improve the ball’s lie. When you are playing a leisure round of golf, there is no way you should be playing the strict rules of golf. If everyone played strictly by the rules, a round of golf all over the world would be at least 6 hours. Golfers would be looking for every lost ball for five minutes and returning to the tees all day after hitting there first ball out bounds.So if we are bending the rules to save time, why not improve your lie, something you can actually benefit from. Play winter rules all the time, if you are not playing a competitive round.

6. Lower your expectations.If you are an average golfer, if you’re lucky, you play twice a week. On top of that, you don’t practice as much as you wish you could. You can’t honestly think that your game is as good as it should be. Just enjoy the game itself, don’t be so hard on yourself when you’re not playing well. Everyone has bad days, even professionals.

The game will be much more enjoyable if you play the white tees, walk with a golf pull cart, give yourself a good lie, don’t play for the best score, play for the honor, and be realistic about your expectations.