What is it about this game that makes you think after shanking a drive off the fairway that you can hook the ball from the rough, around a tree, over a stream, to land on the green, just clearing the bunker and rolling it up to the pin, and not recognize until a millisecond after you strike the ball that it was an impossible shot from the get go?
Is I vanity, visualizing the impossible, saw a pro do it on TV, the lure of the perfect shot, failure to recognise the impossible, trying too hard to recover, the need for immediate self-gratification???
My on-course red flag signaling device is not working or my “Danger Will Robinson Danger” inner robot is malfunctioning.
Most times I know better but can’t keep myself from going for it anyway and end up paying the price. I am generally not a major risk taker, but on the golf course?
Am I doomed, or does discipline come with experience?
Is I vanity, visualizing the impossible, saw a pro do it on TV, the lure of the perfect shot, failure to recognise the impossible, trying too hard to recover, the need for immediate self-gratification???
My on-course red flag signaling device is not working or my “Danger Will Robinson Danger” inner robot is malfunctioning.
Most times I know better but can’t keep myself from going for it anyway and end up paying the price. I am generally not a major risk taker, but on the golf course?
Am I doomed, or does discipline come with experience?
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