Correlation Between Golf And Boredom
When people hear the word “golf” they often correlate it with a misleading sense of boring, elderly men and women who have nothing better to do. Unbelievably, there is a broader reason so many retirees indulge in golf lifestyle. Yes, golf is a lifestyle, just not a sport. Many people, most of whom know absolutely nothing about the sport, do not realize that playing gold regularly can add five years to your life span and have many other wellbeing related benefits. Golf is a great therapeutic activity because it teaches good etiquette for a healthy lifestyle.
In order to be successful with any career, it is important to follow good etiquette in certain situations or environments. Golf is an effective way to teach this. Most golfers pride themselves on being honest, respect, disciplined, and courteous among other qualities. These qualities are incorporated into the sports in various, and often unnoticeable ways. Unfortunately, many people do not see these ways, and therefore do not give golf a chance to better their etiquette. One cannot put enough emphasis on the quality of having proper and admirable etiquette, especially today. A first impression means so much in today's world. If one can appeal to another's initial and often unfair judgements, a social barrier is broken, and the possibilities from there are endless.
In sport of golf, there are many ways in which good etiquette is incorporated honesty is often seen as the most significant quality of the golfer and is practiced during many different situations on the course. There are many rules and regulations to follow when golfing, and usually no official or referee is present to enforce them. The only exception is in competitive golf, such as college and the PGA tour. As a result, one must be honest and write down the correct score on the score card. Another situation when honestly is needed when one commits a penalty or rules violation. Certain penalties and violations result in adding a penalty stroke, or extra stroke, to one's score. It is clearly written in the rules and regulations handbook that a player must count every stroke, including penalty strokes like stated before, there is often no one present, besides other golfers, to enforce the rules. Thus, one must do the right thing even when no one is looking.
Respect for one another is expected in sport of golf. Respect is also important to have in one's everyday life. It must be given to be earned. A wonderful way to practice giving respect, as well as receiving it, is on the golf course. An example of this is when a group is on the tee box getting ready for its first shot of the hole. The person who had the best score on the previous hole gets a tee of first. Another example is that cell phones are not supposed to be used during the round. It is disrespectful because it can distract other players. Also, everyone is expected to pay attention when someone else is hitting as a way of showing respect, but also in case there is a mishap with the rules the other players need to help decide regarding what happen on the previous shot and/or what route to take with the next shot. One is expected to not stand in the line of sight of another golfer when that golfer is hitting. Silence is also appropriate an expected in the same situation. On the green, it is not proper for another player to step on the line along which the putter intends to hit the ball. Steeping on the line can cause and indent in the green, which could change paths that the ball rolls.
Discipline is another significant characteristic of good etiquette. One must be able to make the right decision even when it may be an unfavorable one. Penalties are a notable example of how discipline is used in golf. To play the game correctly and sufficiently, one must abide by every rule in the book. It can be tempting to not count penalty strokes or redo a shot even if the ball is playable. There are countless opportunities throughout a round of golf in which one could potentially cheat. In the rule book, it states that one cannot change position of the ball in any way from where it is. It would be quite easy for a player to move the ball to a better lye when no one are looking. Its lye's every shot. Something that ties in with penalty strokes are hazards. A hazard is a marked area where, if a ball lands in and stays in that area, the golfer who hit the ball is penalized with one, in some cases two, extra strokes. It requires self-discipline to follow this rule as well. The golfer does not give in but follows the rules and plays a fair game.
Being on time is essential to everything, especially today where the over used phrase “time is money” has poisoned our culture. Having said that, timeliness it is still essential and is not going to change. Why wouldn’t someone want it in their repertoire? Timeliness exists in golf from the moment a tee time is scheduled to the moment the cart is pulled away. Showing up to the golf course is necessary to provide time to warm up a putt for a while. If someone shows up late, the group behind then gets held up and causes a big inconvenience. The group that had to tee off late could have planned things perfectly so that they made it to something just in time afterwards. Now, they will probably have to quit golfing before they are finished. No one knows, so it is important to show up on time and keep things moving. Another thing that is often stressed at golf clubs is pace of play, which is how fast it takes to progress from hole to hole. It is never fun to have to wait for the group ahead, and golf clubs do not want to lose customers because they are being forced to wait five minutes at every tee box. Therefore, a sense of timeliness is necessary to always have an idea of how long it has been since tee off and if the pace needs to be picked up or not.
The mind is an essential part of one's wellbeing Dr. Raymond Hall wrote that “the body preforms what the mind creates”. Not much matters if someone has, the wrong mindset. Therefore, it is so important that the mind is continuously challenged and bettered. Golf can help create a strong mindset, and this is evident in many ways. One must not just be able to make decisions; they must have to make good decisions in a timely manner. In golf, this is practiced with every single shot. Multiple decisions must be made every time the ball is hit, how to strike the ball, where to put the ball in one's stance. The slightest mistake in judgement can cause your ball to end up one hundred yards in the wrong direction. Careful decision making is required to prevent this.
Golf teaches the idea that the result is not the be all end all. The process and work put into something; the result will take care of itself. Golf is about the development of skills and technique. People who have been. playing golf since grade school often continue to work on their game well into their elderly years. It is a lifelong sport that provides wellbeing related benefits.it often is not about what score is on the scorecard. Playing golf can also build confidence. When a lifetime is spent playing one sport, endless progress can be made. This results in enormous potential for building of confidence, and confidence is important for the enrichment of the mind.
