Top Reasons to Play Golf

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1. Playing a round of golf on a beautiful golf course is like strolling through a manicured garden. The aesthetics of the surroundings put one at peace with Nature. In fact, all this order and beauty lifts us above the mundane realities of the outside world and gives us a sense of privilege for being a part of this wonderful setting.

2. Golf is a truly demanding exercise in focus and discipline because it requires concentration and physical coordination at the moment of impact. If you are daydreaming or thinking about personal problems or things at home or at work, you will hit the ball into the lake or the woods. This situation will continue to worsen until you put all those distractions on hold and keep your eye on the ball. It is a compelling sport in this regard.

3. The game forces you to completely immerse yourself in another reality for long period of time. In this sense, it is a highly therapeutic activity because you have
to move your other cares, distractions and concerns to the back burner for 4-5 hours to address the challenges of the game. The consequences of a bad performance or the joys of a great round will rarely have a huge impact on one's life. One accepts the realities of the moment and looks forward to the next time he can play. This is good for one's mental health.

4. Golf provides a great way provide a sustained physical activity for a long period of time. Once started on the first tee, his/her exercise program will go on continuously for 4-5 hours. It is not a rigorous work-out like a gym routine would be, but it lasts through 18 holes. Even riding around the course in a golf cart provides some exercise and plenty of walking. The game has a beginning and an end, and in between, one keeps moving.

5. Golfers are generally a nice group of people, at least on the course. One can normally learn something from his playing partners, even the ones we meet on the first tee. You don’t have to be rich to play golf, but most golfers know what it means to work for a living. Since golfers have a broad spectrum of interests and talents, it is easy to gain something from the casual conversations held on the golf course. In this way, golf is much different from other sports.

6. The rules of golf are quite demanding and don't always seem fair. Yet they must be strictly followed. One's honesty is regularly put to the test on the course. If you remove a stick which is behind your ball and the ball moves even slightly, you must charge yourself with a penalty.

7. With golf, the entire responsibility for the outcome of any action lies with the
player. He picks the club, the time of the address and the type of swing he will use on every shot. If things don't work out, he can't blame the ball, the course or the company; he chose them, too. Conversely, if things work out well, he can take all the credit. For the most part, we are on our own with our shots on the course. This means that the frustrations of bad play are ours alone.

8. Golf can be played for most of one's life without a dramatic drop in one's level of competiveness. Since it is an individual sport, one can play it anywhere. You don't need partners, only the course and the opportunity to play. With the handicap system, one can match up with anyone and have a little competition or just play against "Mr. Par". Since you can rent clubs and buy the rest, you really can fit golf into nearly any trip. What could be better than that?

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