My Life’s Work – Learning To Play Golf

Learning to play golf is a tremendous challenge for every golfer. Learning to play golf is challenging, it should, however, be approached as a game that is fun and enjoyable. In fairness, one can learn to ride a bike in an afternoon, whereas learning to play golf is a lifetime’s work. Aside from long jaunts to the country, learning to play golf is one of the best ways to combine both.

The first step in learning to play golf is obviously taking some golf lessons. I think learning to play golf is just like learning a language or learning to play the piano, painful at the beginning but rewards will come later.

Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. Golf is not just exercise; it is an adventure, a romance a Shakespeare play in which disaster and comedy are intertwined and you have to live with the consequences.

Virtually all professional golfers started playing as children or young teens. All professional golfers have talent, nurtured along the way by their family, often, in fact, by a a golf-professional parent (which includes any golf-related job, including greens keeper). I would bet that every golfer who has ever won on the PGA tour hit 365,000 balls by the time he was 20. Golfers are tested with the golf shot they face, a a ruling which may not be in their favor or the fellow-competitor who may be distracting.

Playing golf is a dynamic process, one that will prove to be very rewarding. Women are increasingly finding that learning to play golf is critical to their business careers. Learning to play golf is simple, relaxing and enjoyable, although learning to play golf well requires persistence. Playing golf is a life long experience and the journey is teaching you to gain mastery with ones emotions, physical movement patterns and thought processes.