They always say honesty is the best policy, so I am going to level with you. It might be unorthodox for a golf writer to complain about the sport which is the centre of his professional universe, but there is often turbulence in any relationship.
I am obsessed with golf, madly in love with the game in fact, but there are still elements that I dislike which are beyond the acceptable level of golf’s random irritations.
These six things evoke a range of strong negative emotions, but they all have the same damaging impact on my enjoyment of playing or watching the sport – and I’d love to know if you feel the same way.
Let me know in the comments box below whether they make your blood boil, or if you think I am being a little too dramatic, but be sure to share you own golfing annoyances too!
1. Good Golfers Complaining About Being Good
I can’t help the fact I am not very good at golf. I started late due to playing football for most of my childhood and adult life, and have since spent hours practicing and having lessons trying to improve my handicap.
Specific tools like AimPoint helped me to reach my lowest ever handicap, but I am still classed as a high-handicap golfer – and that’s ok in my opinion.
Low-handicap golfers don’t own the game, and have no more right than I do to enjoy it, so please don’t try to make me feel guilty when I shoot the round of my life one time and outrank you in the Saturday medal.
If you check my last 20 counting rounds you will see the standard of golf I typically play at – and it doesn’t make for enjoyable reading.
In all likelihood, my fiver entry fee each week has funded some of your successes over the years when I’ve been wallowing at the bottom of the leaderboard – but funnily enough nothing is said about the legitimacy of my scoring on those occasions.
So, instead of complaining that you ‘can’t win competitions’ due to high-handicap golfers, maybe take a moment for a little perspective and appreciate how many of ‘us’ would love to be in your position.
My performances on the golf course are turbulent, which is why I am a high-handicapper, but I shouldn’t be chastised for the odd good performance
(Image credit: Mark Newcombe)
2. Slow Play
There is nothing worse, in my opinion, than slow play.
This highly debated issue is often blamed on…
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