Golf is a game of community. It’s a game shared not only by your playing partners on the day, but your mates in the clubhouse bar afterwards and other golfers in your life who share an interest in this wonderful sport.
That being said, I think we’re all doing too much sharing. Far too many people seem to think their round is more important or interesting than the next man’s, when in fact both are dull. Despite this, everyone wants to tell me about their round of golf, and I want them to stop.
Are round reflections tedious or relatable? Dan would argue for the former
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‘Other pressing matters’
Here’s how I’d like all post-round golf conversations to go, my manifesto if you will:
I ask ‘How was your round?’ and Player A responds thusly: a score of some kind (whether gross or Stableford or whether you won/lost a match); how you generally struck the ball (this should be a one-word answer, by the way); a round highlight and a round lowlight. Done. Simple. I don’t need to hear any more.
Once this conversation has been had, we can move away from the golf and move on to other pressing matters, like football, the weather, how bad the caterers…
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