Everyone of all ages can play the game of golf. Although it can be frustrating, going out and playing a great round of golf is extremely rewarding. There are many advantages to the sport. For example, it is an easy to go out with your friends and play, it improves your mental strength, and there is almost always a golf course close by.
The first thing every beginning golfer learns about golf is that it is almost ninety percent mental. During a round of golf, the amount of time you are walking up to your next shot is longer than the amount of time you are actually hitting the ball. This causes overthinking to happen. If your last shot was not good, then you start to think that it will be a bad round. This causes one or two shots to determine your entire golf game. Every golfer has done this multiple times in their life, what you have to learn is that even though you did not hit the ball exactly where you wanted it to go, you can still play an amazing round.
Golf courses are meant to be very attractive to the human eye. Whether they are lush in the Midwest, surrounded by desert in Arizona, or on the ocean in California golf courses are meant to appeal to your eyes and make you want to go out and play. Looking at the beautiful views while golfing relaxes your mind so the only thing you think about is your game, the people you are playing with, and the view. There are not many other sports that allow you to play and enjoy a spectacular view at the same time. Instead of focusing on the track, the bottom of a pool, or a field, in golf you can look around and enjoy the moment.
The game of golf can be played many different ways. The first way is playing your own ball which is how the PGA (Professional Golf Association) is played. Other games people can play is best ball or a two person scramble. Best ball is when there is a foursome and they split up into two teams. Then each of them play their own ball but whoever has the better score of the two people at the end of each hole puts down their score on the score card. A two person scramble is when a foursome splits up into two teams and whoever hits the ball better for each shot, the other teammate hits from the same spot. This is repeated for each shot until the end of the hole.
Many people see the game of golf as boring, but once you start learning the sport it becomes a very challenging game. Not only do you have to figure out how far you can hit each ball with different clubs, you also have to keep a positive mind and have self motivation to play the game.
