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Golf Truisms

ONLY A TRUE GOLFER WILL UNDERSTAND THESE:

 

  • Don’t buy a putter until you’ve had a chance to throw it.
  • Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing.
  • When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.
  • If you’re afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can immediately shank a lay-up or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there.
  • The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.
  • No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.
  • The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate for all of your many other errors.
  • Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot.
  • A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents’ luck.
  • It is surprisingly easy to hole a fifty foot putt….for a 10.  Read the rest of this entry