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By George Gabriel
The Exercise
Golfing is one of the best exercises that you can do. I taught
this fellow about ten years ago how to play golf. He had
bypass
surgery done on his heart, and his doctor told him to walk for
exercise. So he asked me to teach him how to golf. He was a
retired carpenter. Think about it for a second. There is 1760
yards in a mile. The average golf course is anywhere from 5000
yards to 6500 yards on some of the bigger courses, depending
on
which tee box you are playing from. They say the shortest
distance between two points is in a straight line. Can you
imagine the amount of walking you can do on any given course,
if you’re not a straight hitter? Some golf courses make you
take a golf cart because of the steep terrain. Golfing can
keep
you’re heart pumping at a good pace depending on the golf
terrain. So if you have not walked a country mile. Take up
golf
and you will have you’re fair share of walking a country mile.
The Challenge
A lot of people would ask the same question over and over
again, and probably still do today. Why would anybody want to
chase a little golf ball around? I use to think and ask myself
the same question until that very first liftoff from a fairway
lie. Oh yes! It is a great feeling when you finally lift it
off
the fairway and watch the ball fly towards the green and watch
it land and roll towards the flagstick, especially if you are
a
long distance from the green and hitting the green in
regulation. The feeling of success is amazing and the
challenge
to do it again brings you back time and time again. Once you
catch that feeling, the challenge to come back and repeat the
same golf shot makes you a better golfer in the long run. The
challenge you have now sticks with you the more you play. The
frustration of not being able to do it over and over again,
and
then finally once again there goes that beautiful golf shot
again, makes you come back for more. Golfing has more than one
challenge. The challenge within yourself to play better golf,
and the challenge to play better than you’re competitor. A lot
of times the challenge to beat your own game can be a real
uphill battle. Go ahead and try the challenge.
The Scenery
Golf courses truly have some of the best breathtaking scenery,
depending on where you reside. A lot of the golf courses have
rolling fairways and trees of all colors that stretch out on
both sides of the fairway, creeks that split fairways in half.
Lot of golf courses have greens that are surrounded by huge
trees, rock formations, and rolling mounds, and many other
natural beauties. Most golf courses surround their greens with
water and sand traps. The tee boxes on some courses are
perched
up on a hillside overlooking a valley, or body of water.
Flowers
and plants, and or more trees surround a lot of tee boxes.
Sometimes the tee boxes and greens are in the wilderness, and
or near cliffs. There is a lot of great scenery on golf
courses
that will want you to say. This is amazing scenery!
The Peace and Tranquility
The best part of golf is the relaxation you get out it,
depending on how you’re game is going of course. Just imagine
yourself nestled on a tee box first thing in the morning, and
all you hear is the chirping of the birds and the sound of the
trees blowing around you. Another good feeling is standing in
the middle of the fairway with the sun beating down on you
with
a cool misty breeze coming from a nearby body of water. I like
the late afternoon just before the sun goes down and the trees
are swaying a bit more. Sometimes all you hear is a plane
going
by overhead and the crack of another golf ball going off a tee
box. A lot of the golf courses take you away from the
clubhouse
and land you out in the country, and or fairly wooded areas
where the peace and tranquility of mother nature truly makes
you sit up and take hold of it’s natural beauty it has to
offer.
About The Author: Learned to play golf as a caddie. Now
running
a tee time site at www.golfanchor.net and a golf site
at
www.golfanchor.com
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