The Off Season

Golf. The sport thats season lasts a month and a half into the school year. For golfers that live in warmer areas the season is longer. Though some may say that this is a positive thing I disagree. Within the first week I have to admit I had stopped golfing. This is a major problem. Not all of this is my fault however. The weather in Park City plays a role too. It starts to snow and the courses close. Yes, I could go down south, but that would require a five hour drive at least. They also are closed as well. Indoor ranges are expensive and take time to get too. I have developed a solution to all these problems. No more excuses for not having golfed. Though this way of golfing cannot compare in any way to the thrill you get out on the course. It helps maintain a decent swing.

Hitting A Snow Ball

Snow. The stuff that we play in. Can be shaped into many different physical objects. One of which is a ball. Snow balls can be used for many things: snow men, snowball fights, and golf balls. I have been hitting snow balls off my deck since the winter started. Though it may not be doing much it is good to get out and swing a club. After all what is swinging without hitting something!

Now there are no excuses. Except maybe one. You do not want to use your nice clubs to go chunk away at ice and rocks and christmas trees and apples and ornaments. I understand! I didn't either. The best way to find a old club for cheap is to stop by a Deseret Industry (DI) where you can find a club for under five dollars.

Taylormade Conspiracy

It has appeared to me that I need to write a short follow up to my post entitled A Dummies Guide To Golf. This follow up is due to a comment of a fellow blogger made on the particular post. In it I explained a handful of ways that golf has and can be ruined. In one I mentioned that Foot Golf has ruined golf. However, I also stated in another blog how bias I am toward Taylormade. This is where the contradiction begins.

It began something along the lines of this. Yes, foot golf has ruined golf. Though, how can you say this when you favor Taylormade so much? This question confused me a little bit. However, as I read on I came to discover that it was the owner of Taylormade that invented the sport of foot golf. This is extremely contradictory and so now I will explain.

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Taylormade is still the greatest golf company that there ever was. Nike is still dirt to me and the person that convinces me that their clubs are good will be the same person that kills me. However, Taylormade is a brand, not a person. Now I must say this, the owner of Taylormade ruined golf. Forever! I will forever be upset with the sport that came out of the man who owns Taylormade. However, I still believe that the clubs are top notch and no competitors can beat them?

A Beginners Guide to Golf (For Extremely Dumb Beginners)

Many will select different ways to teach you the sport of golf. There are many different "methods" to the game. However, I have come up with a GREAT beginners guide to golf.

             Great
              adjective
       
                1. Absolutely terrible and worth nothing: humorous: If one is looking for an answer a great one is not the one to use.
     

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Golf is a mental sport as previously mentioned, though that isn't going to be a barrier to a beginning golfer. The first thing that a starting golfer needs to obtain is a bag of clubs. This can be done in a number of ways however, I recommend borrowing clubs from a family member or friend. Next, receive a tee time. Call a local golf course and schedule a time that is available. You are ready to golf!

The starting hole. At the start I would encourage you to begin at the Womens Tee's. Take your driver, the club with the largest head. Swing and hit the ball, this could require some practice at the driving range previous to your round. You proceed to walk or drive a cart up to your ball and hit again until you reach the green where the hole and flag are. Finally, use your putter to put the ball into the cup. Or if you get frustrated use your hand and carefully roll it into the hole.

The game sounds fairly simple until you start throwing in the many complicated rules. Though there are so many, here are a few. If you hit a ball to where you can't hit it again, just pick it up and drop it. You now are ready for golf.

You're welcome,

Look for more "You're Welcome" tips and posts in the future.

A Dummies Guide To Ruining Golf

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Have you ever wanted to just ruin golf forever? Do you have a buddy at work that just won't shut up about their favorite player. Sorry, you have already been beaten to the task. There are three things that you can do to make your golf "buddies" absolutely hate golf. This is The Dummies Guide to Ruining The Game of Golf.

As previously mentioned, there are three main ways to ruin golf. The first of which I ran into while re- watching a few tournaments on youtube.

Where we swing, they run. While we carry on our backs, they carry in their hands. While we putt, they roll. This is foot golf. Foot Golf is one of the larger sports that diffused from golf. It certainly ruined the game. Golf was not meant to be a soccer mix. In soccer golf they have ruined the course, rules, and regulation. To start this madness off, Foot Golf made the cup fifteen inches in diameter. They shortened the course and the distance from the tee box to the green. Next, they completely ruined the rules of golf. Foot Golf is just plain out stupid. For those of you looking to ruin the sport of golf start to being an advocate of this new "sport". However, this is not the worst way to ruin golf. By changing one tiny thing you can eliminate almost half of all golfers.

To really ruin golf, go to your local golf course and change the hole size from approximately 2.5 inches to 1.5. This will ensure that your buddy shuts up about golf. He'll never want to golf again. You will completely reverse the purpose of golf. Instead of golf being a stress relief sport. Golf will be a stress gaining sport. You can create a sport that is so frustrating no one will play. This will truly ruin golf for everyone.  The next sport that diffused won't ruin golf for many. However, it does and did ruin golf none the less.

Frisbee golf is a popular sport all around the world. It is especially popular because it is less expensive than golf and fairly easier. This sport does ruin golf. Golf was not meant to be played with a disc. Golf was not invented to be thrown into a metal basket. Sometimes even popular sports ruin their original hearth.

These have just been a few ways that golf can be ruined. Again, it is supposed to be easy to understand. After all, it is for dummies. Please, if you have any other ways to ruin golf, leave a comment. I will have a future blog that is a sequel to A Dummies Guide To Ruining Golf. It will include your guys comments. Make them good!