DaveE
The golfer fka ST Champ
- Aug 31, 2004
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A story in this morning's paper about an upcoming clinic reminded me of a good golf story. The clinic is going to focus on the fun side of playing golf and using that to shoot better scores. The organizer of the clinic was a student of Harvey Pineck and that's what made me think of the story. I know some on the forum aren't big fans of his, but he was a bit of a local hero around here.
My daughter's orthodontist, Joel, was one of Harvey's students although Harvey made him promise not to tell anyone because he never practiced.
Joel is a good golfer, single digit without practice time. He took the game seriously though and had gone to see Harvery with his latest frustration.
After explaining his problem, Harvey stood silent for a moment then asked. "So Joel, are you almost ready for the Masters." He smiled and told him no. Harvey then asked, "so then you must be spending all of your time preparing for the US Open"? At this point Joel laughed and said "Harvey you know I'm not". Harvey looked at him with a big grin and said, "then for you Joel, golf is a game".
My friend told me that story at a time that I had become so frustrated with golf that I had quit playing. Since I started playing again I've been careful to keep things in perspective. So back to my original question of why do you play? Is it for the scores, the competition, time outside with friends etc? For myself, I think it's a combination of time with friends and time spent trying to improve my skills at a game I really enjoy now. That and the cold beer of course. Hope this wasn't too long or too boring.
My daughter's orthodontist, Joel, was one of Harvey's students although Harvey made him promise not to tell anyone because he never practiced.
Joel is a good golfer, single digit without practice time. He took the game seriously though and had gone to see Harvery with his latest frustration.
After explaining his problem, Harvey stood silent for a moment then asked. "So Joel, are you almost ready for the Masters." He smiled and told him no. Harvey then asked, "so then you must be spending all of your time preparing for the US Open"? At this point Joel laughed and said "Harvey you know I'm not". Harvey looked at him with a big grin and said, "then for you Joel, golf is a game".
My friend told me that story at a time that I had become so frustrated with golf that I had quit playing. Since I started playing again I've been careful to keep things in perspective. So back to my original question of why do you play? Is it for the scores, the competition, time outside with friends etc? For myself, I think it's a combination of time with friends and time spent trying to improve my skills at a game I really enjoy now. That and the cold beer of course. Hope this wasn't too long or too boring.