How serious do you take your golf

[Deleted member 15344]

Over the year or so I have seen various posts from various people in regards their atittude to the game of golf - especially their score

So on a sliding scale of 1-10 with 1 being not serious at all to 10 being "it's the open every time I play serious" - how serious do you take the game when you tee it up on the first

Also give a little explanation

Is the priority to score well or enjoy the company with the score irrelevant as an example ?

 

[brendy]

Probably a 9 which slides to a 7 by the 9th , I only get to play once a week so go out to play well, when it doesnt happen I have learned to just enjoy the company. Wasnt always like that.

 

[stevek1969]

For me i would say a 7. I do take my golf serious ,i practise ,get lessons and tomorrow I'm seeing a TPI instructor to work on my fitness but its not the be all and end all if i don't play well as there is always another round.

 

[GreiginFife]

4 or 5. I like golf but its not my job, its my hobby and primary to everything is to enjoy it. Getting worked up about scores is certainly not enjoyable.
Ok so when I play a comp, I play to do well but dont stress if it goes teats up on the 2nd or 3rd.
Never had a lesson, probably wont as I like to solve problems on my own using info gathered around me.

 

[NWJocko]

2/3 probably.

Wouldn't say I don't care how I play, trying to do well but if I have a shocker who cares?

Don't care about winning certainly (just as well the way I play :rofl, just enjoy playing golf and getting out for a wander and a laugh. If I play well happy days, if not hey ho.

Far more important things to me than golf. Not a criticism of anyone, each to their own, but it astonishes me how serious some folk take their golf.

 

[EuanRoss]

Probably a 3 or a 4. I do enjoy my golf and since I've got down to 5 or 6 I've started maybe taking it a wee bit more seriously but I'm there to have a laugh primarily. I will get a bit annoyed at myself if I hit a terrible shot but it's all forgotten about straight away. I'm very happy and a wee bit chuffed with myself when I shoot low but I just laugh if I have a woeful score. I certainly don't care about winning, I play to get my handicap reduced and couldn't give a monkeys what anyone else does. I think that the issue a lot of folk have with golf, is that they are too hung up on winning things, if you play well, you should be chuffed for yourself. If someone shoots lower than you, good on them.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Obviously very little enjoyment in playing like a knob (and I should know!) but after over 40 years playing the game I now struggle to take my golf very seriously.

Well who could?

So 2, perhaps 3. No more.

 

[Crow]

In competitions I start with good intentions, probably an 8 or even a 9 if it's a big competition. If my round starts to go pear shaped then my focus will slide as well.

In social games it very much depends on the day. Usually it's all about the social so probably a 4 or a 5 but, as we all know, some social games can develop into a matter of life and death, even if there is only a pound riding on the result. :lol:

 

[Fyldewhite]

This last year or two I've played a lot less than previously and to be honest it's meant I've looked forward to, and ultimately enjoyed my golf more. In terms of the scale I've probably never been a 9/10 but used to be pretty serious, maybe a 7/8. Nowadays just glad to be out there, find I have zero expectation but do seem to concentrate more and probably score better as a result.

 

[Sweep]

8 ish. Way too serious and I think I would actually play better if I cared a little less.

 

[Oxfordcomma]

7 or 8ish?

Not sure where I fit in to this scale - I love to enjoy the company and have a laugh, a bit of banter makes any round better whether it's club championships or 9-hole twilight knock. And after a round, regardless of whether the stableford score was 20 or 40, I'll sit in the clubhouse thinking how great it is that I've just played golf.

But having said that, I think I take it pretty seriously despite my high handicap. Every time I stand over the ball, I'm playing to win. Sometimes I'm playing to beat my playing partners but usually it's more to win the current battle in the endless Sisyphean campaign that is me against the combined might of the course and the Congu handicapping system.

 

[bluewolf]

Probably a 3/4, and it's causing me problems TBH. Due to an injury blighted 2 seasons (5 comps in 18 months), I've started to pretty much give up before I've even hit the first tee shot.
I know I'm nowhere near playing to handicap at the moment, so the motivation to take it seriously has disappeared. Whilst I should be more relaxed, what it actually means is that I lose focus, don't pay enough attention, and rush simple shots.. This means that I don't enjoy it as much, and therefore the circle continues.....
Hopefully, a few lessons over the Winter and some renewed focus will mean that I can get to the first tee with a bit more optimism...

 

[Khamelion]

The year just gone probably a 8 or 9, due to the fact I gave myself the stupid goal of getting to single figures, next year 4 or 5 as I'm not going to worry about lowering my HC, making pars and birdies, or for that matter enter as many comps.

 

[Foxholer]

Currently Company and 'the golf' (that's everything about the golfing experience) 9.9; my golf 6.5.

 

[3565]

Well since I've been accused on here of a Pro in an amateur body and a hc snob......

TEN......

 

[richart]

Less seriously every year. Probably a 2, unless I am playing against Slasher Nash when it would be an 11.

 

[Hobbit]

Probably a 3. If I'm on a roll, and playing well, I like to finish well. But I know it can go wrong at any time, and if it does there's no point in beating myself up. No one dies, govts don't fall, wars aren't started... why worry?

 

[MashieNiblick]

In competitions I start with good intentions, probably an 8 or even a 9 if it's a big competition. If my round starts to go pear shaped then my focus will slide as well.

In social games it very much depends on the day. Usually it's all about the social so probably a 4 or a 5 but, as we all know, some social games can develop into a matter of life and death, even if there is only a pound riding on the result. :lol:

Pretty much the same here.

I do actually enjoy playing seriously on the few occasions that I do, but I wouldn't want all or even most of my golf to be played like that.

 

[Imurg]

On the course I'm probably about a 7....I want to play well and I'm disappointed when I don't.
I want to win and I'm disappointed if i don't.
But once off the course, certainly after the Post Mortem in the bar, I'm looking forward to going out again.

 

[backwoodsman]

Score is always important - there's not much point to the game if not. But on other hand, it is only a hobby and the company, banter, cameraderie is a vital part. So, on the scale range suggested - 7 ish.