Thoughts of chairman old fart :
Putting all your efforts into getting to be the best you can is fine all the while there is something to play for. All the while your handicap is coming down, there is no need to woory about plan B.
However, what happens when you reach scratch? Do you then want to go on to be a pro, or is that it? That's the target reached.
I've played with people who wanted to be the best they can. But if they don't also play for the enjoyment of the game itself they often realise that once they've hit their peak, there's nothing left to play for.
These are the guys that then just give up playing.
Which I think is a huge waste.
IMHO
The best way to learn about golf is to learn about the ups and downs of game. Love being a 28 handicapper. Love being rubbish, then love getting better. Love the social side. Love the failures of the game. Because at some point in your golfing career it will seem that that is all that you are playing for.
The more anyone concentrates just on being successful, the more driven they are to succeed, the more painful the failures will be. Enjoy the failures and the successes will come easier because there is less pressure on them.
Golf is a game of limiting failure, not a game of successful perfection. Bear that in mind.
