Kevinwelland

I think the way to look at is this. All humans are born equipped to play games. In that most of us have arms, legs, shoulders, feet you get the picture. So why can't we swing a club like the top pro's do? Because after all that's where most of us get the inspiration to play a sport from. We watch them play and think "God that looks so fun and easy." Then you go and try it yourself and then you suddenly realise "Oh this isn't so easy after all." I disagree with people who say that golf is a very hard game. Nonsense. It's no harder or anymore difficult then tennis,badminton,bowling,cricket don't care what sport you name. They all take certain traits and skills to play well. So why can't we play like the pro's? Simple, because their golfing brain works differently to yours or mine. If you could see what a top pro's brain is doing when they swing you would see something truly amazing. Signals being sent at the right time with perfect timing etc. And most importantly they have ability that can't be taught no matter how good the instruction. Now don't get me wrong I never took up golf because I dreamed I could be Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus, I took it up because I thought it would be a fun and enjoyable sport. For me it wasn't in the end and I do feel sad about that. I wish all of you luck though, because somehow your gift is being able to enjoy the game. I still like golf, watching it will always be great for me. But I hate playing it.....

I finally made up my mind and stopped for good last weekend. I have been playing for a year. I took lessons,practiced,you name it. But my scores were nothing short of horrendous. My worse was 208 on a par 72 (Yes I can hear you all laughing) worst score on a par 4 was 23...Mark Twain was right when he said golf is a good walk spoiled. Anyway I'm out for good. It just isn't worth the pain....