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4 Reasons To Take Golf Lessons

November 1, 2014 | By Pete Girotto | 2 Comments

smiling-golfNormally it is not our thing to give tips, advice or promote some crappy game improvement gadget. In fact we have been known to poke a few light hearted jokes at that sort of stuff. That said, we do want everyone to enjoy their round of golf and speak positively about the game. Through the years of hacking up these courses, I’ve noticed a good 95% or more of the people I’ve played with could use a lesson or two, myself included.

After doing some research, I’ve taken the liberty and compiled 5 reasons why we should take golf lessons. When I speak to other golfers about taking lessons the general sentiment is they’re expensive and not necessary. These two reasons are obvious indicators that no research was done. I would suggest taking a few moments and look into finding a good golf pro in your area that offers his or her services. So here we go…

  1. It’s an investment – Think of it this way, the money spent now will have a good ROI in the many years ahead. You can always refer back to what was learned to help shoot a better round.
  2. Short game techniques – Learning how to perform approach shots, chipping and pitching is perhaps the most important part to your game besides…
  3. Putting – Let’s face it, a 3 putt sucks and is very frustrating. Getting some insight on this boosts our confidence and could put a couple extra dollars in our pockets…but I never said that.
  4. Makes our round more enjoyable – As with anything, knowledge and experience gives us the advantage to do whatever task is at hand. And whenever we are prepared it’s a lot easier to have fun.

There you have it. Don’t be afraid to to spend a little of your hard earned money on something that will keep giving back to you. The object is to have a good time on the course. Even if you only take a couple lessons it’s worth it. Heading to the 19th hole in a good mood because we played well and not because they serve alcohol is a great feeling. Now go get learned!

Hit’em long…yell FORE!!!

Filed Under: Golf Life Tagged With: #enjoygolf, enjoying golf, golf lessons, golf pro

Really Enjoying Golf…

January 31, 2014 | By Pete Girotto | Leave a Comment

Time for a little grass on the greens?
Time for a little grass on the greens?

Well, it’s been an interesting week so far. I would like to thank our readers for commenting on my post last week about making golf more enjoyable. In particular there are a couple that stuck out. For the first one, we’ll move on over to the Twitterverse and…well…see tweet below.

@golfstinks all u need to do is include a pitch n puff to your bag, check it out @ http://t.co/tq6dHPxLRf

— pitch-n-puff (@pitch_n_puff) January 28, 2014

How could I have gone all this time without a Pitch-n-puff? A solid brass tee! Talk about indestructible…wait, what? Oh, so you don’t actually use it to tee up a golf ball? It’s for what? Ooooohhhhh, I see. In that case, if your “golfing” with a pitch-n-puff in Colorado or Washington state you should be fine.

Next up, and boy am I excited about this, I received a voice mail from one of our readers, who just happens to be the one and only John Daly, stating how he likes to enjoy himself on the course. We’ve taken the liberty and transcribed the message below so everyone can read it, check it out.

“…Woo hoo! You golfstinkin’  motherf***ers are all right! When I’m on the course with my buds we really like to crack into a 30 pack and a fifth of…S**t, I don’t know…alcohol! It don’t f***in’ matter cuz we enjoying ourselves! And then we bust a couple lines…”

Oh dear, I think we’ve heard enough. Good to see Mr. Daly hasn’t forgotten how to enjoy himself. I guess the most important thing we can take from all of this is that you too should enjoy yourself on the course. However you think fit…But we’re not bailing you out.

Hit’em long…yell FORE!!!

Disclaimer: Golfstinks.com does not condone nor condemn any of the stuff mentioned above…we’re like Switzerland. Also, John Daly never called and left a message. But if he did, I’m guessing that is what it would’ve sounded like.

Filed Under: Golf Life Tagged With: enjoying golf, John Daly, pitch n puff, smoking, Twitter

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