{"id":245,"date":"2011-11-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=245"},"modified":"2011-11-02T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:00:00","slug":"golf-blessing-in-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/golf-blessing-in-disguise.html","title":{"rendered":"Golf, A Blessing In Disguise."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BwTfLJLhImE\/TrDbaZrc0PI\/AAAAAAAAAUs\/ay9i8NMTX4E\/s1600\/1007golf1_t607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BwTfLJLhImE\/TrDbaZrc0PI\/AAAAAAAAAUs\/ay9i8NMTX4E\/s200\/1007golf1_t607.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><span>Golf is difficult, we know this, but that is also relative. I&#8217;m sure we can agree waiting in line at the DMV is difficult too, no? But given the choice, we would rather be golfing. As hard a game or sport it might be, we want to play it no matter how our previous round went. How lucky are we to have that privilege?<\/p>\n<p>Every so often something is introduced to me and it resonates within. Thanks to our buddy Kevin over at L2 Communications for providing the following video. It&#8217;s amazing! The very first few words, &#8220;Golf is hard&#8221; uttered by Sgt. Russell Logan sets the tone.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, this is coming from someone who lost a leg to an explosion while serving in Afghanistan.  So, relatively speaking, how hard is golf? Better yet, how modest is this man, hero and golfer? To be exposed to war and all its horror is difficult. To live through and overcome a traumatic experience in a war zone is even more difficult. 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