{"id":317,"date":"2011-05-18T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=317"},"modified":"2017-10-24T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:02:08","slug":"why-polara-ball-will-hurt-not-help-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/why-polara-ball-will-hurt-not-help-golf.html","title":{"rendered":"Why the Polara Ball will Hurt, Not Help Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1779\" src=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PolaraGolf-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PolaraGolf-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PolaraGolf.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Last week, <i>The New York Times<\/i> published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/10\/sports\/golf\/10ball.html?_r=2\">an article about a golf ball that doesn&#8217;t slice<\/a>. I&#8217;m sure you probably read about it &#8211; there was much re-posting going on in the golf blogosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The basic theme of many blog posts regarding the new ball was: &#8220;This is great &#8211; a ball that flies straight! The only catch is it&#8217;s not sanctioned by the golfing gods. But [they ask as a devilish smile widens across their face] should we use it anyway?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, professional golfers won&#8217;t be using this ball. So that leaves the rest of us. In fact, &#8220;the rest of us&#8221; is exactly who the developer had in mind when marketing this illegal orb:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It\u2019s for the other [non pro] golfers, the ones who rarely hit it straight&#8230;It\u2019s for people who want to be embarrassed less, play faster and enjoy it more. I respect the U.S.G.A., they help identify the best golfers in the world, but what about the rest of us?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The audacity of this company to assume that deep down, &#8220;the rest of us&#8221; are all just a bunch of cheaters. You see, it&#8217;s this kind of crap that&#8217;s killing golf. It&#8217;s been emblazoned into our ethos&#8230;right down to the molecular level &#8211; that we&#8217;re failures if we&#8217;re not good at something. Golfers are self-conscious about their swings <a href=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/golfs-version-of-male-penis-envy.html\">and their high handicaps<\/a>. They&#8217;re self-conscious about flubbing one when everyone is looking or missing a 1-footer for par.<\/p>\n<p>Marketers love the idea of the self-depreciating golfer. They think: I know what we can do&#8230;let&#8217;s produce a product that breaks the rules to make all these golfing failures feel better about themselves! That&#8217;ll really sucker them in!<\/p>\n<p>Ah, but they&#8217;re missing one major point: Golfers don&#8217;t really quit the game because they&#8217;re poor players. I mean, when was the last time you heard something like this: &#8220;I&#8217;ve had enough! After playing this game every weekend for 40 years without much success, I&#8217;m quitting!&#8221; The truth is, you just don&#8217;t hear stuff like that. And you don&#8217;t hear it for one reason: <b>People play golf not because they are good at it, but because they love it<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me? Then ask yourself why high-handicappers still play. Why do golfers that have averaged in the 90&#8217;s or higher their entire lives continue to hit the links? Why go through the agony of another embarrassing flub? I think it&#8217;s obvious: We play this game because we love it &#8211; regardless of whether we&#8217;re good at it.<\/p>\n<p>But what this Polara ball will do is diminish the game&#8217;s integrity by fueling the following notion: That the ultimate goal of recreational golfers should be to get better. And since golf is so hard, you&#8217;re going to have to cheat to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Look, if you really want to change the way you golf, change your mental approach to the game. You don&#8217;t have to make the main focus about getting better &#8211; instead make it about having fun; or being outdoors; or spending time with friends; or just the fact that you are out doing something you love to do. 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