{"id":5521,"date":"2014-11-05T11:57:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:13:14","slug":"life-after-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/life-after-golf.html","title":{"rendered":"Life After Golf?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I was speaking with someone that said they quit golfing. I&#8217;m thinking &#8220;How do you quit golf?&#8221; The short answer, you don&#8217;t. Basically, golf has a beginning, an extremely long middle and no end. It&#8217;s a life long affair with some hiatus&#8217; thrown into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a 99% chance that the person I spoke with will find themselves back on the course. After discussing his &#8220;quitting&#8221;, the reasoning was based on frustration of poor play which is why I&#8217;m confident he will be playing again soon. 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