{"id":181,"date":"2012-03-30T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2013-02-04T15:41:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:41:50","slug":"im-not-bad-golfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/im-not-bad-golfer.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Not A Bad Golfer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Golfer+with+Halo3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Golfer+with+Halo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><span><span>I just don&#8217;t play well. Think about that statement for a minute. Just because my score at the end of a round can be confused with an &#8220;A&#8221; student&#8217;s test score plus extra credit, doesn&#8217;t mean I am a bad golfer. To me, being a good golfer encompasses more than just playing well. There&#8217;s a responsibility to the course and the other golfers around you.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>If I was to par a course but had no etiquette and did stuff like hit into the group ahead of me, walk on your line, litter, in other words; be an all around a-hole&#8230;would I still be considered a good golfer? Not in my book. I play well but am definitely not a good golfer. As far as I&#8217;m concerned, I must embody all the elements that go along with being a good golfer.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>Taking this a step further, golf is almost its own culture. It has identifying traits that are fairly easy to distinguish. For example, we can visually recognize a golfer from a non-golfer by what they wear. Golf has it&#8217;s own lingo (granted it&#8217;s in English) and these words would not exist if it weren&#8217;t for golf.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span>Why is this important? 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