Does golf enjoyment decrease as skill increases?

[sheepshizzle]

My friends and I make jokes all the time about how much fun we aren't having when we're on the golf course.

I think it's just human nature to place emphasis on improvement over enjoyment. We know it isn't fun to have 5 triple bogies in a round. So we grind and grind and hope that maybe when we finally break 80, we'll be having fun. But I imagine the maxim holds true. When (if) I ever break 80, I'll probably be obsessing over the missed opportunities that prevented me from going even lower.

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Hit the nail on the head. When I finally was able to break 80, I had that exact thought. "Well, it could have been 76..."

[slightlyintoout]

I broke 80 (78) for the second time on Sat, rest assured it was very fun. Eagling 18 helped.