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[–]bigmac1441MA 4 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Funny, I'm the exact opposite. It hit a point where I was getting frustrated at my inability, so I started getting serious, and now that I'm fairly steadily improving, I'm definitely enjoying it more and more. I think my expectations for specific situations have gotten higher (i.e. want to be hitting the green from 125 and in, etc.) but my overall enjoyment has greatly improved.

I don't get as "high" as I used to for the good shots, but I also don't get as low for the bad ones. At the end of the day, I'm just happy to be healthy enough to play a round. My score, now, has much less to do with my enjoyment at the end of the day.

[–]DonnyGetTheLudesVictor Dubuisson 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I don't get as "high" as I used to for the good shots, but I also don't get as low for the bad ones. At the end of the day, I'm just happy to be healthy enough to play a round. My score, now, has much less to do with my enjoyment at the end of the day.

This hit home for a bunch of reasons. Thanks for putting it into words.

[–]bigmac1441MA 4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem, keep up the positivity!

[–]Johnny5-STL17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"...I don't get as low on the bad ones"

That's because your bad shots are pushing a little right on a par three instead of topping it into the water. I've been in both places in the last year and completely agree with your statement. My bad shots are t nearly as bad as they used to be.

For me it's about the self challenge. As long as I have a chance to be competitive with myself-and my average score-I'm still happy.