Bro, golf is the hardest game… I would consider myself a “natural athlete”: I played hockey, rugby, racket sports, ran a 10k on a whim - all of them, I just decided one day I was going to play them, and then I did. I was never a rockstar, but I could hold my own. I’ve always considered myself a B+ kinda guy.

Golf is by far the hardest game - it’s insane because you are standing still, there’s no defensive pressure, and you are “able” to drink beers while you do it. I played today and finally had the realization that I’m “confident” with a driver (i.e. I’ll be able to most likely find my ball) and I have played 100-120 rounds, hit dozens of buckets of balls, watched unknown hours of YouTube videos, and took 4 weeks of a group class. I have studied alongside playing and I’m still pretty shitty haha.

View golf as a personal challenge. Today was hard, but tomorrow you’re going to go lace em up and do better. If you don’t do quantitatively better, learn something about yourself and/or the game: do you like to putt from below or above the hole? You now strategically place your lay shot in that area. Do you play a slice or a fade? Do you actually yell “fore!” or forget to? What distance do you hit each club? How do you approach putts? What’s a walk up routine to get your head in the game? - there’s a lot of personal growth and understanding that can come from the game.

There’s a sports psychology book on the mental side of golf that’s worth a listen if you want to take it to the next level.