The Exercise

Golfing is one of the best exercises that you can do. I taught

this fellow about ten years ago how to play golf. He had bypass

surgery done on his heart, and his doctor told him to walk for

exercise. So he asked me to teach him how to golf. He was a

retired carpenter. Think about it for a second. There is 1760

yards in a mile. The average golf course is anywhere from 5000

yards to 6500 yards on some of the bigger courses, depending on

which tee box you are playing from. They say the shortest

distance between two points is in a straight line. Can you

imagine the amount of walking you can do on any given course,

if you’re not a straight hitter? Some golf courses make you

take a golf cart because of the steep terrain. Golfing can keep

you’re heart pumping at a good pace depending on the golf

terrain. So if you have not walked a country mile. Take up golf

and you will have you’re fair share of walking a country mile.

The Challenge

A lot of people would ask the same question over and over

again, and probably still do today. Why would anybody want to

chase a little golf ball around? I use to think and ask myself

the same question until that very first liftoff from a fairway

lie. Oh yes! It is a great feeling when you finally lift it off

the fairway and watch the ball fly towards the green and watch

it land and roll towards the flagstick, especially if you are a

long distance from the green and hitting the green in

regulation. The feeling of success is amazing and the challenge

to do it again brings you back time and time again. Once you

catch that feeling, the challenge to come back and repeat the

same golf shot makes you a better golfer in the long run. The

challenge you have now sticks with you the more you play. The

frustration of not being able to do it over and over again, and

then finally once again there goes that beautiful golf shot

again, makes you come back for more. Golfing has more than one

challenge. The challenge within yourself to play better golf,

and the challenge to play better than you’re competitor. A lot

of times the challenge to beat your own game can be a real

uphill battle. Go ahead and try the challenge.

The Scenery

Golf courses truly have some of the best breathtaking scenery,

depending on where you reside. A lot of the golf courses have

rolling fairways and trees of all colors that stretch out on

both sides of the fairway, creeks that split fairways in half.

Lot of golf courses have greens that are surrounded by huge

trees, rock formations, and rolling mounds, and many other

natural beauties. Most golf courses surround their greens with

water and sand traps. The tee boxes on some courses are perched

up on a hillside overlooking a valley, or body of water. Flowers

and plants, and or more trees surround a lot of tee boxes.

Sometimes the tee boxes and greens are in the wilderness, and

or near cliffs. There is a lot of great scenery on golf courses

that will want you to say. This is amazing scenery!

The Peace and Tranquility

The best part of golf is the relaxation you get out it,

depending on how you’re game is going of course. Just imagine

yourself nestled on a tee box first thing in the morning, and

all you hear is the chirping of the birds and the sound of the

trees blowing around you. Another good feeling is standing in

the middle of the fairway with the sun beating down on you with

a cool misty breeze coming from a nearby body of water. I like

the late afternoon just before the sun goes down and the trees

are swaying a bit more. Sometimes all you hear is a plane going

by overhead and the crack of another golf ball going off a tee

box. A lot of the golf courses take you away from the clubhouse

and land you out in the country, and or fairly wooded areas

where the peace and tranquility of mother nature truly makes

you sit up and take hold of it’s natural beauty it has to

offer.