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Golfers  Learn

Golf club and ball

FOCUS

To focus by shutting out the rest of the world.  Only the ball, the breeze, the club in their hand, and the ground beneath their feet exist.

Golf Course

LIFE LESSONS

To apply the lessons of golf off the course.  Because life is a series of a few bad shots wedged between dozens of great ones.  And it is the great shots that keep you in the game. 

Golf Clubs, Ball and Trophy

RESPECT

A golfer learns to respect nature, traditions, their opponent, and themselves.  

PERSPECTIVE

A golfer learns from watching their opponent; another person’s perspective can alter the golfer’s next decision.

Wet grass

SELF-WORTH

The scorecard is not a measurement of talent but proof of resolve.

Golf Course Aerial Shot

SELF-AWARESS

A golfer learns something about themselves with each swing.  The outcome is only as good as the effort given.

Sand

SELF-CONTROL

Self-control; some shots require power, others, a gentle finesse.

Bridge into the Woods

SELF-CONFIDENCE

Self-confidence when they nail a drive or sink a long putt.

White Sands

PERSEVERANCE

They can win, even when their opponent is ahead

Old Golf Clubs

GAME FOR LIFE

A person can learn to play golf at any age.  Golf is not a sport played in youth, but for life.

Golf Cart

POSITIVE
ATTITUDE

A golfer learns one lousy shot does not ruin the game.

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PATIENCE

A golfer learns patience through centuries-old traditions and etiquette. 

A Golfer Learns... Original work by

~C. R. Mitchell

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Papillon Publishing, LLC.

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