I'm retired and I don't love golf. In fact, I don't even like golf all that much. However, I do enjoy golf when I play. To Love Golf, Just Play Once a Year from The Wall Street Journal summarizes how I feel about golf. I bought a nice set used clubs eight years ago at a rummage sale when we were living in Japan for about $40, bag included. (I didn't take my clubs to Japan and then decided I had to play golf at least once in Japan.) Prior to 2010, I played about two to three times maximum a year. I didn't practice, take lessons or invest in new equipment to get better. I was in control, not golf.
In 2010, I accepted a volunteer job of playing golf with a handicapped person. We play on an the same executive nine hole course on a weekly basis. On good days, I'll get the rare birdie or the occasional par. I only have three or four good golf days in a year.
Even though I've played more golf in the past two years than my entire previous life, I am still in control. I still don't practice, take lessons or invest in new equipment. So even I don't expect to be better than a hacker, I am still enjoying golf.
If golf ever stops being fun, I just won't play any more. Or so I think for now :-)
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