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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody needs to be able to shoot an 80 or below if you are golfing to network in the business world.  Most senior business people are in the 80% that can’t even shoot a 90.

More important you can shoot the shit well for the 3 hours golfing vs be a great golfer.

For the most part, pushing your kid is so they are able to play an instrument or sport for fun and move past the frustrating parts of first learning.  Being able to learn to play pop songs on a guitar vs not even knowing how to play a chord…being able to consistently drive, iron and chip the golf ball in the air and generally in the direction of the hole vs barely getting the ball airborne.

That’s how it becomes interesting enough to keep doing it.[/quote]

I recently played with the company CEO, CFO and CIO at Riverbend CC, and they shot around 120 (i.e. triple bogey round).  However, I was the only one who got invited to play along with them because I have the best score in the company (+1).  I am also teamed up to play along with the CEO next week in a best balls tournament.  They would not have me teamed up with the CEO if I was shooting 90+.  I am currently a typical software engineer, but if I play my card right, I would get promoted to either director or Sr. director very soon.  Being good in golf is very important in the business world.[/quote]

Your statement makes no sense.  If the top executives of the company shoot a 120…then you don’t have to be a strong golfer to become a top executive or those guys wouldn’t have made it.

Are you following the logic?  Sure, you get bonus points for helping win the contest, but if you aren’t interesting or entertaining to hang with, your utility will end there.

Again…are you smart enough to follow this?[/quote]

I don't think you get it.  Business guys who shoot 120 love to play with strong golfers.  Just watching scratch golfers up close is a thrill for them.  My law review editor colleague was captain of the Harvard golf team and scores at a scratch to plus two level.   His career has been helped tremendously by golf. A shy quiet fellow to boot.  I was taught golf at age 5 by an athletic mother and shoot in the mid-80s despite golf not being my thing.  I can't understate how one's silly decent golf score matters in some social circles.  I don't care much for golf, but do enjoy observing its collateral aspects from time to time.

I have taken one lesson in my lifetime.  It was focused around how to get out of sand traps - and in a single shot.  It was a great lesson and contrary to your assertions my sand trap play (forget the rest of my game - I don't play much) makes me a popular fellow when I play five or six times a year.  I have played some of the best courses in the country, even winning a long drive contest at a business outing/tournament at Winged Foot!  Connected on a gorilla swing.  But I don't like fancy courses or people and enjoy the dog patch out in Front Royal immensely - no pretense - just a day out in the sun.

You question whether the poster is smart enough.  I have a question. Do you have a top level athletic background?  I was fortunate enough to be a NCAA D1 All American on scholarship.  Poor kid who scraped though and I am wary of the elitist class. Value mental toughness, because I sure didn't make it on talent.  Your statement gives off vibes of being an argumentative DCUM elitist kind of guy. Interesting to hear your response.  Don't bother asking about my education either.  It easily meets DCUM standards, although I am not sure that is a good thing. [/quote]

Again…if the top executives of a company shoot 120, then how the f**k does it really matter to be a scratch golfer to become a top executive.

If it mattered, then wouldn’t all those top executives executives be able to shoot even a 90?

Don’t you get the circular logic here?[/quote]

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