http://www.hookedongolfblog.com/2007/10/26/rumor-mill-michael-jordan-to-design-and-build-his-own-golf-course The #1 Blog In Golf Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:26:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.hookedongolfblog.com/2007/10/26/rumor-mill-michael-jordan-to-design-and-build-his-own-golf-course/comment-page-1#comment-10067 mwmcgove Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:29:39 +0000 http://www.hookedongolfblog.com/2007/10/26/rumor-mill-michael-jordan-to-design-and-build-his-own-golf-course/#comment-10067 Throughout all the success and winnings of tour pros like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and others, golfers and golf fans alike have lost a grasp on what golf is truly about. Golf is not about climbing the money list or winning the most tournaments in one year. Golf is a game of serenity and ease. Today’s game has been transformed into an organization that now fiends on stress, with stakes as high as any other sport. With first place pots of millions of dollars, pros will do anything to get an edge and distance themselves from their opponents. This cut throat reality has turned golf from a sport that helped to relieve stress into exactly the oppositte. The whole purpose of this game is to escape reality. Nothing can beat stress and anxiety better than a relaxing round of golf with your best friends. On the course, everything else disappears. Life’s problems cannot bother you after you smoke a 300 yard drive or drop an eagle putt from 30 feet. This ignorance of your surroundings during a round is the true thrill and meaning of golf. But instead, today’s marketing of the sport and competition has turned everyone’s attention away from this basic meaning and towards the statistics and the money. Unfortunately, today’s game has become exactly what the classic game of golf strove to defeat. Throughout all the success and winnings of tour pros like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and others, golfers and golf fans alike have lost a grasp on what golf is truly about. Golf is not about climbing the money list or winning the most tournaments in one year. Golf is a game of serenity and ease. Today’s game has been transformed into an organization that now fiends on stress, with stakes as high as any other sport. With first place pots of millions of dollars, pros will do anything to get an edge and distance themselves from their opponents. This cut throat reality has turned golf from a sport that helped to relieve stress into exactly the oppositte. The whole purpose of this game is to escape reality. Nothing can beat stress and anxiety better than a relaxing round of golf with your best friends. On the course, everything else disappears. Life’s problems cannot bother you after you smoke a 300 yard drive or drop an eagle putt from 30 feet. This ignorance of your surroundings during a round is the true thrill and meaning of golf. But instead, today’s marketing of the sport and competition has turned everyone’s attention away from this basic meaning and towards the statistics and the money. Unfortunately, today’s game has become exactly what the classic game of golf strove to defeat.

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