Great Blue

I’m headed out to play golf this morning.   This will be my third round in 8 days.  I think I may have caught the golf bug again.   I didn’t really ever catch it last year, or the year before.   I was in school those years getting my MBA.   I played, but I didn’t play nearly as much as I had in years before.   In 2006 and 2007 I played over 80 rounds each year.  I was down a bit in 2008, when I only played 52 times.  In 2009 and 2010 I played 18 and 23 rounds respectively. 

Today will be my third round of the year.   I’m excited to go play.  I’m playing a very hard course.   I’ve scored okay there in the past, but I’ve also put up some pretty horrendous numbers.   The course is called “Great Blue” and it’s part of the Heron Lakes golf complex in north Portland.   I think it’s a wonderful course.   I enjoy being challenged, although with my lack of recent play, today could be interesting.

Golf, when playing for fun, is not really about the score.  I have to constantly remind myself of that.   It’s about being outside and hitting good shots.   Each shot is its own game.  You start fresh as you address the ball and once contact is made the game is over.  You have to approach each shot this way.   If you do, then the score will take care of itself.    This fact is far easier to write then it is to believe once you’re out there.