In Part 4 of playing your first golf round I touched on the 1st tee jitters and some course courtesies or etiquette After you have hit your ball on the 1st tee along with your fellow golfers the real game begins

It's "Tee Time" - Your first time teeing up and preparing to play golf can be a bit unnerving if you let it It is human nature to be a little nervous when you are trying something new for the first time and people are around watching you

While watching the 2008 Olympic games I digressed to the Super Bowl game a few months back The words I used to describe the Giants victory over New England was Destiny, Fate, Unbelievable, Miraculous

You have scheduled your tee time, arrived at the golf course, checked in with the Pro Shop and starter and are heading to the first tee - Congratulations You are ready for the game of a lifetime

As noted in the previous writing, the assumption is being made that all of the proper preparation has been made in order to make your first golf round as enjoyable as possible for you and your fellow players Some of the aforementioned preparatory measures for golf are worth repeating

How to know if you are really ready If you think you are ready to schedule your first round on the golf course let’s take a moment to review what you have done in preparation to play

I have just finished posts on My Seven Step Swing Checklist The one KEY ingredient to all of the seven steps is "Relaxation"

In past posts we have addressed some of the fundamentals of learning to play golf ”The Right Way” By this I mean that you have purchased or acquired your equipment, have received instruction from a golf professional, parent, sibling, friend, self taught etc