January 2009 Archives
Man its cold out!
No matter where you are in this country, there has been some cold weather this winter. But if you are lucky enough to live in Myrtle Beach, the cold weather never lasts long and hell, you have a closet full of sweaters that need to be worn once in awhile.......
Living in the Sun Fun Capital of the World is awesome, but there is a downside to it and it can have a severe effect on your golf.
Is it 600 yard par 5's?
Greens rolling 13 feet on the stimp......
Annoying playing partners?
Crowded golf courses?
No, No, No, No
What affects our golf and it happens to all of us.............Complacency!
Think about it.......
For those lucky enough to live in warm weather cities and play golf, we have a major dilemma on our hands, not unlike how over time we start to take our significant other for granted. Remember those early moments in our love affairs, couldn't wait to the next date, the next call, remember the longing, the "I can't wait to see my true love"?
I think I'm talking about golf ...or is it my marriage? I hope my wife doesn't read this.......There's no chance of that happening unless I start getting paid for this blog and she gets her standard cut of all of it minus the taxes and other pesky details involving money.
Back to golf in Myrtle Beach.......
We never miss it. We never have to very long to play. We never swing a club in our den for three months or work on our grip in our office. We don't go to a heated driving range 45 minutes away, or DVR The Sony Open in Hawaii, and watch it with the same edge of our seat anticipation as The Masters in April.
We are spoiled golf brats!
We don't have to work hard for it anymore. It is always there. It is like the rich kids whose parents never instill a work ethic or a sense of purpose. We all know what happens to these kids. They grow up to be irresponsible, lazy immature adults.
The same thing happens to our golf game. We stop "working on our game" and we start playing all the time. We start showing up just minutes before our tee time.... "What's the big deal if I play like crap today - the men's group is playing tomorrow? You start seeing other golf clubs, because you get bored with the set who has stood by your side all these years. You start hanging out with a new crowd at the hottest golf course in town.... and on it goes until the love of your life sees the light and leaves you with nothing but the moisture wicking clothes on your back, an inflated handicap and a spasm in your putting stroke that can only be treated with years of therapy.
We need to get some balance in our lives, fellow warm weather year-round golfers, and quit taking it for granted everyday and here's how to do it.
Go somewhere where it is cold, with snow on the ground, with nothing to do remotely golf related for a minimum of two weeks and let me know if you start to feel a "longing" deep down. If you start swinging a broom in the basement of this cold weather hell and start putting into a coffee cup on the den carpet, you are on your road to rekindling your relationship. And if you start swinging with your significant other in the basement and rolling your significant other in the den, then its truly a lost love found.
Once you are back from your two weeks of cold weather hell, you can enjoy the great life in "The Golf Capital of the World" the other 50 weeks of the year with a renewed energy for golf, love and life!
Come see what your missing in Myrtle Beach!
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Stay warm,
Bob Seganti, PGA
I'm back and better than ever......Well, I'm never really that good but I resolve to keep on churning out this blog.
In this economy, you want to keep yourself busy. A lot of down time at the job leads to a lot of standing around time on the unemployment line.
Been thinking about this since this story broke in late December....
Congratulations Steve Williams, aka "Stevie" bag toter and confidant to his holiness the God of Golf , Tiger Woods. You are officially on my "what kind of idiot jeopardizes a job like that" list. In any profession, there are only so many great jobs, or all-time gigs, and this dude has it.
All he has to do is keep his mouth shut and not say what everyone thinks about Phil Mickelson anyway. And the dude can't do it. Now he has been written up, put on probation, and the dreaded "if you're going to be late, you might as well not even come in alert, because you're fired"
He broke the sacred code of caddying and now his employment status is subject of an office pool at The Golf Channel studios on when he will get canned.
The Sacred Caddy Code: Show Up, Keep Up and Shut Up!
But in reality there are many more and here a few of my favorites:
Is it the "avoid growing up" code by doing the same job that 13 year-old-kids do on weekends at most golf courses for movie money? Or if you like, when did paper boys become paper men and start driving cars.......
Is it the "get hammered drunk" code only on the weeknights because the weekend is for "making money"? But if my man's missed the cut, drinks are on me!
Is it the "6 of us caddies sharing a hotel, I mean motel room, because we are free spirits trying to stretch a dollar" code? Most people I know call that either a frat boy road trip or a homeless shelter.
Is it the " I'm only responsible for carrying the stuff, not counting clubs up to 14 or making sure my man has enough golf balls" code? Sounds like the idiot at work who won't bend over to pick up a paper on the office floor because he's not the cleaning lady. I often wonder how far a Foot-Joy golf shoe will go up someone's sorry %$#
Is it the " I'm channeling John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever" code with my caddy overalls unbuttoned down to my navel and my gold chains or other neck wear enhancing my special "caddies only tan"?
Is it the "can't wait for my man to sign this flag I tore off the 18th green after his win and put this sucker up for sale on my mother's Ebay account"code? What? You think caddyies have Ebay accounts?
Is it the "what the hell are taxes and what kind of service does the Internal Revenue give" code?
Is it like that service at the "day spa" in Chattanooga? In a way it's exactly like that......except there is definitely not a happy ending!
My advice to Stevie William is..... Stevie, the next time a reporter asks you a question, shove a wad of $100 bills in your mouth and walk away.
Bob Seganti, PGA
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