Golf Seen As a Sport, Hobby, and Lifestyle

By March 30, 2020Tips & Tutorials

Golf has evolved to become one of the most challenging, exciting and intriguing sports played worldwide today. While some individuals take it as a life career, others take is as a sport and some others take it as their lifestyle. For the beginner golfer, golf can prove to be very challenging. This is due to the many rules and complicated playing methods. For the sportsman, maximum concentration and practice is needed compete among the best, beat the best and become the best.

For professional sportsmen and athlete, there are several golf events, tournaments or competitions organized every year. These tournaments offer the winners opportunity to battle it out  for a chance to win the Champions Cup in the grand finale. Professional golf tours are owned and managed by independent golf tour organizations. It is however difficult to become a member of those tours. Golf when looked at as a sport is divided into three major categories of championship: The Men’s Major Championship, The Senior Major Championship and the Women’s Major Championship.

The major focus when it comes to golf is on how to hit the ball longer, and how to make straight shots. This has led to individuals missing out on the fun in playing the game as the focus on gaining perfection. However, others prefer to a more modern and laidback approach to enjoying the beautiful game. These sets of people are known as lifestyle golfers. They take out time to hang out with each other, make new friends, meet people and socialize. For lifestyle golfers, golf is more than just a game. It is a lifestyle and they take it more seriously than they take themselves. The focus is on the hospitality that golf brings and how it can bring relief and fun to them

What comes to mind when we hear the word hobby is some indoor activity to have fun. One would think of something like reading, playing chess and other indoor activities. Some would watch a movie, listen to music or play video games. This doesn’t change the fact that strenuous activities that require strength and muscle such as hiking and of course golf can be a hobby. You might not want to consider playing golf strenuous, but, playing the game for hours, walking on the golf course for the same period of time and hitting a golf club continuously would definitely take its toll on you. Golf can become addicting or better still become a hobby. The beautiful landscape, the trees, water and the perfectly trimmed grasses one gets exposed to can really draw attention and keep you coming back. The beautiful part of playing golf as a hobby is that you can bend the rules and enjoy the game all you want.

There might be environmental restrictions when it comes to playing golf as well as other issues. However, the spot still holds a place as a noble and fascinating game. The right attitude one must possess to play the game makes it all the more fascinating. The game can help grow social networks and create new opportunities for people. Golf indeed is more than a game and there are endless possibilities attached to it.