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I absolutely hate slow play, as despite the fact that I try to not let affect me, it invariably does affect how well I play.
Yesterday, my wife and I played nine holes, as we often do on Thursday mornings. We were paired with two other golfers, and they were both really nice guys. However, one of them was a brand new golfer (his friend was pretty good, although rather inconsistent, and he did his best to keep things moving, as did my wife and me, but it was extremely difficult with the new and inexperienced golfer in our foursome). That nine hole round took about 2:45, and the final three holes were exceptionally slow (my wife and I usually play those nine holes at least an hour faster, and we have played with others and still finished in less than two hours, as we did just a week ago).
Through the first six holes yesterday, I was three over par, and was striking the ball quite well. However, when things ground almost to a dead stop on the seventh hole, a difficult par 5, I lost focus and just hit a couple of horrible shots. At that point I said to myself, “f**k it”, and I walked off of that green with an 8 on the scoreboard after hitting a good drive. I finished bogey, double bogey to shoot nine over, and to be honest I wasn’t concentrating very well and also attempted some shots that I would not have normally tried.
I know that I should be able to ignore the delays and distractions and focus on every shot, but slow play almost always causes these lapses in concentration and shot execution.

Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

I absolutely hate slow play, as despite the fact that I try to not let affect me, it invariably does affect how well I play.
Yesterday, my wife and I played nine holes, as we often do on Thursday mornings. We were paired with two other golfers, and they were both really nice guys. However, one of them was a brand new golfer (his friend was pretty good, although rather inconsistent, and he did his best to keep things moving, as did my wife and me, but it was extremely difficult with the new and inexperienced golfer in our foursome). That nine hole round took about 2:45, and the final three holes were exceptionally slow (my wife and I usually play those nine holes at least an hour faster, and we have played with others and still finished in less than two hours, as we did just a week ago).
Through the first six holes yesterday, I was three over par, and was striking the ball quite well. However, when things ground almost to a dead stop on the seventh hole, a difficult par 5, I lost focus and just hit a couple of horrible shots. At that point I said to myself, “f**k it”, and I walked off of that green with an 8 on the scoreboard after hitting a good drive. I finished bogey, double bogey to shoot nine over, and to be honest I wasn’t concentrating very well and also attempted some shots that I would not have normally tried.
I know that I should be able to ignore the delays and distractions and focus on every shot, but slow play almost always causes these lapses in concentration and shot execution.

I absolutely hate slow play, as despite the fact that I try to not let affect me, it invariably does affect how well I play.
Yesterday, my wife and I played nine holes, as we often do on Thursday mornings. We were paired with two other golfers, and they were both really nice guys. However, one of them was a brand new golfer (his friend was pretty good, although rather inconsistent, and he did his best to keep things moving, as did my wife and me, but it was extremely difficult with the new and inexperienced golfer in our foursome). That nine hole round took about 2:45, and the final three holes were exceptionally slow (my wife and I usually play those nine holes at least an hour faster, and we have played with others and still finished in less than two hours, as we did just a week ago).
Through the first six holes yesterday, I was three over par, and was striking the ball quite well. However, when things ground almost to a dead stop on the seventh hole, a difficult par 5, I lost focus and just hit a couple of horrible shots. At that point I said to myself, “f**k it”, and I walked off of that green with an 8 on the scoreboard after hitting a good drive. I finished bogey, double bogey to shoot nine over, and to be honest I wasn’t concentrating very well and also attempted some shots that I would not have normally tried.
I know that I should be able to ignore the delays and distractions and focus on every shot, but slow play almost always causes these lapses in concentration and shot execution.

I absolutely hate slow play, as despite the fact that I try to not let affect me, it invariably does affect how well I play.
Yesterday, my wife and I played nine holes, as we often do on Thursday mornings. We were paired with two other golfers, and they were both really nice guys. However, one of them was a brand new golfer (his friend was pretty good, although rather inconsistent, and he did his best to keep things moving, as did my wife and me, but it was extremely difficult with the new and inexperienced golfer in our foursome). That nine hole round took about 2:45, and the final three holes were exceptionally slow (my wife and I usually play those nine holes at least an hour faster, and we have played with others and still finished in less than two hours, as we did just a week ago).
Through the first six holes yesterday, I was three over par, and was striking the ball quite well. However, when things ground almost to a dead stop on the seventh hole, a difficult par 5, I lost focus and just hit a couple of horrible shots. At that point I said to myself, “f**k it”, and I walked off of that green with an 8 on the scoreboard after hitting a good drive. I finished bogey, double bogey to shoot nine over, and to be honest I wasn’t concentrating very well and also attempted some shots that I would not have normally tried.
I know that I should be able to ignore the delays and distractions and focus on every shot, but slow play almost always causes these lapses in concentration and shot execution.

Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

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Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Too many home plate collisions and WAY too many broken and dislocated fingers, especially thumbs and pinkies, for starters. My first knee injury in 1977 was from a collision when I was blocking the plate to prevent a run from scoring. Gradually, my knees just kept getting worse the longer I got down in the crouch behind home plate.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.

Maybe you don’t think that golf results in many injuries, but I have had reasonably severe injuries to the following from playing golf: knees (including ACL, MCL and multiple meniscus tears), shoulder (including torn labrum and rotator cuff), both wrists, several ankle sprains, dislocated fingers, and lower back injuries.
I was a semi-serious baseball player (mostly catcher) for more than 25 years and my knees were not in good shape when I took up golf at age 36, which almost surely laid the groundwork for the knee injuries that I suffered while playing golf. My left wrist and left shoulder were also previously injured during my baseball career. Playing golf just added to my injury history in those joints.