A good friend of mine was working hard to improve his golf game. His handicap was a 7, and after weeks of practice, it became a 6. The following year, he achieved the enviable status of a 'scratch' golfer - a zero handicap. Ah, perfection!
But as he says, now what? If I go back to a 6 or 7 (which is likely) what does that mean?
Inherently, golf is an imperfect game fraught with variables, foibles and personal challenges. After doggedly pursuing his goal, and achieving the perfection he thought he desired, my friend realized that there wasn’t anything left for him to enjoy. He realized how much he actually hated the game. Hitting the links was like going into battle with an enemy, each game a dragon that needed to be slayed. Everything he once loved about golf had died, and it was no longer an experience in which he could relax, socialize, play.
What’s left once “perfection” is achieved? What’s the cost versus the benefit? Can we really achieve it? And if we do, so what?
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