Undeserved Praise

photo credit: Dru Bloomfield – At Home in Scottsdale   Why do some players feel as if they need to give you a compliment after, what you feel, is a mediocre golf shot?  I’ve got a golfing buddy like that.  No matter what type of shot I hit, it’s followed by “nice shot.”  I know he means well but too many “nice shots” can be agitating to some, me included.

Don’t get me wrong, I like to be congratulated but ONLY when it is deserving and not until.  I’m there to play golf.  I enjoy having a laugh or two or smoking a good cigar and that’s as far as it goes.

Golf is what you make of it.  Playing golf to me, is a challenge, always has been.  I enjoy the competition but how do you tell your best friend, “enough already?”