Classic Rock and Golf in the Wind

Classic Rock and Golf in the Wind

Greetings Golfers,

Just because I want to talk about the weather, doesn’t mean I don’t have something to say.

 
This fall has been crazy good. Beautiful warm days and little rain. Perfect. However, last Sunday was cold and windy. Really windy.

 
Most golfers don’t like wind. I get it. But … I like to play in the wind. I concentrate a lot better and I like hitting weird shots. I think it’s fun.

 
Just read an article about the demise of rock music - what I think of as “Classic Rock”. I relate rock music to playing golf in the wind … they’re both sort of gritty.

 
Elevator music is like playing golf in perfect conditions. They wouldn’t want to play rock music in elevators … they want smooth and easy music … not something that would make people think the elevator might crash.

 
My son Ryan and I played in the wind on Sunday with a former college golfer. Obviously a good player … but his game was built for good weather. His “perfect” swing couldn’t adapt to the gusty, intense wind.

 
The rock music article had a lot of reasons for rock’s demise. One reason was that big corporate groups bought-up the local radio stations and they wanted more of a generic form of music. Another reason was that rock music was expensive to produce … you can’t just record it on a computer.

 
I’m not somebody who tries to make life hard. In fact, I hope I’m the opposite. But, I do enjoy the challenges of life. And life is constantly throwing challenges at us … weather being one of many. So I think that trying to make life simple … helps in dealing with the challenges. If you’re already making life hard and complicated … the challenges become over-whelming.

 
If your golf swing is really complicated … bad weather is over-whelming.

 
If your swing has to be “perfect” so you can play … you better stay inside and play on a simulator.

 
Isn’t this modern music sort of like simulator music?Music made on a computer … not people in a rock band.

 
I don’t want to go through life half-asleep. It might be easier … but that’s a bad goal. I think embracing life’s challenges is a better goal. And playing golf in windy weather is a fun way to do it.

 
Cheers,

Tom Abts
GM/Head PGA Professional
tabts@deerrungolf.com