Why You Should Play Golf

           You might have noticed that most of the terms in golf are in English. The terms are standardised and not translated to any other language (or you’ll have a hard time with your caddies). You can’t call out ‘helang’ for an eagle nor ‘burung’ for a birdie! Thus, Golf is a sport that promotes your English language proficiency.

YOU NEED THE EXERCISE             

Golf is one of the best non-impact exercises with about an average of 4 miles of green which is a good walk in anybody’s book. Golf may not be the only exercise you should partake in as you’ll surely need some anaerobic exercise such as running or swimming to boost your heart rate. But as you play more golf and you want to progress, you’ll start focusing on your exercise away from the course more seriously. Try a stretching routine twice a day or go for a run on other days.

CHALLENGE UNRESTRICTED BY AGE AND ABILLITY

Golf is surely the most accessible sport. Well, apart from maybe darts or fishing! (Are you sure they are really sports?) Can u list down any other sport where a 10 year old can tee it up against an 80 year old (thanks to the handicap system) for a great competitive round of golf?

One of the interesting facts about golf is that it is a sport you can take up now and if you maintain reasonably healthy, you’d still be playing in your eighties. Most golfers love playing against their dad, mother or their brothers or sisters.  The handicap system allows a novice to give an experienced player a good game in a competition of golf.

GOLF IS NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS YOU THINK

Yes of course and you certainly do have time for it! Most would think that golf is too dear and they just don’t have time for it. Let’s do the math here…

A decent set of clubs and bag would only cost around RM900 and you’ll need golf shoes which can be found at around RM200. If you don’t want to join a club you can find a round of golf at many decent places for as low as RM50 depending on the course. So if you add this all up over the course of a year where you play for 4 hours once a week, you’ll spend of RM3500.

BUT if you were to play four hours once a week, your total playing time over 12 months would be 192 hours, so the actual hourly spend comes in at around RM18 per hour!!! Now surely you know that there are not many forms of entertainment these days that cost less than that. You only have to buy your equipment once and you can certainly search around for cheap rounds of golf in different courses.

So it comes down to the question of time. If you claim that you don’t have four hours at the weekend to spend on golf-RUBBISH! You’d be back home by midday after a round of golf.

There’s no better way to spend a beautiful weekend morning than having a good leisurely round of golf with your family and friends.

SOCIALIZING AND FRIENDSHIP

Apart from the leisure golf sessions with your family, most competitions would pit your skills against each other and the course. However, you would still have 2 or 3 playing partners who join you for the round and share the task of scoring. 4 hours of golf will lead to many opportunities to get acquainted make some good friends from spending time on the golf course. There is also plenty of time for socializing at the cafe after a round of golf and often other social activities taking place at the golf club that members can join in with.