DO you suppose the "Golf Gods" only smile on you if you are a good person, or do you create your own gods by way of positive thinking. This week I have only had the good fortune to hit balls once. The weather was perfect. Sunny and about 7 degrees. We want to go golfing next week. I am planning to will the good weather to last until that day. I'll let you all know how that little experiment works out.
Dean's Way: Today on Dean's Way I want to discuss attitude. What makes so many golfers so pissed off when they don't make the perfect shot. As far as I am concerned, golf is a recreational sport. It is there to relax me and to make me forget about everything else in the world for a few hours.
While I admit I am probably the biggest golf obsesser on the planet ( Jason excluded) I see no positivity in screaming profanities and smashing my driver into the ground every time a shot goes awry. If this sounds like you, please, for the sake of the game I love and respect, get a grip. It's only a game.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Winter
Living in the Okanagan, we have become accustomed to a certain type of lifestyle. It's easy to start to complain about the weather when it's not cooperating like we're used to, but then I'm quickly shut up by others around Canada that have far more fierce weather than we do.
By March 1st we're quite used to sunny days, and warm temperatures, but this year it's a lot cooler than usual. So I continue to moan about it, whine about it, and receive quick kicks to the butt by those of you who are living through ice storms and snow squalls.
And just because I can't let it go... The local forecast for the next few days -
Sure, the weekend looks warm enough, especially Sunday, but I'm not golfing those days. We already planned on going Monday. Sometimes time with the family takes precedence over good weather.
And what about the days after that? If theweathernetwork.com is right about it, it'll look something like this -
Which is, in my opinion, not a reason to move to the Okanagan Valley. 5 degrees and sunny? Sure I'll go golfing, but other than the 12th and 13th, it doesn't look good.
So what do you do when you're pining to golf and the weather is holding you back? I, of course, watch The Golf Channel... a lot. Chip in the yard, putt on the carpet - both inside and on my deck (You have to mix it up a little bit. The deck runs faster than my hallway). Does anyone have any other ways of dealing with it?
By March 1st we're quite used to sunny days, and warm temperatures, but this year it's a lot cooler than usual. So I continue to moan about it, whine about it, and receive quick kicks to the butt by those of you who are living through ice storms and snow squalls.
And just because I can't let it go... The local forecast for the next few days -
Sure, the weekend looks warm enough, especially Sunday, but I'm not golfing those days. We already planned on going Monday. Sometimes time with the family takes precedence over good weather.And what about the days after that? If theweathernetwork.com is right about it, it'll look something like this -
Which is, in my opinion, not a reason to move to the Okanagan Valley. 5 degrees and sunny? Sure I'll go golfing, but other than the 12th and 13th, it doesn't look good.
So what do you do when you're pining to golf and the weather is holding you back? I, of course, watch The Golf Channel... a lot. Chip in the yard, putt on the carpet - both inside and on my deck (You have to mix it up a little bit. The deck runs faster than my hallway). Does anyone have any other ways of dealing with it?
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Dylan's First Golf
Hi, I'm Dean, and I will be a regular contributor to this new blog, Okanagan Golf Blog.
The first thing I want to talk about is my daughter Dylan. She is turning four soon and I think it's about time I get her her first set of clubs . This is a picture of her and Jason at the golf center driving range. She absolutely loved hitting balls and just spending time with daddy and uncle Jason. I will definitely be looking into lessons for her ( and myself ) so she can fall in love with the game like I have.
Dean's Way: the way I see it, it doesn't matter whether or not you are a Tiger or a four year old girl. As long as you are having fun swinging the clubs, you are bound to improve.
The first thing I want to talk about is my daughter Dylan. She is turning four soon and I think it's about time I get her her first set of clubs . This is a picture of her and Jason at the golf center driving range. She absolutely loved hitting balls and just spending time with daddy and uncle Jason. I will definitely be looking into lessons for her ( and myself ) so she can fall in love with the game like I have.
Dean's Way: the way I see it, it doesn't matter whether or not you are a Tiger or a four year old girl. As long as you are having fun swinging the clubs, you are bound to improve.
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