Every Face Tells A Story
They say every face tells a story. There are people who can read your lips, read your hand writing, read your fortune, read you by your body language. Read your mind? If we can read each other's mind, everyday there will be a lot of people fighting. You will see two people walking past each other and suddenly a fight would erupt because one fellow could have said in his mind "look at this fellow - weirdo!" Or in a meeting suddenly people would throw chairs at each other as some one's mind was picked: "see this slimy character at it again".
You can read my previous post on "Which Is Your Most Important Club In The Bag":
Just as they say that you could tell the character of a person by the way he plays golf, perhaps we could also tell something about the guy by what he puts into his golf bag. This may not be the sole criteria and there could possibly be exceptions but there is an indication. There are also other traits that we should watch out for such as some golfers are mistaken what slow play means. Avoiding slow play does not mean to rush your shots. It means while waiting for your turn to hit your shots or to put be in standby mode. When you are so far away from the other person's put, get ready to put and not walk around. This awareness is very important as you will see many taking so many practice swings. Common sense please.
Pardon me as I now go on to describe what the different types of clubs or types of golfers could possibly say about you and the personality you have.
Type A - Brand Loyaltyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOKEKYYaFE8&feature=related
You can easily spot them. From the first appearance, his cap, shirt, pants or Bermudas screams out the brand. Nike here, there and everywhere. Whether you can play is one thing but you have to look good and look the part. Then when he opens his golf bag, all his clubs - driver, woods, hybrid, irons, wedges, putters and balls are of the same brand. Callaway all the way for example. It is possible that you may find all you want in a single brand but if the guy does that because he just wanted everything to match, you could be in for a long day ahead. It is just like buying hi-fi and sound equipment, some folks just must have identical kits all round. Others differ in that they believe the different brands are good at different things. Good luck.
Type B - The Fashionista
This fellow comes in carefully coloured co-ordination. The colour of his bag, clubs and even his towel, glove and golf cap comes in the same colour. There is really too much going on so much so that there are no prizes in guessing correctly the colour of his underwear. OCD? Obsessive Compulsion Disorder?
Type C - The Balls Finder
OCD again? Perhaps. There are a few types. Those who would go to everywhere bush and wade through them even if they may be disturbing some peaceful snakes' nest. They just can't resist it. Then there are those who are true experts in knowing where are the hot spots where balls strayed and could find them by the bagfuls. He could go to one place and find 8-10 balls. Watch it if you go to a club and they hang a sign: "Any persons (except players) caught collecting golf balls on this course will be prosecuted and have their balls removed." Ouch! And if you playing overseas take care to note that there are some countries that have land mines. So if you are out of the fairways do not try your luck and you might step onto one. In trying to find a ball you may lose two.
Type D - Mr. No Frills
There are some brands that you do not know or hear of often but some of these clubs are really original and can be as good as or even better than some big names but they are only sold in the US. It is less often these days to see people playing with imitation golf clubs. That is a good thing as watching out for stray balls is enough and not having to watch out for clubs that may snap and fly off the handle. However, in the USA, clones are legitimate. They are not imitation as they call themselves clones. They may even try to make them look like the real thing with matching colours but instead of R11 they will call themselves T11 and they do not necessary have the same features. Perhaps some do it because they can't bear to blow a hole in their pocket and watch their shiny new branded clubs decimated in no time.
Type E - Mr. GPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YiebPEGoE (CSI Miami, they will find you).
I must admit that having a GPS on your buggy is fun. OCC used to have that and after teeing off you just have to drive to your ball and it tells you the distance of your shot and then what distance to go. There'll be a few who carries with them a GPS or Yardage reader to verify the distance. At times they may not even believe what they read and they may walk to and fro to verify. My advice? Just hit the bloody ball and get going! Why? Because most of us are not that good in playing to the actual distance when hitting a shot. You look at the distance marker, check the wind direction and strength, see if it is up or downhill, pin position and you hit it. Sometimes you may even thin it or fat it out or hit over or under. Within a 5-yard distance you are good.
Type F - Change Is Here
They are changing their clubs all the time. May be not all the time but they bought one and haven't even get used to it or seasoned the shaft and they say it's not good and have to change. Others do it as they feel a constant need to have the latest. Like the iPhone or iPad and then they will soon need version 2. They are the used clubs shop's dream come true. The best part is they haven't a clue but I would like to sell things to such folks.
Type G - Honest John
Some self-styled mini tournament has an Honest John system where you have to declare what you will score for that day. Later they will take out some blind holes to find your Honest John score. Recently, I was completely touched when we finished a game. A couple of us tied level with this regular golfer. I was level the first nine and leading by one meaning I would have won three quarter if I maintain the lead. The last hole was a draw so it was even Stevens. While we showered, this golfer was sitting down still counting as he thought something was wrong with his last hole score. Over dinner, he declared that he counted one stroke less and so he lost to two of us. This my friend is honesty at its very best. He will always be my life-long golfing buddy. If you know the LPGA you may know Wendy Ward. She was a top golfer at one time and during a tournament she stepped over her ball and without touching it the ball moved. Nobody saw it but she declared it to a match official and was duly given an additional stroke. She finally came in losing out by that one stroke that day. The prize - more USD250,000 for the eventual winner and she got USD75,000.
Every Face Tells A Story
As we are all too caught up in the humdrum of a busy life, very often people just rush about without thinking how our words can hurt others or how our actions or non-action can cause inconvenience and troubles to other folks. May be we pass a judgement on others and think to ourselves that this person may not be worth knowing without really knowing that person. Of course there are those out there who you think are not worth knowing then after knowing him you confirm and double confirm so and curse yourself for not trusting your own judgement. It is like aligning your ball to the putting line and then you change your mind and make an adjustment to find out the earlier one was correct.
Finally, take it easy whatever your pursuits in life. Sometimes, we think we have the worst problems but that is usually the case when you do not know of other people's problems. By taking time out to listen and learn of the problems of others do you realise that yours was just a mosquito bite and not a shark or crocodile bite.
All of us out there have our own battles to fight everyday. It could be a business, work, family, health, habits and others. Some may be facing extreme turmoil. There will be exceptions where some are incorrigible but as you can see that there are just so many types of people and behaviour out there, it doesn't hurt to give others the benefit of the doubt. Like people who tells you that they haven't golf in weeks or months then they start off with a birdie, par, par then birdie....or those who tells you that they are 24 handicappers and then tees off 270m like a pro and plays regulation on. Ha ha, have fun! Remember, the strong must help the weak. The rich, the poor. The other day we were talking about giving one and a half stroke per hole so I said if you were to google 1.5 ball google will give a reply with "Error". Do you mean soccer? We all have a story, a life story. What's yours?
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