Are First-Tee Excuses Ever Acceptable?
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2022-02-15
In golf, as in life, excuse-making is a form of self-protection. It’s also a brand of self-deceit. But you’re not fooling anybody else.
When you start whining before you’ve struck the day’s first shot, other golfers in your group will see right through you. They’ll know that you’re trying to have it both ways by setting yourself up as either a dogged victim of misfortune or a heroic underdog.
In fact, you’re neither, GOLF.com’s Josh Sens writes.