Well, I tried my swing at the local tournament called Capital City Golf Association this past week and had a blast. I was very blessed to have the opportunity!
Coming off a second rotator cuff surgery in less than 15 months on the ole right shoulder, I wasn’t sure how well the stamina of three days of playing golf would show. Keeping in mind the tourney was 54 holes (18 x 3) and all seemed well 5 holes into final round then golf became extremely slow (literally waiting 5-10 minutes per shot) and the ole shoulder became so stiff I could hardly swing/and even raise my arm. At the point of the initial delay (quick update: round one was 73, round two was 72, and through 5 holes of day three I was even par) I felt pretty solid about finishing without much issues and actually competing well ahead of expectations – all up to that point – then all of a sudden the course darn near stopped and before I teed off on 6th hole there was about a 12 minute wait after holing out on the 5th and if you have ever stiffened up you know what happened from here.
I knew trouble was in the making when practice swinging on number 6 – but Oh well, wasn’t going to quit and certainly knew I had to overcome this obstacle – I tried the using more club than needed and swinging easier – Big mistake and after a few holes of that I thought oh well lets get a prescribed pain killer in the system. If you are an avid sports person and rythym is important to you – well it didn’t matter what I took / tried because I was pretty much done:) – finished the last 13 holes 12 over par when the inital 41 holes was only played at 5 over par – if that gives you any indication of how my evening finished out. Ultimately a 5 hour and 30 minute round of golf (please know I aint complaining and realized it was a blessing just being out there)
I am a very competitive person and certainly look forward to my next tourney with hopes of improving in all areas.
Why am I even mentioning this golf stuff? In personal efforts or business efforts you have to become flexible and realize when you need to change and at a moments notice become willing to understand and do it. As well, always realize you should set attainable goals and yuu will see the positive effects your good attitude and service quality efforts translate to others. Although I ran into obstacles in golf, I knew the sun was shining down on me that day, it would rise again the next, and my ultimate salvation was most important – so BLESSED I WAS and AM.
Hope some of this makes sense…
KA
