The Golfather

Born on the fairways of Muskoka. ⛳
Run by a family of golfers.
Canadian Owned.

[Stephen Gibbons @Gibboanxious]

Fred Astaire showcases a tap-dancing golf routine in the film Carefree in 1938.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

I continue to be amazed at the golfers returning from their final hole. I always ask about their round, and I do get some grumbles.

Then I ask if they had fun ...and they smile. That is important!

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Golf doesn’t ask for perfect.
It asks for patience, over and over again.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

A good round isn’t about how many great shots you hit.
It’s about how few bad decisions you make.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Some golfers play the course.
Others play their last mistake.

You can usually tell which one within a few holes.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Confidence in golf doesn’t come from hitting great shots.
It comes from surviving the bad ones.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Every golfer has two swings.
The one they bring to the first tee, and the one they find around the 6th hole.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

The best rounds usually start with no expectations and end with a story.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

There’s a point in every round where you decide what kind of day it’s going to be.
Most people just don’t realize they made the decision.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Golf is one of the few games where slowing down usually makes you better.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

You can learn a lot about a golfer by how they react to a bad shot.
You can learn even more by how long they carry it with them.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Most golfers think they need better clubs.
Most of the time, they just need one less bad swing per hole.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Golf has a strange way of turning a bad day into a good one.

And sometimes a good swing into a disaster.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

@offthegrid777 @reedsw0rld @UntilTheNextTee Every course has one. They usually don’t wait long on the tee.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Every course has a group that plays the same tee time every week.
That group is the heartbeat of the game.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

You can learn a lot about someone by playing a round of golf with them.

Mostly about their vocabulary.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Golf doesn’t ask you to be perfect.

It just asks you to come back.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

@UntilTheNextTee Usually is. Golf just tends to make it obvious a little faster.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

Most golfers don’t quit because golf is hard.
They quit because the experience stops being fun.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

@offthegrid777 @reedsw0rld @UntilTheNextTee “The Mafia” sounds about right. Every course has a group you don’t want to get in the way of.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

@UntilTheNextTee There are always groups. The ones that matter are the ones that feel connected to the course. Those are the ones that come back.

[The Golfather @thegolfatherca]

@reedsw0rld @UntilTheNextTee “The starting five” might stick. The early groups always seem to know something the rest of us don’t.