Category: The Business of Golf
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Welcome to the Golfer’s Proxy Service
By Jim Corbett Mr. Golf Etiquette constantly strives to provide the most comprehensive service of any golf etiquette home page on the entire World Wide Web. This is a huge commitment, but one from which Mr. Golf Etiquette will not shrink. In an attempt to make sure that all of your golfing needs are…
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The Seven Habits of the Highly Effective Golfers
By Jim Corbett The First Habit — Play Safely Stay behind those in your group who are hitting Be sure the group ahead is out of range before hitting Don’t take practice swings in the direction of others The Second Habit — Maintain a Good Pace of Play Be ready when it is your…
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The Five Stages of Coping With Mediocre Golf
By Jim Corbett There are definite stages that people go through when coping with difficult and challenging experiences in their lives. This is a process through which the human brain enables us to adjust to situations that might otherwise be too traumatizing. The use of this complex mechanism for coping was first observed by…
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Keeping Score
by Jim Corbett Keeping score is an aspect of the game of golf that can sometimes cause confusion. It’s not that scoring in golf is complicated — you hit the ball, it counts as a stroke, you hit it again, it counts again. The part that is confusing is the relative importance of the…
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Business and Golf — The Perfect Twosome
by Jim Corbett It’s a jungle out there! But that doesn’t necessarily mean the laws of the jungle are the ones that will get you to your goal the fastest. In fact, it may be quite the opposite if the particular jungle you inhabit is the world of business. You see, “civilization” is our…