Golf-Men are from Mars/Women are from Venus

So here’s my take on the difference between men and women regarding golf.  I see it every day in teaching!

     Men are single-minded.  This is not a bad thing.  I know when my husband has something on his mind or is involved in a task he stays focused to complete it.  Don’t interrupt him or try to talk to him about anything else until he is done.  He has also become a very good golfer and can manage to concentrate solely on the game he is playing.  He can concentrate solely on hitting the ball and staying in the moment.  When working on his golf game I cannot give him too many things to work on at one time.  Complete the task at hand first then move on to the next.  This is a great gift and I sometimes wish this was easier for me. 

     Women on the other hand are multi taskers.  It is not very often that we work on anything without doing or thinking about 3 other things.  We can cook dinner, talk on the phone and make sure those kids are doing what they are supposed to be doing.  It shouldn’t be that hard but seriously women have a difficult time just thinking about the golf ball even if for only a few seconds. 

     I was giving a lesson the other day to a young girl and when she didn’t make very good contact with the ball I asked her if she was concentrating on the back of the golf ball.  She told me that she didn’t think so.  I asked her what her swing thought was at the time and she let me know she was thinking about a funny you tube video she had watched that morning.  Too funny!  I call it the no-zone or the multi-zone.  We may start off looking at the ball but somewhere in the backswing it is possible for women to think about 3 or 4 things.  For women we have to try to pay attention to one thing long enough to make contact then back to the many thoughts we live with every day. 

So here’s the difference (On Average)

• Men play to compete/Women play to socialize
• Men try to get their buddies to screw up/Women encourage all their friends no matter how bad they play
• Men talk a little/Women talk a lot
• Men get upset when they play poorly/Women know that there is always tomorrow
• Men concentrate and Women multi-task

     It’s true, I’ve seen it and I do it.  If women could give their good shots to their friends to make them feel better they would.  If men could take their friends good shots so they score better they would. 

It’s not good or bad, it just is!  Watch tomorrow for an article written by a great lady I gave lessons to last summer.  Men versus Women by Sandra Weigand.  You’ll love it!

See You On The Links,

Cindy

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