Also to scarpfish and everyone else that mentioned this.
I think you all are wrong and here is why I believe that:
When you play for fun, you are usually with friends of your choosing, on no set time table but your own, and good general camaraderie is encouraged. When you play tournament golf(to win), you are put into random 4 or 5somes with people that at some level want to see you do poorly. You rarely get paired up with people you know and generally spend your day with strangers in silence. No one jokes around, though they do sometimes offer you a half-hearted "nice shot" when you pull off a good one. You are not free to play as you wish. You must be at said place at X am and you know that you will be there till finished with a second round following last card turned in + 1 hour… rain or shine.
See that's the thing, when you play to win, you lose some of your freedom. You have to be there week after week, you have to keep grinding. It doesn't matter if it's 20 degrees out and you're sick and miserable. If you play to win, you keep grinding. The "for fun" guys are never put in circumstances like that. If they aren't having a good time or just don't feel up to it today, they just skip it and go do something else. Perhaps you all have never been in a position like I am describing, but I have several times this year. I really just wanted DG to be fun, but for me it has become something else. I put "to win" for myself in this pole, but I suspect the correct answer for my future with this game should be "not at all". I know that I am alone in this, as I am usually with my opinions, but on some level I know this is true. If nothing else, I hope that my failures provide an example to someone else of how not to do things.
@AirMcNair
I have surgery in a week Scott, I think I'll pass. I just thought after 3 freebies, it was time you got a grenade tossed back in your lap for a change. Doug is better than either of us, and that is who you should be concerned with if you ever want to be our state champ. I worked and practiced, and did everything in my power to improve in 2010. I disced-down to learn how to throw hyzers and get away from my infamous OAT problem. I stopped using discs that were too fast for my arm speed. I tried to eat better, to lose weight, and be in better shape because I am trying to compete against kids that can eat whatever they want and never gain a pound. I did all this and more and absolutely none of it mattered one bit when it came down to playing 4 rounds in the freezing cold with people I don't like. I didn't want to be there, my play showed that, and I'm once again a loser to a guy that doesn't even take the game seriously. Yea, this isn't fun, and I have no idea why I continue to do this to myself at all.
