Head First Golf

Funny how winning isn’t just enough. Tiger pulls off another win at the Dubai Desert Classic today and mentions to a reporter that winning by 8 strokes is “a lot less stressful”.

Duh.

I like Tiger and this comment is taken out of context a bit so I’m going to back off. But my point is that winning is winning and should be enjoyed. And beyond that, the whole point of golf is to enjoy the experience. Perhaps when we make a sport ‘professional’ we lose that enjoyment. Does it become a burden? Does it become something we start to dread – like many in the corporate world do?

Funny to think Tiger might just feel the same about his ‘job’ as many of us do about ours. And how ironic that we look at the golf themed executive gifts we got this last Christmas on our desks that we are looking fondly towards our next round as a stress reliever while Tiger is stressed when he plays.