JUNIOR GOLF Have you heard about the phenomenal earnings of world-class professional golfers and thought how great it would be to have your child or grandchild take up the sport of golf? If your juniors do take up golf, it will be wonderful for them whether they ever become champions at the sport or not: 1. Golf teaches self-discipline. Mastery of the sport is hard work as well as fun. Once they begin to play in competition of any kind, they are required to be well prepared; to be on time for either a practice session or a game. They are taught to restrain their reactions when things do not go well. 2. Golf is a game of honor. The strokes players count against themselves may not have been witnessed by others, but the player knows that if they cheat, they are only cheating themselves. 3. This complex game is really made up of several games: the short game, the long game and everything in between. Someone recently asked me if the golf courses in Michigan were much different from those in Florida and I told him that every course is unique. Even if you play the same course all the time, it will play differently at different times depending on the weather, the time of day, the height of each blade of grass and other variables. This can teach a youngster the kind of flexibility needed to deal successfully with the variables in life. 4. Juniors can work on their golf game without a golf course. In fact, it is absolutely necessary that they work on their game a lot before they go out onto a course. This can be done in several different places: Chichi Rodriguez said that every night before he went to bed he hit the leg of the bedroom dresser with three dozen three foot putts. 5. This is a game to enjoy our entire lives. No one, so far, has ever defeated this game. 6. There is an element to golf called "handicapping" which categorizes golfers as to their level of play and a player strives to improve his or her "handicap." So, actually, in this game, one is always playing against one's self. This teaches a special kind of independence. To chat with me about this or anything else, especially golf Course residential Real Estate, please call or email me. My information is at the top of the Home page.