Thread by @SteveWiesnerSMB

Yesterday's golf tweet got this Twitter noob some much needed followers, so will post one more.

My dad used golf to teach me a huge life lesson.

Well, several actually.

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Despite growing up in Canada, my dad was a great golfer. The other side of scratch kind of golfer. To me, he was Lefty long before Mickelson. In his later years he tried to get his senior PGA card. He was great.

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One day, he took me and my sister to play. I was 14 or 15 at the time. As always, I was hacking and he was killing it. Frustrating, yeah. I developed some golf rage back then. And that was lesson #1 – golf can bring out the worst in people and it certainly did for me.

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What happened next was the big lesson. As I got angry, he got better. My rage and swing got worse. Then, he said it. Remember, my dad was a lefty. I swing right. “Look, if it makes you feel better, I’ll swing your clubs for the rest of the round.” Great! I’d have a chance.

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He grabbed my three-wood, turned around, did a couple awkward practice swings, and stood over the ball. Then, he crushed it 230 yards (these were old persimmons) with a beautiful high fade that dropped like butter, pin-high, right on the green.

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I’ve always wanted to use the word gobsmacked, and now I can. I was gobsmacked. I didn’t look at him, didn’t congratulate him. I just grabbed my bag and trudged forward, smoke trickling from my ears. Luckily, we were on the 15th hole so I didn’t have to watch for much longer. 6/9

Lesson #2 was you can devastate your competition with hidden skills. Stay quiet about your secret weapon until you need it! That ambidextrous SOB played just as well from either side. He made a small fortune betting older golfers when he was a kid.

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🔑 lessons:

Golf can bring out the best and worst of a person’s character and personality.

Keep your secret weapons secret. It's called secret for a reason!

Gobsmacked is a pretty cool word.

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I’m a newbie here who needs some engagement, so if you liked this story please like and retweet. Thanks! 9/9 #smbtwit #SMBs #Golf

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