by Rick Surlow, Publisher
Let’s run a few numbers relevant to the golf world that we know—not as spectators marveling at the exploits of pros, but as participants, fully engaged, with our whole selves, in this game we love.
- More than 1,000 golf courses are open for business in this truly Golden State.
- About 40 tee times daily per course.
- Go ahead, pick three of your buds and make it a foursome.
- Add up the three points above and you’ve got 160,000 rounds of golf capacity every day.
- Over a year, that means 58 million rounds of available golf times. (And that’s just in California.)
Clearly, that’s a lot of golf waiting for you to indulge. What’s that? Too busy figuring out the ins ’n outs of the electronic gadgets you got for Christmas? Your golf partner’s job just transferred her to another state?
One of the beautiful things about golf is that you can always luxuriate in a solo round when the spirit moves you, but rare is the occasion when you can’t, with just the tiniest bit of social bravado, introduce yourself to join another solo player or group.
Enough with the self-imposed isolation of computers and smart phones! By far the smartest thing to do in this world is to enjoy other people. Good for your head, your heart, and maybe even your business.
So go on: get outside, breathe some air, extend a hand, clink a glass when you’re done. Expand your circle of friends. If you’re living in or passing through Southern California, leave the crowds behind and settle into Beaumont for a day’s play at Tukwet Canyon Golf Club. That will take one available tee time off the list.
Only 57,999,999 more to go.
