Day 72 – Anniversary Weekend – Rest again

Today I flew back from Chicago and arrived into Los Angeles around 3:15pm.

My gal and I were going to spend the night in the Santa Monica Delphina Hotel and go out to a nice dinner at Rustic Canyon to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary. We are both very social people, however I always look forward to spending some ‘alone time’ with her – away from the phones, people, parties and commotion. I look forward to spending this night with her. She’s a great partner-in-crime and has been very supportive throughout my 72-day journey. I can only imagine how sick she is of hearing me go on and on about this, that or the other change that I made to my swing that day. There is probably not a single person out there who would like to see this 80-day exercise come to its successful completion more than her, but you would never know it - very, very supportive.

I will say that this is the first time in 72 days that I have not had a club in my hand for 3 consecutive days. What a strange feeling! My calloused hands are starting to lose their hard edge. I will not deny that I am itching to swing the club. From the onset of this exercise, I wondered whether or not I would get burnt out spending 80 straight days focusing on my golf game. I can safely say that I am not burnt out in the least.

Ben Hogan used to say that he looked forward to waking up every morning to go and hit golf balls. I can say the same for myself. I never tire from swinging a golf club. I could hit balls until my hands bleed. It is a goal of mine to have enough time and money to swing a club every day for the rest of my life. It is a game I hold near and dear to my heart and one that I want to continually and constantly improve on. The game has all ready taught me a lot of which I do not know how to ever repay. I firmly believe that golf teaches us most of the important things in life – of which I have neither the room nor time to expand on herein. However, here are some of the most important qualities golf has taught me thus far: respect for others, having patience, dealing with adversity, critical thinking, problem solving, approaching something without ego, dealing with the need for change, a drive to improve, perseverance and a wanting and willingness to succeed. It is a humbling game that, at its lowest point, makes you want to fold up shop and quit and at its highest point, creates an undying love, passion and respect for one of life’s most fickle and uncompromising endeavors.