Category Archives: reflections on golf

The Five Cent Golf Lesson

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Charles Prokop

Watching Peter Kostis analyze amateur swings at the AT&T National Pro-Am always reminds of Lucy’s psychiatry booth in Peanuts. I visualize Kostis sitting behind the 17th tee, offering 5 cent analysis and therapy. This year Kostis had a co-therapist, with … Continue reading →

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Norman Mailer On Golf

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Charles Prokop

Yesterday I played in our regular skins game and had a round that was simultaneously one of my worst and one of my best. I started out with an encouraging birdie, and immediately followed that with two three putt bogies. … Continue reading →

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My Reasons To Like Golf

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Charles Prokop

After much head scratching, navel gazing, and creative napping I’ve come up with my reasons to like golf. These reasons apply solely to me. Any resemblance to the reasons of others is purely coincidental, although not necessarily impossible. I mentally … Continue reading →

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More Reasons To Like Golf?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Charles Prokop

I was eating breakfast and watching Morning Drive on the Golf Channel today, and they ran a part of Tiger Woods’ press conference at Abu Dhabi. One of the reporters asked Tiger why he liked to play golf. That struck me … Continue reading →

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Reasons To Like Golf?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Charles Prokop

I got to the end of The Game Before The Game a few days ago. It’s a book by Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson about golf practice strategies, and it ends by claiming that knowing what you love about golf is … Continue reading →

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Golf Follows Me

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Charles Prokop

My relationship with golf has lasted longer than any other in my life. I started playing when I was 13 or 14, so I’ve played for at least 47 years. The closest competing relationship is my marriage, and it’s lasted … Continue reading →

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Looking Ahead

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Charles Prokop

I’ve never been much for New Year resolutions, but sitting around with a cold and/or allergies the past several days has made me pensive. It’s mountain cedar season in this part of the world. For those of you who don’t … Continue reading →

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Swinging Again

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Charles Prokop

A few posts ago, I promised to stay away from the course for a while and wait for my game to heal. Well, I didn’t touch a club for two whole weeks. That wouldn’t have been a long time for … Continue reading →

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A Hole Too Far

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Charles Prokop

My round on Halloween was my last round for a while. I’ve been playing a lot for seven years or so, usually playing more than once a week. Miraculously, I haven’t been injured or sick for more than a few … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Wampeter?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Charles Prokop

My regular golf buddies used to be guys I knew from work or school. I always had friends in high school and college that played golf, and it was easy to head out to the course after class, or cut … Continue reading →

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