Golf and Computers

I am writing this article using brand spanking new word processing software. Wrestling with the installation, and subsequent use, of the new software got me to thinking about the similarities between golf and computers. I see significant parallels between the successful operation of a computer and the successful operation of a golf swing.

Here follows a list of those similarities and parallels.

Both golf swings and computers have an unfortunate tendency to balk when new software is installed. Computers, at least mine, are notoriously finicky regarding the acceptance of new software. So is your golf swing. When was the last time you boldly inserted a new swing thought and experienced a flawless and vastly improved round of golf? Glitches seem to be an integral part of the standard operating procedure in both cases. If you happen to be stubborn, you can emerge victorious from either adventure.

Golf swings and computers share a fondness for freezing up at the most inopportune time. Not that there is such a thing as a good time for either to go into vapor lock, but the stakes are always high when mine hiccup.

In the case of both golf and computers, technical support can be an exercise in futility.

In the realms of computers and golf, we envy the hardware and software of others. The tools and applications employed by others always look better from our perspective. This person or that person has more memory or hits longer drives than I do. That software bundle or short game is better than mine.

In dealing with golf or computers, sometimes throwing something is both necessary and proper.

Making two-foot putts and saving our work are both things we do far too infrequently for our own good.

Both computers and golf clubs are miraculous tools when properly employed to perform a given task. The human element (that would be us) keeps screwing up some perfectly good engineering.

Every time you sit down at your desk or stick a tee in the ground on the first hole, you stand a good chance of uttering the phrase "stupid computer" or "stupid game".

I do not play golf games on my computer. My tenuous grasp on sanity couldn't possibly survive the combination.

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