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Why Golf is Essential

Ask any pediatrician or child psychologist and they'll tell you that play is essential as it helps young people understand themselves quicker and deeper than study. Play develops and/or reveals character. Golf is truly the "greatest game" we play, as it teaches us character traits like... Honesty - Did you count all your strokes? Did the ball move and come to rest in a different position? Perseverance - To see results, you must practice the following drills every day for the next ... Read more...
Steve Graves, Thursday, April 23, 2020

Is it FUN?

At Play-a-Round Golf, we want each of our guests to have fun, but helping them decide what game to play, under what conditions, and on which course can be rather daunting. So, we ask the following question to get the discussion started... "Challenging or confidence-builder?" Listening to their discussion tells me a lot about the group and why they're here. Are they here to enjoy the beer or wine they brought with them? Do they want to showoff their new driver? Have they brought a newbie ... Read more...
Steve Graves, Friday, January 17, 2020

The New CFO!

Listening to a TED talk last week, I realized that I needed to learn more about happiness and picked up Shawn Achor's book "The Happiness Advantage." Already it's changed a lot of what I believed in regarding success. "...more than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success." ~ Richard Branson We've all been told to focus on success. Keep your nose to the grindstone and eventually you'll be successful and then you'll be happy. Turns out that the opposite is more true. When I ... Read more...
Steve Graves, Tuesday, January 7, 2020

How Fast Can You Play?

With all the clamor regarding speed of play on professional tours, college matches, and the amateur ranks, one would think there would be more emphasis on how fast we can play rather than measuring how slow we play? It's like telling your children, "Don't jump on the bed." The only thing we hear is we play slow. So, if everyone does it, what's the issue? Rather, what if the focus were on how fast we play? What if we spoke about how quickly certain professionals played a round of 18 holes? ... Read more...
Steve Graves, Thursday, July 4, 2019

Work & Play Balance: Where to begin?

Play-a-Round Golf... helping families and friends balance work and play, year-round. Let's begin with Dad. Don't misunderstand, we have no aversion to women and children.  It's just that more men play golf than women...by quite a lot. While children are a growing part of the game, the jury is still out if they'll continue after their parents stop pushing them. Need to think more on this. But back to Dad. First a couple of questions: When he arrives home after a round, is Dad in a good mood ... Read more...
Steve Graves, Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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