The theory, according to our instructor Rick Clark, is that I'll rally to their level and they won't stoop to mine. Rick, like most golf instructors, loves to compare golf to life. I like him instantly. Where a guy can challenge you, especially a guy who's been playing forever. Where with women, even if they've been playing for a long time they'll still take what your saying to the heart and they won't really challenge you as much.
Golf is a game of ever-changing shots.
Some must be hundreds of yards long, others just feet or inches. Some need to pop up into the air, others must curve and arc slightly to the left or right. To prepare our games for the maddening diversity, every 45 minutes we move to a different station at the several acre golf school that simulates some moment in the game. One I mostly stink at, and due to some mysterious recent ailment in his swing, John is haunted by. An effective but excruciating process.