[Mike O]

Under par as the genesis of golfing happiness is a cruel mirage. It is very much like wealth...it generates greater anxiety and worry! To me the key is to soak up EVERY golfing experience regardless of performance. Play with people you know, and occassionaly with a mystery fourth! Play the ball down, count every stroke...or go back to your roots and play matchplay. I always play from the tips, just in case the golfing god (Rupert) smiles on me! If he should happen to grimace I can always say I got caught in the bushes on my backswing...on every hole! Play new courses...study a familiar one with every measuring device available. Please...get an official handicap...and dare to wage a wager (quarter skins at the very least!) And THE most important thing...play the hell up...51/2 , 5 , 41/2 hour...heck 4 hour rounds are for inebriated tree sloths.

Okie,
I'm with ya! For me I'd add- Walk!