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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
Sport
Nick Bonfield

12 Things You’ll Only Understand If You’re A Mid-Handicap Golfer

A golfer playing from a bush with insets of a golfer chipping and golfers looking for balls.

While everyone who plays golf can enjoy the feeling of hitting their longest drive, getting up and down from an unexpected place, holing a long putt or experiencing the many mental health benefits the game can offer, players of different skill levels undoubtedly go through contrasting emotions and challenges on the course.

A 20-handicapper who’s never broken 80 clearly isn’t going to understand the pressure associated with shooting par or better for the first time. Likewise, a scratch golfer can’t relate to the little joys experienced by someone in the high teens, like breaking 90.

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