Not so rational things I think while on a golf course, or thanks Dad.

Today I Had a very enjoyable time out at Wasatch golf course with a little worry about David and Alex showing up late thrown into the mix. Because of how I was raised with golf, I tend to take the sport more seriously then my friends who have only started playing in the past few years. I started golf with my dad around the time I turned 5. Back then my dad was still in the hey day of his game. I seem to remember him golfing at least once a week. So it was safe we was a serious golfer. So when I was learning the skills of the game from him I was picked up a fair rigid set of social rules to be followed while golfing. This leads me back to my nervousness this mourning while waiting for Dave and Al to get to the course. It really urked me that they would be so disrespectful to the game so show up late for a tee time. And this is the rub I don't even know how it was so disrespectful the to game. Rationally I know its just a game and something I only enjoy doing because it is fun, but that thought process is something I would have trouble going though my mind while at a golf course.
Moving on to the first tee where all three of us blow our first tee shot. This only added to my general pissed-offness. While at this moment I can rationally say almost everyone who golfs gets first tee jitters. Looking back at it now I think the reason I was pissed off was because I fourth had been added to the original threesome of Al, Dave, and me. So I was most likely thinking about all the times as a kid golfing with my dad when other people golfing with us. I would goof up a shot and he would look all embarrassed for me.
So after all of that crap. I was able to have a great time. After a tip from the guy who was golfing with us I was able to play for a few hole very solid golf. I was able to relax and completely calm down. For those couple of holes I was only focused on golf.