We’ve all been a beginner at some point – that player who has a major panic over having a small gallery on the 1st tee, or takes an age over every shot. Once you’ve got a few rounds under your belt, however, and you start to realise that everyone, including pros, top, thin and shank the ball, you start to relax and enjoy the game more.
At some point on your golfing journey, you lose that ‘beginner’ tag. It might be after a dozen rounds; when you’ve played in a club competition; or when you finally learn how to mark a card. There’s no official point when you reach the next level, more just a few signs that you’ve left your learner plates behind.
