The more I learn this game of golf, the more I realize it is just like business and life. In life, you ride the roller coaster of victories and defeats, and with golf you can do that from hole to hole. As I work to bring my handicap down, one of the problems I’m having is the “blow-up hole.”

I was out the other day coming in off the front nine, at 4-over par. I start the back nine with a birdie (the second of the day) and boom, t happens. I hit a drive into the woods, hit the next shot into a tree, and when I finally get to the green, I am putting for bogie. I come back with a par, but then string together a triple, quadruple and double.

Head down, I felt like giving up the game. The final tally after an amazing front nine: 90. Frustrating.

via 5 tips for avoiding the blowups in golf (and business) – The Business Journals.