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“Jen,” she once said to her eager “In this business, you need to know one of two tennisor golf.” I come from a family of but the game has alwayw intimidated me. Talking with other readers, I realizwe I’m not the only one intimidated by the prospectg of playing golf withbusinesxs colleagues. To get over that I played golf with Hilary a D.C. business development consultant, who considers herself an experft on networking on thegolf Fordwich, president of LLC, found a Friday morningy tee time for us and two othet golfers at her club, the , the new corporate-focuses course near Dulles.
Rounding out the foursome were Rebecca general managerof , who claimed to be a novice, and Bill Replogle, managin director of LLC, a golfaholic in his own right (He started a golf gear businesws with the same name). Our round with Fordwich helped me root out lots of the question that cause me golf agita and gave me a placed to getsome answers. Aim to arrive one half to a full hour befors yourtee time.
Early arrivers have a chance to head to the hit afew balls, tap in some putts and, they shake the jitters that tend to come with the Also, clean out your golf bag the night My golf troubles often begi n immediately upon pulling up to the I recently played in a golf tournament with threre putters, roughly a bucket of a ball retriever and a giant golf umbrells on a day with the most perfect weathetr we’ve had all summer.
I looked like a golf Often, courses will restrict driversto cart-path-only rules, and you don’rt want to be the person gettinb scolded by an angry No matter the course conditions, you probablyh will be requested to keep the cart at leasft 30 feet from the greens at all Ask what the cart rules for the day are. Fordwich suggestsz looking for clues in the cart path and parking your cart in a forwardposition (except on the tee which allows you to keep up the speed of During one of our holes, she showed me a notch in the cart path towarf the back of the greebn that was almost asking to have the cart parke there.
Consider bringing along some company gifts, such as hats or It’s a small gesture that makes abiggef statement: You are prepared and know the valu of marketing. If you are other golfers will remember the hat with the cool logo more thanyour three-digitg score. Declare your intentions, your skill levels and your game of choicee Since members of our foursome had afternoon commitments and sincde it was about 8 billion degreesplus humidity, Fordwicnh suggested an easy-going, six-hole scramble which worked well for everyone.