Golf: Grooming Leaders of the Future

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The stereotype of golfing is executives or doctors cutting out on a day of work to hit the course. But what if instead of being a hobby or a pastime, golf is instead a powerful training ground for skills that are needed for leadership?

From the movie Happy Gilmour to the rise of Tiger Woods, golf embraces everyone. So what is the difference between golf and other sports, you ask?

Golf teaches how to make complex critical decisions that have direct consequences – in fact it is often cited by business leaders as being the origin of their ability to decide.  Kids who are introduced to golf early may make decisions with a better understanding of all the variables that must be taken into consideration.  The PGA cites golf as teaching maturity, acceptance, patience and perspective.  These are all values that may be harder to come by as our culture continues to speed up and to rush kids as they try to learn.  In a world that seems to value the ability to move quickly over an ability to consider deeply, golf, and other sports that require more strategy than speed seem to have risen to the challenge of teaching a new generation a set of values that usually come only with age and experience.

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