If you are a coach or a player in the game of golf, the one aspect that hurts everyone is the dreaded and untimely THREE putt.  Sometimes they happen unexpectedly while putting for birdie from 6 feet, and then we find ourselves "at the back of the bus" on the next tee mulling over our careless bogey.  But mostly three putts in golf happen from longer distance.  Usually in the 20-30 foot range and further.  They occur when a player has to deal with tiers in the green either going up them or down them.  Nonetheless, three putts unfortunately happen.

I've always said, the worst thing in golf is a three putt.  You can make a great recovery after hitting an arrant tee shot or a poor approach shot.  But when you cover 400 or so yards in pure ball striking and then take three strokes over 30 feet, it can really play on your mind.  The third miss is always the toughest to handle and a player can never make it up....

Some things in golf disgust me, and probably most revolve around the etiquette of the game.  For example knowing that in my entire life I have never been in a bunker I haven't raked, and yet I seemingly get into bunkers that look more like Miami Beach after Spring Break.  I feel no matter how hard we try, some things will never change.  However, one side of golf that has become very disturbing, is the lack of junior golfers sticking with the game.  It has become very apparent that we are not nurturing the young generation, like the way my generation was taken care of.  I can't tell you how many of my friends have become golf professionals or are working in a golf related job.  As juniors, we used to get excited to play every round of golf we could.  We were extremely competitive and loved to beat each other and if one lost, we would try and redeem ourselves on the putting green in our famous putting contests.  I walk into facilities and see juniors but the kids just don't have the spark like we used to have.  I know through time, attitudes and personalities change, like fads and trends... but this is different.  The kids getting into competitive golf are being lead astray.  They're being put into the fire early and way to often....