| Many people start playing golf as a way to advance | | | | as you discover what a slice and a hook shot are. |
| their career. It's difficult to know just how much it | | | | You then start to discover other people who are |
| genuinely helps but it is certainly true that many | | | | just starting and find yourself making new friends or |
| companies hold golf days and being able to play feels | | | | getting closer to old ones as a round of golf |
| like a requirement if you are going to be in a client | | | | becomes a regular feature of your weekend. Next |
| facing position within a company. It is also true that | | | | thing you know, you're deciding on which golf club |
| many directors of small businesses find a good way | | | | you should join. Then you become involved in the |
| to cement relationships is with half a day spent on | | | | social side of the golf club, expanding your circle of |
| the golf course followed by lunch (possibly a liquid | | | | would be opponents. |
| one) in the clubhouse. | | | | The inevitable happens. You start talking about |
| Thus the thrusting young businessman or woman | | | | golfing holidays. Maybe just you and your partner plan |
| finds themselves considering golf lessons. They | | | | a trip to the Algarve. Perhaps it's a group of friends |
| quickly become hooked. Even a couple of hours on | | | | going to Spain. Whatever type of golf holidays you |
| the range practicing your swing is immediately | | | | are interested in, you will find more and more of your |
| gratifying as you find yourself able to hit the ball | | | | spare time will be taken up looking at brochures and |
| further and further. Sometimes you even manage to | | | | websites trying to find the best golf accommodation. |
| hit it straight! Your golfing vocabulary starts to build | | | | |