To be good at golf, you need to keep your head down and eyes looking at the ball all the time. But, on some golf courses around the world, that is harder than it sounds. It is near impossible. The scenery is too much of a distraction.

To get good at playing golf badly you must learn to appreciate the beauty surrounding you. Unlike your game, that never changes.

Scenery provides a very useful and understandable excuse for playing poorly. Aesthetes and lovers of the world’s natural beauty usually have a very poor short game, being more interested in admiring the views from the infinity-edge greens than reading them.

Generally speaking, as most golfers know, a vista is far more enjoyable than a long bunker shot and the view from the tee better than your drive from it.

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