Drive For Show-Put For Dough

Golf is just an amazing game and after 53 years of golf I have heard the term “drive for show, put for dough” at least a 1000 times.

There are so many cliche in the game of golf and knowing each of them helps to bring more enjoyment when talking with other golfers.

So let’s break down the actual meaning of this golf cliche “drive for show put for dough”.

One of the biggest pleasures is to Stand on a Tee-box and swing with all your might and see your ball fly down the fairway 300 yards, or more. Especially when you drive is 50 yards farther down the fairway than the rest of your foursome. You know have bragging rights.

Now let’s say on that same par 4 hole you hit your 110 yard second shot straight into the greenside bunker, blow your sand shot 15 feet by the hole and 3 put for a double bogey 6.

Well, all that excitement of that 300-yard drive has long been since forgotten as you walk back to the cart scratching your head.

Now, lets take the same golf hole, same foursome. “George”, let’s say for example hit his drive 250 yards down the fairway and hits his second shot of 160 yards to within 18 feet of the pin. Waits for the other players to get inside his ball. He also waits while you blow your sand shot by the pin. George, then steps up to his ball and 2 putts for a par four and win the money you bet him on the hole.

George, also adds insult to injury as he walks back to his golf cart saying, “That was a great drive on that hole, it must have gone over 300 yards” smiling from ear to ear as he counts up the money he won on that hole.

So, you see the longest drive might give some great excitement, but doesn’t always win the money.

In parting I would just like to say, the game of golf is like the game of life “ May your drives be long and straight and may all your short putts go in.

Darrel Ferguson

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