Fertile Void; I like the phrase no matter how it relates to golf.

If someone asks me , "Why do you play golf?", I have a hard time 

to answer it. Because no matter what I say, I am not really happy 

with the answer. Do I come across the status of "fertile void" when

I play golf? I agree to the part of "void" because I do not think anything 

but the task at hand. What about "fertile"? The productivity of the void

is not so great. The most you get is the good shots. The tee shot hits 

the middle of the fairway, the long putt goes to the hole. The chip shot

stops at the kicking distance. And so on. 
 

The success makes us feel so happy because of the weight of failure. The 

failure will disappoint you because there could have been a success. 
When you set a goal and challenge it, you feel a thrill because you 

in fact are in a high hope. Every shot in golf has the potential of 

achieving something more than you can do. Can you do it in your 

daily living? It would be crazy if you do. But you can feel this thrill 

if you play golf. Perhaps I go out there everyday with high hope of

achieving the impossible on every shot.

You said nothing but the truth, Dr. Ohn, in describing the feelings

of many, many golfers including myself.

Arnold Palmer once said after hitting the driver in the middle of fairway,

the good feeling he gets after the shot like that is what makes him go or something like that.

It is so true golf gives us the uplift we need to live in this world.

Golf is such a awkward sport and expression of 'Fertile Void' is somewhat proper
and interesting as well according to my observation.You have to 'void' your daily

main activity,then you will get success(fertile) in golf.

Here are a few examplaes for those.

1.If you are right handed person in example,right side is main and dominant side
  to fulfill your activity successfully, but in golf you should 'void' that side
  to get 'fertile'in most of swings and puttings.

2.When you throw,shoot,or kick toward target,you normally aim your eyes to the target
  to get bull's eye,but in putting in golf, you should 'void' aiming your eyes(head)
  and stay still your head and staying away from target, then you will get 'fertile'!

3.In mentally,if you 'void(empty)'your mind, you would get 'fertile'  KJ

Thank you, Dr. Hwang, for your valuable comments.

Someone once said a long time ago that golf contributed to the mental

wellbeing of mankind a lot more than what psychiatrists did.

Maybe we golfers like to believe that although none of golf widows

would agree.

I exclaimed, "Good putt!". My wife said, "I closed my eyes."

Whenever she makes difficult putts, she thinks that's because 

she closed her eyes.

I heard that some golfers do that

although I never tried it.

You just gave me an idea. Thank you.