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It's really a shame that I am awful at golf. Well, I am currently awful at golf. However, according to an article on CNN, I better learn to play real soon. Apparently moving up in a company is contingent upon one's ability to swing a club. I mean, I knew that golf was a business game, but is it really going to hurt my career if I can't play? Some say yes.

The funny part is that my internship the summer between sophomore and junior year actually paid for golf lessons for us as part of the internship program. Every Thursday, without fail, we went to the local course and learned how to swing, putt, etc. Yet you wonder why I am still so miserable at the sport, it must be a lack of hand-eye coordination or something. But the fact that a company would go through the trouble of having golf lessons for the interns tells you something...that you should know how to play without making yourself look like a complete idiot.



Simply put, golf outings help professionals to develop business relationships. I mean, what else are you going to talk about during for a few hours while driving around in those little carts? But, apparently there's some business etiquette that goes along with it too. Check out some of Hilary Bruggen's golf tips in this article, some of them are actually pretty funny. Note to self: do not wear bold pastels, those are for the men. Darn, the Richmond wardrobe won't get me very far.