練習場の最大派閥ですので、もう少し。
 
最大派閥と言っても、
人数的にという意味ではありません。
 
人数的には
100を切ったことがない
100を切れる雰囲気もない
100を切ることがラウンド時の毎回の目標
という方々の方がはるかに多いでしょう。
 
生涯、一度も100を切れないまま
ゴルフ人生を終える人の方が多い
という説もあるほどですし（あくまでも説）。
 
ただ、これらの人々は
会社のコンペが今週あるからたまには
なかなか上手く打てないし手の皮が剥けるから
ラウンド前に練習するとかえっておかしくなるから
とさほど頻繁には練習場に行きません。
 
よく来るのはあとちょっとな羊たちであり、
結果、人数は少なくとも練習場では最大派閥となります。
 
好きこそものの上手なれ
とは言うものの、スコアの進歩が止まってしまい、
悶々と練習をされている方もいらっしゃいます。
 
もっと上の片手シングルや
片手シングルを目指す人からすれば
下手の横好きと言われかねませんが、
全体からすれば決して下手ではありません。
 
彼らの中にこそ練習場シングル
と呼ばれる方々がいらっしゃるのですし、
多くの人がなかなか切れない100を
100叩きの刑として忌み嫌うのですから。
 
一方で、練習場シングルと呼ばれるのに
何でシングルになれないの？
と問われれば、
寄せとパットがまだまだだからとなります。
 
そう、中間管理職のように
いろいろと悶々とする層なんです。
会社で言えば、部長以上になかなかという
副部長さん・課長さんなのかもしれません。
 
でも止まっていた平均スコアが
突然急激によくなる方もいらっしゃり、
やっぱりその上の層への予備軍であることは
間違いありません。
 
そのため、彼らは自分こそがそうだと信じ、
今日もせっせと練習場に通うのです。
 

 
2018.2.9
 
Lambs at the Golf Driving Range V: The lambs will improve if they just work a little harder②
This is the largest faction at golf driving ranges, so I’ll write a little more about it.
 
When I say the largest faction, I don’t mean in terms of numbers.
 
In terms of numbers, there are probably a much larger number of people
who have never broken 100,
who don’t feel like they can break 100,
and who make breaking 100 their goal every time they play a round.
 
There is even a theory that more people end their golf careers without ever breaking 100.
(although this is just a theory)
 
However, these people don’t go to the driving range very often for the following reasons:
 
There’s a company competition this week, so I’ll go just once.
I can’t hit the ball very well and my hands get raw skin.
If I practice before a round, I end up hitting the ball less well.
 
The usual visitors are sheep who want to improve their game,
and as a result they are the largest faction, at least at the driving range.
 
Although it is said that you become good at something if you love it,
some people find that their score improvement has stagnated and they are practicing in frustration.
 
Better one-handed single players or those aspiring to become one-handed single players might say that he is bad at golf but love it ,
but overall he is by no means a bad golf player.
 
Among them are people who can be called single players but only at the driving range,
and for many people a score above 100 is normal, but they abhor it as a punishment of getting 100 slaps.
 
On the other hand, if you ask why they can’t become singles even though they are called driving range singles,
the answer is that they still have a lot to learn in terms of approach and putting.
 
Yes, they are like middle managers
who are constantly fretting about things.
 
In company terms, they might be deputy managers or section managers who are even more difficult to get promoted department managers.
 
However, there are some people whose average scores, which had been stagnant, suddenly improve dramatically,
and there is no doubt that they are potential candidates for the higher tier.
 
That’s why they believe they are that person,
and they continue to go to the driving range every day.
 

 
Did you call me?
 
English translation：2025.7.25