What Is A Lumpy Donut ?

No . . . it's not a day old Krispy Kreme !

It's actually a condition caused by golfers on every green in the world and has been titled the “Lumpy Donut”. It occurs with the first group of golfers in the morning and is there the remainder of the day.

Similarly, in the morning of our lives, and for the duration, it can be big or little things that get in the way of our reaching our goals and aspirations,

Think about this; a normal foursome will put about 500 footprints on the grass around the hole; it takes two hours for a footprint to bounce back to its standing length.

In that amount of time however, thousand more footprints have been added to this green, similar to the influence of those around you as you journey thru life.

This has caused the grass and the soil to be squished, flattened and stomped on nearly everywhere on the green. The only place not affected by this phenomenon is directly around the cup.

Golfers seldom step within a foot of the cup, what this creates is a two foot area around the cup where the grass has not been touched, in this area the grass is a little higher than the rest of the grass on the green.

This is what creates the “Lumpy Donut” or a raised circle of grass with the cup in the middle!

When a ball rolls toward the hole and slows down to drop, it suddenly comes upon this ramp in the grass, which tends to make it roll off and to the side
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No matter how strong your putt is, the “Lumpy Donut” can throw it off, maybe not by much, but by enough to make you miss your putt. How many of these “donuts” have gotten in the way of your finishing a particular life goal ?

The way to deal with this is to strike your ball with enough speed that if it rolled directly over the hole, and didn’t fall in, it would stop 17 inches on the other side of the hole.

This is the perfect way to deal with the lumpy donut, enough speed to get the ball up the ramp, but slow enough to allow it to fall into the cup.

Similarly, with your life goals, keep your momentum and focus to see your efforts score !