It's amazing how mentally challenging the game of golf is. Whenever I watch the pros play in big stage tournaments I don't understand how they keep their composure the way they do.  If I was up at the tee in one of those things, I would probably shake in fear until I fell to the ground. However, being nervous has never been my issue in playing golf, it's more controlling my temper.  Whether it's throwing clubs in the air or swearing uncontrollably, the frustrations of golf sometimes take over me and turn me into someone else. The worst is missing a short put for par and then having to settle for a bogey. Another bad one is taking three puts to get the ball in the hole.  When I look back on some of my adventures with golf, I think of snapping my sand wedge in half over my knee and then my two friends responding with bursts of laughter. I started laughing too which made me conclude the best way to assuage my temper was to break a club. Obviously I couldn't do this every time because that would be really expensive, so I would have to come up with other techniques. I still haven't found these techniques but I've gotten much better.
I believe golf can be the best and absolute worst game to play. When I'm playing well it gives me the best feeling and It's really fun, which is why I play the game.