James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. Nothing thwarts the excitement and joy of being on a golf course than slow play. The forced routine of hitting one shot then waiting five minutes for the fairway or green to clear tries the patience of even the most tolerant souls. My friends…

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Television networks are placing more and more microphones on and around the golfers to enhance the viewer's perspective. We can hear the caddie and golfer discuss the proper club,…

Jonah 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. Every golfer has the fear of being put with another twosome or…

Psalm 149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Max Homa won his first PGA Tour event yesterday at the Wells Fargo Championship. With it comes the large paycheck, allotment of FedEx Cup points, the two year playing exemption on Tour and a spot in…

2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. We see professional athletes winning events or signing contracts worth millions of dollars and think to ourselves "this guy will never have a financial care in the world."…

2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; There's a unique sound and purity of a well-struck iron by a tour professional. Once you hear it, you will never mistake it with anything resonating…

Exodus 15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. This week's PGA Tour event is being played at Quail Hollow Country Club just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. As is the norm recently,…

Psalm 107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. Do you as a believer ever take note of a announcer during a sports telecast offer "thoughts and wishes" to a named person who is ill or suffered a personal loss? I don't know if this…

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Remember the infomercial advertising the special sun glasses which supposedly heightened the ability of the golfer to read the contours of putting greens?…

Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. When we first learned to play golf, most of us hit two or three balls off the tee, moved the ball out from behind trees, took a free drop from where the ball went out of bounds…