In this lighthearted episode, Scott Becker takes a break from business talk to vent about his golf game.
Chapter 1: What does Scott think about his golf game?
this is scott becker with the becker private equity and business podcast today's discussion is along the lines of golf and when you just suck so so here is the sort of core thought along these lines so i've worked hard at my golf games over the years at some point got the handicap down to almost single digits Now, of course, the handicap is skyrocketing.
Chapter 2: How is Scott's putting affecting his game?
And I can't seem to do some of the parts of the game. I feel like I'm doing better than others. Other parts of the game right now, my putting is atrocious. My chipping's okay. But as an entirety, the handicap is skyrocketing. It's sort of the opposite of what's happened to a cushion at the golf company whose stock was going up. Well, my handicap is going up as well.
But when your stock price goes up, it's good. When your handicap goes up, that's bad. So one of the sad things about this all is not just that I'm losing money to my colleagues who I'm betting with. There are certain colleagues of mine who will remain nameless, like Gary Cole.
Scott Levy, who I'm so used to taking money from, but more recently I am losing money constantly to them because I am playing so poorly and putting so badly. One of my playing partners said the other day after one of my putts, that's just terrible. And that was not the most encouraging words I'd ever heard on the putting green or in actually, you know, a match where we were playing.
Chapter 3: Who are Scott's golf partners and how are they performing?
The other thing I want to point out is I've had three partners recently in golf. And I feel like, although one of them I got away and we did get a win out of it with a partner called Mark Shuttockoff against two other guys who will remain nameless. They really will remain nameless because I don't know them that well as to offend them publicly. But Mark carried us to victory.
Chapter 4: What was Scott's recent experience in a golf match?
I played yesterday a match again with the aforesaid Gary Cole, who thinks he's literally spectacular in everything that he does. And he's certainly playing a lot better golf than I am. But we lost in the 16th hole or 17th hole. And it's I was an awful partner, a useless partner, not that he was so great himself.
And then finally, I've played a number of matches with a close colleague, David Abramson, who won't remain nameless. And David has played lights out golf on every match with him. I've played worse golf than you could possibly ever play. It's literally embarrassing. I feel like the partner that is the big problem.
200, 300-pound weight on somebody's shoulders right now until I start to improve this game a little bit more. Now, the good news is I don't make a living playing golf, and the Becker Private Equity Business Podcast is ranked, I think, number two. in the country today in the Apple Business News category. So there's at least some good news on the horizon.
But from a golf perspective, I'm playing awful. From a tennis perspective, I am playing so soft and so poorly. I'm embarrassed to watch myself play tennis. I'm embarrassed to watch myself play golf right now. My fitness is okay. At least business is going fine. Investments are fine. But oh my goodness, the podcast is fine. But from a middle-aged person's perspective,
where you take so much of your ego satisfaction from your golf and tennis. It is a very, very tough winter. It's a long winter. We'll hope that it gets better at some point. I've got to rebound.
I apologize to my playing partners, but I am damn sick of losing money to people like Gary Cole, Scott Levy, and others who really shouldn't be able to carry my water, but seem to be taking my water right now. Thank you so much for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. This wasn't particularly a business-oriented podcast today, but it is a shame.
It's a damn shame what's going on with my golf game. Just like Oliver Anthony says, it's a damn shame. Thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Again, ranked number two in the country today in the businesses category. At least we got that going for us. Thank you very much.
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