Friday Dispatch-Issue No. 3 | The Space Between Shots
The space between shots is where the round lives. Connie Majors finding her rhythm on the way to the green at hole 7
#TGIF To the Faithful,
Most of golf doesn’t happen at address.
It happens in the space between shots. The few steps off a green. The short walk or ride to the next tee. The moment where one swing is already behind you and the next hasn’t arrived yet.
At Cobble Creek, those transitions are intentionally brief. As a links-style course, the movement from green to tee is compact and efficient. There’s very little downtime. The round stays connected. One hole flows naturally into the next, and before you realize it, you’re already standing over the next shot.
On certain days, something else happens. The rhythm of the course seems to align on its own. Groups move in sequence. Wait times nearly disappear. You’re rarely standing on a tee wondering what’s ahead. Play unfolds smoothly, almost quietly, as if the course itself is keeping time. There’s no obvious reason for it, but when it happens, you feel it.
That kind of flow doesn’t come from rushing. It comes from awareness. Being ready when it’s your turn. Moving with intention. Paying attention to the group ahead without pressing into them. The game finds its pace when players allow it to.
Links courses are particularly suited to this style of play. The ground is meant to be traversed, not skipped. Sightlines open gradually. Wind, contours, and distance reveal themselves as you move, not all at once. Whether walking or riding, the course invites engagement between shots as much as during them.
There’s a lesson in that, even beyond golf. Much of life happens in transitions too. Between meetings. Between responsibilities. Between what just happened and what comes next. When those moments are compressed, everything feels tighter. When they’re allowed to flow, things tend to organize themselves.
Cobble Creek gives those in-between moments room, even when the movement itself is efficient. The course doesn’t ask you to slow down, it simply rewards those who stay present.
That’s where the round settles.
That’s where the day opens up a bit.
That’s enough for this Friday.
Enjoy the weekend. However you spend it, leave a little room between one thing and the next. The space does more work than we usually notice.
Until Next Time,
Links at Cobble Creek
Montrose, Colorado