Midterm Proposal

I like where my voice has taken me.  I think I’ve found angles and ideas that I didn’t expect I would.  I think I’ve been able to be funny, intelligent, and somewhat thoughtful at times.  The writing I’ve done has been much better than I expected.

However, where is it going?  I’ve proven – at least I think I have – that I can write about golf and write about it well.  I don’t like the idea of abandoning what I’ve done so far, because I’m proud of it.  But I don’t like the idea of writing the same kind of blog posts and Twitter comments over and over again with no clear intent behind them. 

So what I’m proposing is centering my blog on a concept.  It will still be about golf.  But I think it will be more focused, funny, and maybe even full of a grain of truth.  I want to spend my time now picking apart the nonsense of the game.  I’ve done a little of that in the elevator pitches this week and in other pieces before.  But I want that to be my main topic of discussion going forward. 

To that end, I’m beginning this minor shift in my online presence by starting my campaign to allow pro players to wear shorts on the golf course.  This trivial rule is something that I know the players want – I’ve heard interviews in which they’ve asked for it.  But no one is pushing for this change because no one cares.  Rightfully so, but as an outsider to the game and as someone who would like to see the game catch up to our century – or at least the last one – I think this campaign is an excellent place to start.

So I’m going to get out there and start tweeting and blogging to try to get other people to join my campaign.  I’ll attempt to interact with golfers, tournaments, the different golf tours, and fans to see if I can’t get this movement to let pants go upward, go forward.  Will the campaign be successful?  Almost certainly not.  However, that’s not the point.  The point here is to be noticed and to be interesting.  And I think I can do both from now on.

- Otto 

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