These 15 questions will help identify which personality type fits you best.
Take an on-line personality test to determine your Type.
You’re playing in a scramble with four people you don’t know and you ground your club in a hazard. Do you?
Call a penalty on yourself and let the next person hit. Ignore the infraction and hit the shot anyway. Become angry that you made such a stupid mistake. Ask for your partners’ advice.
You’re playing with your boss for the first time and he expects you to pay for the round. Are you?
Grateful for the opportunity to rub elbows with the boss. Angry that someone that makes more than twice your salary is such a cheapskate. Unlikely to play with him again.
When you miss-hit a shot when you’re alone on the course, do you?
Roll your eyes, put down another ball, and hit another shot. Curse and throw your club. Put your club in your bag and walk to the next shot.
Do you believe in luck?
Yes No
What is your favorite part of playing a Sunday round?
Camaraderie Competition The weather and course
Independent of your skill level, how much control do you think you have over ball striking?
None. It’s all to chance. Complete control. The best players always know where the ball is going to go. I control the practice. God controls the outcome.
If you had unlimited access, time, and money, how many times a week would you play golf?
1 or 2. It would still be special. 3 to 5. If some is good, more is better. 6 or more. Too much is never enough.
Do you prefer to play:
Alone With friends With strangers
Practice makes:
Perfect Permanent Me bored I value helping others over myself.
True False
I am jealous of other people’s accomplishments.
When you enter a new situation, what do you look for MOST:
What is right/wrong with the situation. Approval from others. Ways to perform well in the situation. Look for the best and worst features of the situation. Look at people’s expectations. Look at people’s hidden intentions. Look at what’s pleasurable Look for how to control the situation. Look to understand people’s positions.
With which set of historical figures do you most identify:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mary Poppins, Jerry Falwell Mary Magdalene, Elizabeth Taylor, Dolly Parton Walt Disney, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Bette Davis Buddha, Emily Dickinson, Meryl Streep Jane Fonda, Sherlock Holmes, Hamlet Thoreau, Peter Pan, Ram Dass Pablo Picasso, Sean Penn, Colin Powell Henry Kissinger, Alfred Hitchcock, Luciano Pavarotti
What is the most difficult part of being you?
Being tense, anxious, and taking things too seriously. Not being able to say no. Comparing myself to people who do things better. Longing for what I don't have . Watching others with better social skills, but less intelligence or technical skill, do better professionally. The constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind. Feeling confined when I'm in a one-to-one relationship. Overwhelming people with my bluntness; scaring them away when I don't intend to. Being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline. The easiest way to get along with me is to:
I'm hard on myself. Reassure me that I'm fine the way I am. Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours. Leave me alone when I am doing my work. Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself. Speak in a straightforward and brief manner. Work things through with me. Give me companionship, affection, and freedom. Be confident, strong, and direct. If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially don't like expectations or pressure.