Should I learn to Golf?
I plan on staying in high finance (IB/PE) for the majority of my career. Is it necessary to learn to golf?
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Only MDs may play golf with clients and that's rare. Just work on your alcohol tolerance.
I played golf in college. It helps more with friends, but it doesn't hurt.
If you were starting at zero and had the opportunity to learn three things between how to socially interact, coding, and golf, I'd probably go in that order (social skills, something technical, sports skills). Basically I'm saying you can get by without it. A lot of people on wall street are also pretty smart and ahead of the curve, so more people are talking about their diet/workout routine than golf.
HOWEVER, golf is a great sport to learn, I enjoy it and think everyone should play (just as long as they don't back me up on the course hah). The hardest think about golf is not only is it technically hard to learn, but learning the etiquette is in itself its own game. If you want to learn golf, make sure you work on etiquette as well (know where to stand, when to talk, order/pace of play, how long to look for a ball).