golf and tennis world
Is knowing how to play golf and tennis really important in the business world?
I don’t think that a company would make that a criteria for the job and I don’t know about tennis, but I am a golfer. Every year, there are hundreds of golf tournaments for business people. They are charity events or trade events. The best thing about them is the opportunity to network with leaders in your community in a very casual manner. It will also give you a day off, with pay, to go play. It is not always the CEO who is playing in these tournaments. If is often just regular employees. You could even find that your company wants to participate in the charity, so contributed the cost of a foursome and will send almost anybody to play. If you go into sales, the golf course is a great place to get to know your clients better.
By the way, in this type tournament, most people are not going to be great golfers. The scoring is set up differently so that everyone has a chance to win. So you do not have to be a good golfer, you just need to know the basics of the game, have the equipment and yes, the appropriate clothes. (In many tournaments, door prizes are golf shirts, so even the clothes can be free).
So I still say, no, it is not necessary, but it is likely to help you especially in sales, banking, and engineering.
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