One big difference between shooting and golf is the physical effort and fitness level required to play golf to a reasonable standard. Golf requires you to be reasonably fit and flexible due to the process of hitting the ball. Shooting required less flexibility, but you still need to have a degree of general mobility as you need to be able to swing the gun with the movement of the clay. If you have any inherent injuries, it is more likely to hamper your golf than your shooting.

Also, a game of golf (the full 18 holes) takes around 3 hours to complete whereas going round a clay pigeon shoot for 100 clays will take between 1 and 2 hours, so you don’t have to set aside half of the day to practice or take part in a shooting competition whereas with golf, you would.

Another key difference is that as a Golfer, you become a member of a club, so as tied primarily to that club for your games. As you in essence only have 18 holes to shoot at you are therefore limited to the variety of targets available to you. With clay pigeon shooting, shooting at one ground is not as restrictive as the possible variety of targets that can be set up is endless. Membership fees at shooting grounds tend to be much less than at Golf clubs. Most grounds will change their layouts on a regular basis so you never have a change to get bored.

Whatever activity or sport you choose to take your mind off things, remember to always treat it as a bit of fun rather than a competition, or it will defeat the object of going there for a stress-free relaxation session and will end up with mounting pressure to win resulting in even further stress.

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