I played my first round of golf this past weekend with my good friend Joel Sacks. He was patient enough to show me the ropes, despite the fact that I’m a lefty. Yes, I’m a lefty when it comes to sports requiring two hands, like golf and baseball.

My first experience with golf has taught me two fundamental lessons: golf is all about the individual, and the golf swing is a totally unnatural motion.

In golf, the ball sits motionless waiting for you to hit it–there is no one to blame but yourself for a bad shot. The only enemy is the course itself, and the only person you have on your team is yourself. Also, there is only one chance to hit the ball for each shot, and an error could mean disaster for your score (and also a long walk off the fairway). These elements all add up to a lot of psychological pressure.

Furthermore, the golf swing is a monster. From a non-golf player’s standpoint, it doesn’t look too difficult. But, in actuality, it’s probably one of the most difficult movements to master, and I’ve done a lot of other sports that have notoriously difficult movements, including wushu and breakdancing. For me, it’s the combination of the precision required and the unnatural twisting of the torso that make it difficult.

But, the good thing is that the people at Nike have done a beautiful motion capture of Tiger Wood’s swing, which, as Ray Romano says, “reminds me of looking at the inside of a Swiss watch.” You’re able to view the super slow motion swing video from 6 different points of view.

The flexibility in his arms and shoulder is simply amazing. Pay attention to his arm position at the top of his swing, it’s frightening how twisted they are with respect to the rest of his body. I think next time, I’ll be spending more time at the driving range.