You can't "practice golf" so don't try

You can't "practice golf" any more than an actor can "practice first night". He can practice lines, facial expressions and movements but he can't practice first night. First night is first night. Its a unique event in space and time and then its gone. Its like an Andy Goldsworthy ice sculpture. Once its gone its gone forever. He can make another one - even a similar one - but he can't make THAT one again. "Hitting balls" can be "practiced" but "golf" can only be "played". You can't rehearse it.