Today's Deal:$20 For 5 Rounds Of Golf At Pierce Park Golf Course Or 5 Large Buckets On Driving Range. Also Valid Towards Driving Range At Divotz Golf & Range ($42 Value)

As a golfer, they say, your number-one competition is yourself. The idea is that you should continually practice and improve your game so that your future self will eventually have the ability to make your current self seem positively pathetic by comparison. So when mankind eventually perfects the time machine, we will probably see thousands of tomorrow's golfers traveling to the current time to challenge their earlier selves. After subjecting you to demoralizing, humiliating defeat, your future-you will perform a futuristic victory dance on the 18th green, shouting "In your face, previous me!" before zooming back to their own time.

You owe it you yourself (your current self, not that self-righteous jerk from the future) to be prepared for this eventuality with serious year-round dedication and practice. Two great places for this are Pierce Park Golf Course, tucked near the Boise foothills just off of West State Street, and Divotz Golf Range, conveniently close to the Boise Towne Square Mall.

With a nine-hole, par-three golf course, Pierce Park offers everything you need to hone your skills and defend your reputation against snide time-traveling golfers from Tomorrowland. It's perfect for practicing your short game or preparing prepubescents to play against their own prospective personalities. Or stop in at Divotz Golf Range on Franklin Road to work on the fundamentals, perfecting your swing and correcting that nasty slice of yours — they have several different practice ranges to help with every aspect of your game from the tee to the green.

Sure, it may be cold outside, but soon you'll have the warm glow of victory, plus the radiant heat of today's scorching-hot CitySmart deal, to chase away the chill. Take advantage now to get five rounds of golf at Pierce Park or five large buckets on the Divotz driving range for as low as 20 bucks! One way or the other, no matter where you're at in Boise, you won't be far from the opportunity to stop in for a few quick swings. You'll save more than 50% with this practice-makes-perfect package, and come springtime you'll be in shape to take on the toughest of challengers (even if that challenger is you!)