Cactus

My two sons play golf but I never did. Entering my mid-50s I found that baseball, hockey, and other stuff just wasn't in the cards anymore. Thanksgiving week 2021 on Hilton Head my boys took off for a round of golf and for the first time I felt left out. So shortly after they headed out the door I grabbed one of their old sets of clubs and went to the driving range. It was a total disaster but I had fun. I went back to the range with them the next day (much to their surprise) and they alternately made fun of me and turned on a firehose of advice. I got frustrated and in a fit of spastic hubris I said I would shoot 90 and drive 300 yards by July 2022. Every week they remind me that I said this. I got a coach a week later and have since averaged 3x/week at the driving range (75 to 150 balls per session) and a par-3 9-hole course and/or a full 18 every week. The 1st week of April I got fitted for a full bag. A few months ago I would go through 10 or 20 balls through 18 holes. At that time I didn't use my driver outside of the driving range because I was afraid of damaging property or hurting someone. The road to improvement has run parallel to a path of humility. An unexpected and pleasant benefit of golf is that I have had the pleasure of meeting some wonderful people. As of 4/28/22: I shoot ~118 from the blue tees, drive 260 reliably, 3-putt even more reliably, am solid between 112 and 175 yards (AW to 5 iron) from the green, have no idea how to hit from the sand (my main area of focus right now, and it is painful), and chipping is finally starting to click (at least in my head if not in my hands). How long have you been playing golf? 6 months. What’s your handicap or normal score? 118 (score, not handicap) What do you love about golf? being outside with friends. the mental challenge of clearing my head before taking a swing What brings you to MyGolfSpy? the reviews and tips. Do you already know any other Spies? Nope. Where are you from? I live in Peachtree City, GA. What is your home course? Summer Grove in Newnan, GA. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? I can play year round. For a portion of that year I get to enjoy humid, hot days with gnats and mosquitos. What do you do for a living? quantitative, analytic, techie stuff How’d you pick your user name? If you read the bold claim I made about how quickly I would make progress... well, one of my sons said that if this were to actually happen, he would make make contact between a certain portion of his anatomy and a cactus.