solidute
15th July 2015, 06:36 PM
hi all,
the most regular i have ever played was about 15 years ago when i was 14/15 y.o. and was a junior member. since then i went to boarding school and the city courses were too expensive and too hard for me to get to to continue my golfing. have never been great but in my last junior year (which was the first year of resumption of junior golf at our small club) there was sufficient numbers and varying skills to have a first and second division junior grades, i won the second division on a shootout after a horrid start to the season. we played 9 holes every sunday and as most of us werent that great we were using 18hole handicap for our 9 holes. i started around 120 off the stick for 9 holes but got down to 40-50 by season end. im looking to get back into the game on a regular basis but dont want to commit to competition as i work shiftwork and would struggle to get out as often as id like. my clubs arent anything special having started with just 1-2 gifts and a few purchases before getting a set that was left in a friends driveway (yes it was probably left for a good reason:smt087) i nearly had a set of callaway knock offs for nothing but my mates brother sold them, just last week i grabbed a full set of old, really old, clubs for a grand total of $35 that ended up giving me a "full set". once again they arent anything special just a complete set to get me back into the game. once i can get out regularly/often the missus might let me upgrade to a decent set but until then theyll do.
so after a quick flick around on the forum before i posted i think i am a long way below the level of most on here but im more than willing to stick around and see if i can lift my game to a good standard.
cheers n beers
damo.
the most regular i have ever played was about 15 years ago when i was 14/15 y.o. and was a junior member. since then i went to boarding school and the city courses were too expensive and too hard for me to get to to continue my golfing. have never been great but in my last junior year (which was the first year of resumption of junior golf at our small club) there was sufficient numbers and varying skills to have a first and second division junior grades, i won the second division on a shootout after a horrid start to the season. we played 9 holes every sunday and as most of us werent that great we were using 18hole handicap for our 9 holes. i started around 120 off the stick for 9 holes but got down to 40-50 by season end. im looking to get back into the game on a regular basis but dont want to commit to competition as i work shiftwork and would struggle to get out as often as id like. my clubs arent anything special having started with just 1-2 gifts and a few purchases before getting a set that was left in a friends driveway (yes it was probably left for a good reason:smt087) i nearly had a set of callaway knock offs for nothing but my mates brother sold them, just last week i grabbed a full set of old, really old, clubs for a grand total of $35 that ended up giving me a "full set". once again they arent anything special just a complete set to get me back into the game. once i can get out regularly/often the missus might let me upgrade to a decent set but until then theyll do.
so after a quick flick around on the forum before i posted i think i am a long way below the level of most on here but im more than willing to stick around and see if i can lift my game to a good standard.
cheers n beers
damo.