If you're interested you can read about the UI golf course here.
I have not played consistently for eight years, only playing three times I believe in that eight year span. Still I'm excited to get out there. First thing I did was buy a pair of shoes, because my old ones were too tight. Now I need to get some balls, a pitching wedge, and a nine iron. I'm actually debating buying a new set of clubs since it's difficult to mix and match and find consistent success. I'm also thinking of buying a new bag since mine is quite heavy and we'll be walking, but that will all have to wait.
I will give reports once a week on how I'm doing and how the League is going.
A brief note here on my competitive golf history. I joined the Heath High School golf team when I was a sophomore. I was hoping to get coaching and learn how to play better golf. Instead I got no coaching, didn't learn how to play any better, but did have a lot of fun. The scoring in high school was pretty simple. Each team would send out up to six players for nine holes and they would take the best four scores to make the team score. I believe we only scored below 200 a few times. My senior year we had a ringer on our team, but he was later disqualified from competing because his paper work wasn't done properly and so the one victory we ever had while I was at Heath, was negated.
My best match came at Ballard my senior year where I shot, I believe, a 41 and was low score for the day. The thing I remember most about that day was that the kid I was playing with from Lone Oak was teeing up the ball in the fairway. Me and the guy from Ballard both noticed it, but didn't say anything.
I'm excited to restart my competitive ways, hopefully I'll have better success this time around.
YEAH! This is fantastic news!
ReplyDeleteHey, what'd you do with your old shoes? What size are they? Are they available on Ebay?
ReplyDeleteYou will have to live blog from your match next Thursday. Unlike the U.S. Open bozos, I'm sure these folks will allow you to use your phone on the course.
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited about this. I always thought it was a shame you didn't get to play more, and that you could have been quite good if you had had a real teacher or more of an opportunity to play.
ReplyDeleteThis is a true story about Matthew and me as kids. When I was about 12 years old, I got obsessed with golf. My dad had some old left-handed clubs, and I would spend hours -- literally hours -- knocking rubber or plastic balls around our yard. This went on throughout the summer. I probably checked out every book on golf in the Paducah Public Library in an effort to learn how to improve my game. None of it worked very much. I was simply terrible.
But what was most discouraging of all is that I would stand out in the sun, banging away at these balls, and barely getting them off the ground at all, and then after a while Matthew would come out with one of the old right-handed clubs he had picked up at a garage sale somewhere. These clubs were at least 30-40 years old -- some of them had wooden shafts. And his first shot would fly twice as long as any shot I had taken all day.
I always thought Matthew should stick with WIFFLE(R) Ball.
ReplyDeletePlus, I love, love, love maps of golf courses. I've already printed this one and added it to my collection.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I think Matthew should post a new golf course map every week or so.
ReplyDeleteThis just in! I might be playing nine holes early tomorrow or Saturday morning at Kenlake State Park in Hardin. If I do, I'll post a map of the course.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, here's Kenlake's dress code: "Men are required to wear shirts with collars and sleeves (mock turtlenecks are accepted...assuming they have sleeves). Ladies: sleeveless golfing attire for ladies is permitted due to the design of ladies golf wear. Ladies may not wear halter tops or spaghetti straps. The following pertains to all golfers: No cut off shorts of any type and no swimwear."
Late-breaking update! I won't be playing nine holes early tomorrow, as I just connected the dots that it's my wife's birthday, which is part of the reason we're going to Kenlake, anyway. (I'm not so much a jerk as not very quick.) Stand by for developments as they occur to me at Heath Post!
ReplyDeleteI think you should post a map of the course even if you don't play.
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