2009 was just as frustrating as I had expected it to be, but I guess that’s golf. The previous summer I spent a lot of time on the range and on the course. This year my schedule changed significantly as my club began pretty much giving away golf memberships at a cost of $200. Now this isn’t some cheap pitch and put place, this is a real nice and very challenging golf course. But talk about going downhill quick. No offense, but a $200 membership doesn’t attract the most ideal golfers (I couldn’t tell you how bad tee boxes and greens looked). I could rant about that forever but I digress. The biggest issue with the $200 membership was the fact that people had tee times up till 7 o’clock. That killed my practice time compared to the previous year. I mean like most I can kill it on the range, its the course where I need to be practicing.
So on the range is where I stayed most of the time, but I didn’t spend anywhere near the amount of time at the course in 09 as I did in 08 (also the girlfriend lived just down the road that summer so I was obligated there). A big plus to the year was definitely confidence. I was finally making contact 90% of the time and not worried about topping it or hitting 6 inches behind the ball. I also learned to be able to play with other people which was nice. The previous year I would hide when others would try to play with me, but I learned quickly that even though I am not that good at golf, neither is anyone else.
I once again was in the league and I got new clubs. I played Macgregor NVG 2 irons and the matching driver. They were an absolute steal on eBay!!! I started to hit the ball a lot better in the league and my scores came soaring down. My league average dropped 8 strokes to a 46! The big difference in my game was the fact that I eliminated the 4+ bogie’s as I only had 4 for the 20 week season!
It is safe to say that by the end of the season my hopes of getting really really good at golf had diminished as my lowest league score was only in the 40′s and I had thought I was so much better than that. The final week of our league is a position week and it would turn out to be the turning point in my golfing career…………which I will get into with my next post.
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