Just Golf - Teeing off
Welcome. If you are reading this then you must have at least a vague interest in golf - which is handy as this site really isn't going to give you anything other than golf blogs, sprinkled with a few reviews every now and then. I shall eloquently be posting my thoughts on here regularly to share with you the trials and tribulations of your average golfer in a fairly humorous and witty way.... well, that's what I am hoping for anyways. The idea is to keep it simple. Easy to read, easy to follow and enjoyable. I am sure I haven't mastered the site yet but I will update it as I go along. I don't want to bore you with too many details but I feel that if you are wanting to follow my progress, you may need to know something about me. I am fairly unspectacular, married, work in an office mainly and enjoy playing golf at Gainsborough Golf Club. I play a couple of times a week if I can and like most golfers, I am keen to improve. Currently off 14 but since I have only taken up playing again just over a year ago, I could be described as a bit of a bandit (apparently). I am a sportsman through and through and find most sports easy. I love competing and I come from a football background where I played to a decent standard, however I just didn't really enjoy it all that much. I was a good footballer but I think I loved competing more than the actual game. Now golf - holy crap this game is hard. Game isn't really the right word for Golf - I think I am going to go with interrogation..... hmm... yes interrogation is a better fit than game. Your mind, body and soul are tested to their extremities playing this beautifully brutal sport and sometimes you just want to saw your arms off and set your clubs on fire, as you are constantly being tested by your own thoughts and berated by the landscape around you. However, once you pump a drive 300 yards or flush that 9 iron stiff, you somehow feel... lighter. Its as though the world isn't really a bad place as your happy chemicals flush through your system temporarily, until you knife your next shot. It really is a bipolar sport. I am a bit golf mad. Have I mentioned that? To be honest if you are starting a golf blog then you must be. My motivation for doing this is really just for fun and my own personal satisfaction. I feel I am knowledgeable about the game and just want to share my thoughts out loud and if people want to read them, then that's fine by me. I enjoy watching the majority of golf YouTubers and they really seem to enjoy the content they produce and whilst our goals are probably slightly different, I just want to give it a go! Now the formalities are out the way we can get underway. At the time of writing this I have had a couple of beers as its pretty nerve-wracking and more work than what I originally imagined. As you can see from this title, teeing off on the first of a major club competition is giving me comparable feelings to what I am experiencing now, typing away thinking the worst. Hopefully the snap hook will stay away long enough for me to get something going... That's the thing about golf, people are often too worried about the big miss, that one chuffing shot that can ruin your entire round. It doesn't matter if you are a 28 handicapper or are a Cat 1 golfer - you know what I am talking about. I am sure I will cover this topic more in greater detail as I used to be (until quite recently) a pessimistic golfer. "Golf is a good walk ruined" is the phrase that comes to mind. The weight of expectation I used to put on myself was more intense than my parent's on my career path. Needless to say, all parties in both scenarios were deeply disappointed. However, just because I haven't solved world hunger doesn't mean I can't enjoy my golf. I have adopted this lassez-faire attitude recently and I must say after having a month of literally the worst driving and putting you could imagine, I am through the other side and its marvelous. The last medal I played in I finished with a net 66 in some very windy conditions. Needless to say I was absolutely thrilled. The fiddle I play with all gave me a good portion of abuse but I didn't care. The round started horrendously with double bogeys on the 1st and 2nd after I had a disagreement with a pond down the left. A month ago I would have cared so much it would have ruined my round. However, I put it straight to the back of my mind like the garden shed I promised my wife I would paint and just got on with it and shot a gross 2 over on the back 9. I was a bit pissed off I finished second though. A bloody 27 Handicapper managed a net 63! I mean it is to be expected but the next best score after my net 66 was all the cat 1 players who could only manage net 73's, Anyways, positive thinking and all... As you can probably tell I am still working on it. Well I shall wrap this one up here. I have pegged off and hit a steady weak fade off the bottom of the face. Its not gone very far but at least its still in play which gives me confidence for my next shot, anyways.... It's Just Golf. |
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