Taking on Golf
posted in Editor's Notes |Hi, my name is Marc P. I started playing golf semi-seriously 7 years ago when I was invited to join a local league. I had played once or twice a year for 15 or so years before that and considered to have a nice looking swing. Decently athletic I figured I could take on and conquer the game of golf…boy was I wrong. I started to play frequently and hit the range farely often and at first saw much success as I drove my scores from the 120’s down to the high 90’s low 100’s in roughly a years worth of play. I had it figured I would be in the 80’s by the next year and I would never be farther from the truth. Natural talent can only take you so far some times and I would stay at my level for the next 5 years. I got to the point where I couldn’t handle it any more, I was going to quit. That’s when I finally realized something, sometimes you need to see that you aren’t as good as you think you are. I went to a swing coach who basically told me I was close but no cigar. We made some changes and I have over the last year dipped my score to the low 90’s. I broke 90 once so far and hope I can continue to improve with some more practice with the putter/short game. It took me 6 years to figure out that you drive for show and you putt for dough. Anyway if I have any wisdom to impart to all you golfers who struggle out there is this, you are never as good a golfer as you think, so go find a golf coach who can help you be as good as you think you are!