OK, so here's the deal. I am a bad golfer. No brag, just fact. And I know that there are a few of us out there so I figure what the heck. I'll share.

I  began the year with a 32.2 handicap (I mean really, why bother?) and I am proud to say I'm down to a 28.4. Primarily because I played more this year than all the other years combined. Duh. Playing more means more improvement, what a novel idea! Also- I took four lessons this season from a very good pro. Fourteen years ago whenI first trotted onto the field er.... course I'd had two lessons. This enabled me to join some friends for a golf "outing" sponsored by the company we worked for. If you want an idea of how that went feel  free to check out the story I wrote in Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul called Brush, Brush. No lie, that was my first experience at golf. That story was actually written for a contest related to the Shivas Irons Society, I never intended it to get beyond their web page but hey the Chicken Soup folk offered money!

I like to write- I don't consider myself a writer, I'm too damn lazy to work at it as a craft but it's a good hobby and a blog seems to be the way to go these days for everyone on the planet.

 I tell people I've been playing golf for six years. I figured, if you only get out twice a year that doesn't count as playing golf, that's just socializing. Now that I'm playing almost weekly I see real improvement. Fewer blow-up holes and the occasional well-played hole. Like yesterday, I chipped in from about twenty yards for a par. Whoo_whee!! That's only my second chip-in and it feels good!! I could get used to that. Funny, the next hole was my blow-up hole for the day; triple-bogey. Why does that always happen? I mean I wasn't being cocky honest.

Last year I played the mens league as a regular after having played as a subsititute for several years. What a blast and what a group. I'll share a few tales from that world later on. I think this league has been around about 40 years, believe me- there are some real characters in the bunch and from what others have told me about their leagues these guys are unique. 

Later