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post #91 of 183
8/17/10 at 2:21am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 33
Height: 6'3

Where are you from: Atlanta, GA

How Long have you been Playing: 30 years (Lucky to have a golf addicted grandfather, that took me to a driving range early)

Best Score: 62 several times, Best Tourney - 65 US Amatuer qualifer (2005), most proud of a 67 from the tips at TPC Sawgrass 1 day post Player's Championship.

Favorite club in the bag: Hate them all equally!

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Golf Digest...Helps me pass many hours in airports.

Where do you play: All over, I travel ALOT for work and I play everywhere I can.

Best courses you've played so far: Augusta National (college), Kiawah (Ocean Course), Baltustrol(Lower), Hazeltine, East Lake, Sea Island, The Farm, Atlanta Athletic Club, TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)

Things you enjoy most about golf: Taking money off of cocky A-Hole golfers

Goals for 2K10: Qualify for round of 64 in US Amatuer....oh, and kill more time on this forum!!!
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post #92 of 183
8/17/10 at 2:31am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 17(in a couple weeks)

Height: 5'10''

Where are you from: Canton, OH

How Long have you been Playing: 1 1/2 years

Best Score: 80(+10)

Favorite club in the bag: 8 Iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: --

Where do you play: Northeast OH-Stark County

Best courses you've played so far: None worth noting

Things you enjoy most about golf: Playing new courses

Goals for 2K10: When I have a bad swing, I want to be able to point out what I did wrong.
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post #93 of 183
8/17/10 at 2:48am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 30

Height: 5'10ish, 11ish

Where are you from: Fort Worth, TX

How Long have you been Playing: 15 years

Best Score: 64 - in a qualifying tournament, 71-tournament round

Favorite club in the bag: None

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Too many to list, everything from "The Complete Golfer" to You Tube

Where do you play: All over the DFW area

Best courses you've played so far: Define "Best"

Things you enjoy most about golf: Getting away from the life killing soul sucking job I am rotting away in, and getting some sun, competing, improving, learning, winning, losing, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens....to name a few.

Goals for 2K10: Take some new points I have been working on to the tournament world and see how they hold up.
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post #94 of 183
8/17/10 at 2:58am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 16

Height: 5'5"

Where are you from: Connecticut

How Long have you been Playing: Eight years with a club in my hands, four on the course.

Best Score: 74 (+3) / 34 (-2)

Favorite club in the bag: 52-degree Attack Wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: N/A

Where do you play: Cedar Knob Golf Course/Airways Golf Course and Country Club

Best courses you've played so far: Crestview Country Club, The Ranch Country Club

Things you enjoy most about golf: Birdies and pars. Good shots. Making putts and money.
Goals for 2K10: Break even for nine and eighteen.
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post #95 of 183
8/17/10 at 3:07am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 38

Height: 6' 5"

Where are you from: AL (originally from Florida)

How Long have you been Playing: 19 years

Best Score: 83 (Par 71)

Favorite club in the bag: Putter

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect

Where do you play: Where ever I can.

Best courses you've played so far: Grand National (RTJ Trail), Opelika, AL

Things you enjoy most about golf: Everything... what's not to love?

Goals for 2K10: Hit my irons better, make fewer mistakes and shoot a score in the 70s.
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post #96 of 183
8/17/10 at 3:07am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 27

Height: 5'7 (I'm Asian)

Where are you from: Bangkok, Thailand

How Long have you been Playing: 8-9 years

Best Score: 73

Favorite club in the bag: Driver

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Tiger Woods' "How I play golf", and Phil Mickelson short games CDs.

Where do you play: My group switch courses once every few weeks. We usually play in Bangkok or courses a little bit outskirt.

Best courses you've played so far: Blue Canyon (Phuket, Thailand)

Things you enjoy most about golf: Time spent in the golf course is very valuable for me, since I mostly spend it with my father & his friends, so I'm learning a lot.

Goals for 2K10: To improve on chips & little shots around the greens.
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post #97 of 183
8/17/10 at 4:23am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 23

Height: 6'0

Where are you from: Visalia, CA

How Long have you been Playing: 1 year

Best Score: 72 (34, 38)

Favorite club in the bag: 8 Iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Hogan's 5 Fundamentals, Hankey's Essentials of the Swing, Art of Putting, Art of Chipping, Zen Golf, DVD's here and there

Where do you play: Valley Oaks, Visalia Country Club, Dinuba Golf Course, Kingsburg Country Club, Multiple places in Fresno

Best courses you've played so far: PGA West, TPC Summerlin

Things you enjoy most about golf: Challenging myself to be a better player and have some casual bets with friends

Goals for 2K10: Get to Scratch, or as close as possible. Get a more mechanical swing to upgrade to some more shot shaping Irons.
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post #98 of 183
8/17/10 at 6:43am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 20

Height: 5'7"

Where are you from: Pennsylvania

How Long have you been Playing: Since summer of 2009

Best Score: 101 (+36)

Favorite club in the bag: Pitching wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: N/A

Where do you play: The Links at Hemlock Creek mostly

Best courses you've played so far: Rolling Pines (PA), Liberty Valley Golf Club (PA)

Things you enjoy most about golf: When I play decent

Goals for 2K10: Break 100 on my Par 65 course, be able to hit my driver again
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post #99 of 183
8/17/10 at 11:06am

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: >40!

Height: 6'1"

Where are you from: Bristol, England.

How Long have you been Playing: ~30 years.

Best Score: 67 (-3), twice, but some while back.

Favorite club in the bag: Bizarre I know but currently the 3-iron. Otherwise, 8-iron.

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Jack's "Golf my way" and Hogan's "5 lessons".

Where do you play: Wollaton Park, Nottingham, U.K.

Best courses you've played so far: Ballybunion Old Course, Portmarnock, Birkdale, Valderama, St. Andrews Old Course (didn't actually like it much but for atmosphere it was great) and for true isolation Machrihanish.

Things you enjoy most about golf: The feeling of a flushed long iron immediately after impact, but before you look up, when you KNOW you got everything right for that fraction of a second.

Goals for 2K10: Consistency with the driver and improve on the short game/putting.
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post #100 of 183
8/17/10 at 12:18pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 29

Height: 6'0

Where are you from: Charlotte, NC by way of Dothan, AL

How Long have you been Playing: on-and-off for about 25 years (dad had me out there as a kid). Got serious about golf 2 yrs ago

Best Score: 91

Favorite club in the bag: 55° Sand Wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: never bought any instructional books or DVDs

Where do you play: Highland Creek and Rocky River most of the time

Best courses you've played so far: Lonnie Poole GC in Raleigh (an amazing test given its length).

Things you enjoy most about golf: The peacefulness right before a shot, the feeling you get watching your drive disappear down the fairway, and the sound of the ball rattling around in the bottom of the cup.

Goals for 2K10: Break 90, Limit myself to 4 "penalty drives" (lost, unplayable, or OB) per round (check), average 33 putts or less per round.
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post #101 of 183
8/17/10 at 12:32pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 38

Height: 5'11"

Where are you from: Michigan

How Long have you been Playing: 23 years

Best Score: 70

Favorite club in the bag: Any wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Golf my way, Mickelson's secrets of the short game, Golf Digest.

Where do you play: West Michigan area

Best courses you've played so far: Thousand Oaks, Pilgrims Run, St. Ives.

Things you enjoy most about golf: The Challenge that the game presents.

Goals for 2K10: Play in a tournament, check. Make the cut, missed by one stroke! Shoot under 40 every week in my league, missed that by 1 round, shot a 41.
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post #102 of 183
8/17/10 at 1:09pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 37

Height: 5'7"

Where are you from: Ohio

How Long have you been Playing: 20 years

Best Score: 69 twice (Roses Run, Stow, OH & Speidel Golf Club, Wheeling, WV)

Favorite club in the bag: Putter

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, Golf Digest, Golf Magazine

Where do you play: NE Ohio

Best courses you've played so far: North & South courses @ Firestone CC, Avalon Lakes, Heritage Club, TPC Myrtle Beach

Things you enjoy most about golf: Hanging out with great people

Goals for 2K10: Get my handicap back where it was 10-12 years ago (not happening) & win won of my golf leagues (I won the first half on Wednesday night and have locked up the second half on Friday night so I'll make the playoffs in both leagues)
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post #103 of 183
8/17/10 at 2:25pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 34

Height: 5'10"

Where are you from: MI

How Long have you been Playing: 22 years

Best Score: 74

Favorite club in the bag: Pitching Wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Hogan's 5 Fundamentals, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

Where do you play: Southeast Michigan, Occasionally Up North

Best courses you've played so far: Arcadia Bluffs, Detroit Golf Club

Things you enjoy most about golf: Time with friends and the challenge.

Goals for 2K10: Break 80 in back to back rounds (MISSION ACCOMPLISHED).
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post #104 of 183
8/17/10 at 5:32pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 41

Height: 5' 11.5"

Where are you from: Bare with me (LOL) -- Born in NY, raised in Houston, lived all around the world in the Army, currently live in MD, but work in VA

How Long have you been Playing: On and off for 22 years (mostly off for the first 17)

Best Score: 81 (real/normal course); 75 (short par 68 pasture course)

Favorite club in the bag: Driver (most confident with 7 iron)

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: To lazy on this one

Where do you play: Western MD, The Links at Challedon

Best courses you've played so far: Four courses at St. Andrews, numerous local courses around the world

Things you enjoy most about golf: Being outside, walking courses, meeting new people, hitting nice shots, relaxing, and always striving to improve

Goals for 2K10:
1. Establish a handicap (done)
2. Practice more (done, 2-3 times a week)
3. Continuous improvement (started with a 24 HI in April, at 13.5 as of today)
4. Consistent mid/low rounds in the 80's (done)
5. Fine tune club distances, especially wedges (just about there)
6. Break 80 (low so far, 81)
7. Play in my first official tournament (club championship 11-12 Sep 10)
8. Single digit handicap by end of season in Nov (getting closer)
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post #105 of 183
8/17/10 at 7:07pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 34

Height: 6'1''

Where are you from: Germany

How Long have you been Playing: 2 years

Best Score: 85(18 holes) 40(9 holes)

Favorite club in the bag: Putter

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Utley's Art of the Short Game.

Where do you play: southwest of Germany

Best courses you've played so far: St. Leon-Rot, Germany

Things you enjoy most about golf: Walking by myself, with no one around me

Goals for 2K10: consistency with 5i, 6i, driver
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post #106 of 183
8/17/10 at 7:18pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 26

Height: 6'2''

Where are you from: Ottawa, OH (by Findlay)

How Long have you been Playing: Started seriously last year but have played off and on for 12 years

Best Score: 84(18 holes) 38(9 holes)

Favorite club in the bag: 52*

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Havent read any

Where do you play: Northwest Ohio

Best courses you've played so far: Blackberry Patch Coldwater, MI

Things you enjoy most about golf: The feeling of that perfectly struck iron

Goals for 2K10: Consistency with my overall game. Stop 3 putts.
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post #107 of 183
8/17/10 at 7:38pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 33

Height: 5'11"

Where are you from: Texas

How Long have you been Playing: 10 years

Best Score: 84

Favorite club in the bag: Any wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Mickelson's secrets of the short game, Golf is not a game of perfect, The golfers mind: Play to play great

Where do you play: Texas, Oklahoma

Best courses you've played so far: The Plantation Course in Kapalua,

Things you enjoy most about golf: Being outside, the challenge that every shot presents, watching my kids play.

Goals for 2K10: Play in a tournament, become more consistent off the tee, improve my accuracy with my long irons.
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post #108 of 183
8/18/10 at 3:20pm

Re: Golf Resume. What's yours?

Age: 34

Height: 5'11"

Where are you from: KY

How Long have you been Playing: 3 years

Best Score: 42 for 9, 90 for 18

Favorite club in the bag: Putter

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: None

Where do you play: Central and Eastern KY

Things you enjoy most about golf: Music, Movies, Sports

Goals for 2K10: Improve ball striking and improve GIR stats. Shoot consistently in the 80s
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