Southwest Connecticut Golfer

[ctyankee]

Hi all. My name's Rich and based on the posted age survey, part of a distinct minority of older golfers here (54).

I grew up beating old golf balls with a old piece of crap wedge (probably with the original grip) into the neighbor's yard. My dad didn't care for the game and there were no courses near me so the only way was to play in junior high as they didn't cut players and they gave us a ride to the course.

After college, I played a lot more and joined a corporate league and had a regular game on the weekend. When we had our first born, I gave up the game for 10 full years as it wasn't fair to play a 5 1/2 hour round on a municipal course on the weekend when my working wife was home with the kids. That and once the kids were old enough, their sport events occupied a decent part of our weekends.

We then joined a private club and I was able to introduce the game to my two sons. Playing as a family has been a lot of fun. My younger son really loves the game and he's the number 1 player on his high school team and will be captain this year. We go out together to play quite often and it's been fun and competitive. We both are handling our losses pretty well. My older son has a terrific swing but doesn't play that much and I never pushed him. Who knows, perhaps he will come back to the game at some point.

My game pretty much depends on how much play I get. Last year, very little and I stunk it up. This year quite a bit and I really came on in the second half. I won some individual and team tournaments down the stretch, so things have been good. I really love competitive golf, whether it is a 2 dollar Nassau or tournament golf. Nothing better than a tight competition of match play golf. I've lost on the 19th hole in match play this year when neither of us was up more than 1 up for the entire match. It was one of my favorite matches. I also won another match with a birdie on the 24th hole.

Oh, ctyankee is a literary reference. I'm actually part of Red Sox Nation.