Golf Resume. What's Yours?

[parplease]

Age: 33

Height: 6'2

Where are you from: NJ

How Long have you been Playing: 3 years

Best Score: 87

Favorite club in the bag: Hybrid 5 iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Hogan's 5 Fundamentals, Golf my way, The S&T; DVD's

Where do you play: Central NJ (middlesex County/ Somerset County), or wherever theres a good deal on golfnow.com

Best courses you've played so far: Royce Brook (NJ), Knob Hill (NJ) Heron Glen (NJ), High Bridge Hills (NJ), Morgan Hill (PA)

Things you enjoy most about golf: Meeting new people. Being out in the fresh air. Walking the course.

Goals for 2K10: Hit the driver better (This is the 1st year I'm using one), Play a round with at least one person from the sandtrap.com, and shoot a score better than 87

[Jameshooper]

Age: 52

Height: 5'8

Where are you from: MA

How Long have you been Playing: 24 years on and off

Best Score: 76 a few times

Favorite club in the bag: 2 wood

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Book: Such a Little Secret by John W. Barrett

Where do you play: Harmon Club in Rockland, MA now, but I played at George Wright in Hyde Park MA, as well as the South Shore Country Club in Hingham, MA a lot in the past.

Best courses you've played so far: The Country Club, Brookline, MA

Things you enjoy most about golf: Meeting new people. Being out in the fresh air. Walking the course.

Goals for 2K10: Hit the driver better (This is the 1st year I'm using my new Diablo), break 80 more often, and just have fun

[senorchipotle]

Age: 27

Height: 6'5''

Where are you from: TX

How Long have you been Playing: 14 years

Best Score:68(long ago)

Favorite club in the bag: 6 iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: honestly, none.

Where do you play: all over DFW; Tyler, tx area

Best courses you've played so far: La Cantera(valero open setup, san antonio), River Oaks CC (houston), Colonial CC (ft. worth)

Things you enjoy most about golf: Playing with friends/family. executing planned shots well. competition

Goals for 2K10: CONSISTENCY

[jlh1508]

Age: 26

Height: 5'11

Where are you from: MI

How Long have you been Playing: 2 years

Best Score: 87

Favorite club in the bag: 8 Iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Secrets of the Short Game by Phil Mickelson

Where do you play: Lansing, MI Area

Best courses you've played so far: Canyon Lakes(Kennewick, WA) Treetops, The Bear in Traverse City, MI

Things you enjoy most about golf: Being out in the fresh air. Walking the course.

Goals for 2K10: Play on a consistent basis and hopefully learn some consistency in the game,shoot a score better than 87, average less than 1.6 putts per round

[DavidFehertysBike]

Age: 31

Height: 5'11

Where are you from: Canarsie, Brooklyn NYC

How Long have you been Playing: 6 years

Best Score: -2 (69) at Colts Neck Golf Course. Ive shot 69 4 times but the other three came at par 70's.

Favorite club in the bag: I dunno..I dont really have a favorite.

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Stan Utleys secrets of the shortgame

Where do you play: Anywhere i can. Im kind of a nomad.

Best courses you've played so far: I dont really have a best, but my favorite courses ive played are Bethpage Red and the Artictects in north jersey.

Things you enjoy most about golf: competition.

Goals for 2K10: Qaulify and finish in the top half in all of the state am tourneys i plan to play in this year.

[Greg]

Age: 36

Height: 5'11

Weight: 200

Where are you from: Illinois

How Long have you been Playing: 2 years

Best Score: 95 at Crooked Creek in Mt Vernon, IL

Favorite club in the bag: 8 iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: none at this point

Where do you play: southern Illinois, Colonial Golf Course in Sandoval, IL(home course)

Best courses you've played so far: Stone Creek(Carbondale, IL) Greenview(Centralia, IL) Hickory Ridge(Carbondale, IL) Franklin County Country Club(West Frankfort, IL) The Gambit(Vienna, IL)

Things you enjoy most about golf: Enjoying the outdoors, hanging out with friends

Goals for 2K10: Eliminate the horrible shots, make solid contact most of the time, be positive and more confident, actually wear golf balls out instead of losing them, continue to have fun, breaking 90 would be great but not going to be upset if I dont.

[ElWagonne]

Age: 27

Height: 5'8

Where are you from: Shreveport, LA

How Long have you been Playing: 13 years

Best Score: 77 (2x last summer)

Favorite club in the bag: 8 iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: none yet...got any suggestions

Where do you play: Thanks to coupons, I bounce around the DFW to scratch my itch

Best courses you've played so far: Tribute, Belgrade Lakes, TPC of Louisiana

Things you enjoy most about golf: competition and being outdoors around good people

Goals for 2K10: Get my putting to where I have no more than two 3 putts a round

[sean_miller]

Age: > 40

Height: 6'2 (ish)

Where are you from: Western Canada

How Long have you been Playing: 25 years

Best Score: 75

Favorite club in the bag: a 5 way tie - Launcher 3w, MP11 2 iron, Apex PC 6 iron and 9 iron, George Lowe Sportsman putter

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Golf - The Mind, The Body, The Game

Where do you play: I play the courses along HWY2 (aka QE2). Wolf Creek, Innisfail, Alberta Springs, and The Canal

Best courses you've played so far: Conditions = Easily - Predator Ridge (Vernon, BC - I almost cried when I took a divot on the fairway), Enjoyment = Pine Hills (Rocky Mountain House, AB), and Morningstar (Vancouver Island), Gallagher's Canyon (Vernon, BC), Wolf Creek (Morningside, AB), Sand Pines (OR), Waskesiu Golf Club (Prince Albert National Park, SK), the list goes on.

Things you enjoy most about golf: All things experienced while not in a power cart

Goals for 2K10: Confidently hit the shots I can hit - string together 18 solid holes almost every time out - sink a lot of 10-12 footers.

[Wet Doggg]

Age: 36

Height: 6'

Where are you from: MI

How Long have you been Playing: 33 years (10 years off from 26 to current)

Best Score: 63

Favorite club in the bag: I either love ot hate them all...depends on the day/round: -D

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: None really...self taught the game at a young age.

Where do you play: Mainly Michigan

Best courses you've played so far: Oakland Hills, Crystal Downs, TPC Sawgrass, Treetops, The Bear in Traverse City, MI, Doral, Cog Hill...many others.

Things you enjoy most about golf: To be honest...I always viewed golf as a game. Hence the 10 year hiatus. Hoping to change that this summer.

Goals for 2K10: To reteach myself the game and try to have fun. By the end of the summer I want one round in the 60s.

[Fat Slice]

Age: 47

Height: 5'9

Where are you from: Nor*Cal

How Long have you been Playing: 6 years

Best Score: 81

Favorite club in the bag: Driver

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Golf is not a game of perfect / Secrets of the short game

Where do you play: Eastern Contra Costa County, Alameda County, Marin County, Soloano County

Best courses you've played so far: Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay, Sonoma CC

Things you enjoy most about golf: Fresh air, time away from everything, comraderie, challenging myself, exercise.

Goals for 2K10: Smarter course management, practice more.

[zeg]

Age: 32

Height: 5'10"

Where are you from: Indiana

How Long have you been Playing: First played about 15 years ago, but have only actually played for a few 1-year intervals since then.

Best Score: 51 (for 9 holes)

Favorite club in the bag: 7I

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Five Lessons

Where do you play: Altadena Golf Course in Altadena, CA

Best courses you've played so far: Alisal River Course in Solvang, Indiana University championship course

Things you enjoy most about golf: Watching the ascent of a clean long iron shot, the drama of a long putt that looks like it might be on the right line, deciding to tee off with less than driver and striping a career 4-iron down the middle of the fairway.

Goals for 2K10: Consistency: get rid of the 5-10 chunked strokes per round. That's all I need to break 100, and I think I will pretty quickly reach/break 90 when I do that.

[Fairway_CY]

Age: 31

Height: 5'9"

Where are you from: Morris County, NJ

How Long have you been Playing: 17 years

Best Score: 91 (twice last year)

Favorite club in the bag: Tie between 5 iron and Cleveland HiBORE XLS Driver

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Don't read 'em or watch 'em (that's why I'm a 23.0 handicap)

Where do you play: A lot of courses in northern New Jersey, but mostly Flanders Valley

Best courses you've played so far: Cinnamon Hills (Jamaica), High Bridge Hills, Pine Barrens

Things you enjoy most about golf: The fact that even if I can't beat everybody, I can compete against MYSELF

Goals for 2K10: Break 90... Win at least one tournament and qualify for club Players Championship... Lower handicap to sub-20 by the end of the season

CY

[sean_miller]

Age: 36

What. The. Hell.

[Wet Doggg]

What. The. Hell.

I was a very good player back in college...

[parplease]

If I ever shot 63, I'd crap my pants and walk home bare a$$. Carrying my clubs of course

[Cussin hacker]

Age: 45

5'11 175

Living Woodlawn IL.

Playing mostly Rend Lake GC. most my life. Other couses around S. Illinois. St. Charles County Mo. courses in the 80's early 90's

Playing 30+ years

Low score: 81 a few times many years ago! HC then 14

What I enjoy about golf: Competition, Playing with friends.

Goals 2010: Play the best I can and break 90 with regularity. PUTT BETTER!

[live4u120]

Age: 14

Height: 5'4

Where are you from: SC

How Long have you been Playing: 1 year

Best Score: 85

Favorite club in the bag: Tie between 5 wood and 3 hybrid

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, and SEVERAL YouTube videos.

Where do you play: Lexington (I have a good many courses nearby) And also, Middlesex? Is that the setting of Donnie Darko I think it might be.

Best courses you've played so far: Indian River, Lexington Country Club (Both SC)

Things you enjoy most about golf: The feeling of a great shot, and standing on a fairway on a beautiful day, looking up towards the green. The golf course is one of the most relaxing places anyone can be, easily.

Goals for 2K10: Hit under 10 over on 18, Increase distance, get rid of 3 putts.

[uttexas]

Age: 36

Height: 6'4

Where are you from: Born in South Africa to British parents. I've lived in 7 different countries with the last 27yrs in Texas. Not leaving Texas.

How Long have you been Playing: 20 years

Best Score: 77, but haven't broken 79 in ten years (can't play or practice as much as I used to)

Favorite club in the bag: Hybrid 4 iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Hogan's 5 Fundamentals, Stan Utley's Secrets of the Short Game, Stack and Tilt Book and DVDs, watching Hogan on youtube.
Where do you play: mostly in the Dallas area, but next round will be in Austin.

Best courses you've played so far: Jagorawi Golf and Country Club, Indonesia; Colonial CC, Ft. Worth; Shephard's Hollow, Michigan

Things you enjoy most about golf: Having fun with friends, getting away from the city

Goals for 2K10: short game, beating my college buddies (they played highschool golf for 1990 Texas class 4a state championship golf team)