Golf Resume. What's Yours?

[Kieran123]

Time for an update.

Age: 27

Height: 5'11

Where are you from: New Zealand

How Long have you been Playing: 4 seasons

Best Score: 78. Par 72, 73 Rating 142 Slope

Favorite club in the bag: 3 Wood

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

Where do you play: Calgary....Alberta wide

Best courses you've played so far: Balfour Golf Course, Sirocco Golf Club

Things you enjoy most about golf: Hanging with friends, beating PB's

Goals for 2K14: Break 80 consistently

[whatwoodtigerdo]

Age: 32

Height: 5'9"/5'10" somewhere in there

Where are you from: Charlotte, NC

How Long have you been Playing: 8 or 9 years, started trying to really get better about 5 years ago and over last year or two really started researching everything.

Best Score: 76

Favorite club in the bag: Driver of course and it is my best too.

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Google.

Where do you play: All over Charlotte. If it ain't private in Charlotte and surrounding areas I have probably played it.

Best courses you've played so far: Probably the ones in Myrtle Beach but a course is grass and a hole so as long as it is maintained fairly well I don't care.

Things you enjoy most about golf: Always a challenge. No matter what you shoot it could have been better. Being outside. Not feeling so old.

Goals for 2014: Single digits and then scratch. 5 Birdie round.

[JPK1988]

Age: 25

Height: 6'2"

Where are you from: Manchester, NH

How Long have you been Playing: 4 years seriously.  A few rounds a summer before high school.

Best Score: 70 (E)

Favorite club in the bag: Depends on the day. 4 iron?

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Hogan's Five Lessons, and a lot of YouTube.

Where do you play: Mostly in NH.

Best courses you've played so far: Not many.  The Brae Burn CC (MA), The Manchester Country Club (NH), Mount Washington Course (NH) when I was a lot younger.

Things you enjoy most about golf: The swing, its like a puzzle that you can only ever come so close to solving.  It's an addiction.

Goals for 2014: Play in more tournaments.

[thefinlex]

Age: 43

Height: 5" 10

Where are you from: Originally Melbourne Aus. Last 15 years east coast of Scotland.

How Long have you been Playing: forever

Best Score: 75

Favourite club in the bag: changes like the weather

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: is their a golf magazine I have not read somewhere?

Where do you play: Home course Dunbar Scotland,like to collect courses of note in this part of the world

Best courses you've played so far:

For pure golf "porn" The Old course St Andrews,just wonderful to have done it although the best i think would be Machrahainish on the west coast of Scotland,it surely cant get better for links junkies like me.Others of note the West course at Wentworth in Surrey Eng. and the best in Australia IMHO Royal Melbourne although it was not the composite as thats used only for "real" golfers!

Things you enjoy most about golf:

the joy of a flushed iron,a long breaking putt dropping in to break your buddies heart on the last,camaraderie in the great outdoors and throwing my pencil bag over my shoulder with 2-3 clubs in it while walking down the 1st on a quiet evening with my 7 year old Son wearing my cap and pinching all my tees and balls for his bag.....which I also end up carrying!!!

Goals for 2014:

My buddy and I are,as I write this, into the last 16 of our 4BBB club comp so very keen to finish the job off this year as this is our "bogey" round.....drive the ball straighter!!

[dbuck]

Age: 56 Height: 5'11" Where are you from: Mississippi, USA How long have you been playing: 40 years + Best Score: 78 on a 70/123 Favorite Club in the bag: Putter (misplaced confidence); other favorites through the years: Joe Powell 3 wood, Taylor 16* Raylor, Wilson JP Pitching wedge, PING Eye2 5 wood, Callaway Heavenwood 3 and 4H Golf books: Harvey Penick Little Red Book, Jack Nicklaus Golf My Way, Golf in the Kingdom Best Course Played: Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, MS-site of 1999 Women's US Open. Things you enjoy about golf: Playing friendly but competitive rounds with buddies, walking alone early morning or late afternoon, collecting and playing vintage (70's-80's) clubs. Goals for 2014: Improve handicap. Play in an individual stroke play tournament with vintage clubs.

[Mop Bucket]

I'll bump this thread with a contribution.

Age: 23

Height: 5'10"

How long you've been playing: 21 years

Best scores: 67 casual, 70 in competition

Favorite club: putter

Methods of improvement: tons of range and night golf

Where do you play: Nemadji, Black bear in Minnesota

Favorite course: Keller GC, home of the '54 PGA Championship

Best parts of golf: The constant battle to improve my game, the awesome community, getting outside, and the euphoria of shooting a great round or shot. Also being able to shed stress by playing a solo round.

Goals for next year: Maintain a scratch handicap, enter at least one competitive tournament, potentially attempt to qualify for the Minnesota Open. 

 

 

 

[bkuehn1952]

Age: 64 

Height: 5' 7" 

Where are you from: Wisconsin by way of Massachusetts by way of New Hampshire, by way of Northern NY to Ann Arbor, MI  

How long have you been playing: 54 years 

Best Score: 70 (Par 71) Hudson Mills Championship 

Favorite club in the bag: All of them 

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: "Golf My Way" - the original Jack Nicklaus tape.  Still recall the advice on "ball below the feet", etc...

Where do you play: SE Michigan - public courses

Best courses you've played so far: (ha ha ha time to brag): Old Course, St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, Ballybunion, Pinehurst No. 2, Kingsbarns, Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Waterville, Old White (Greenbrier), Torrey Pines (South), Oakland Hills (South)...

Things you enjoy most about golf: can be done alone or with a group, you control your destiny. 

Goals for 2016: See other thread on goals

[Patch]

65 working on 66, 

45+ years playing

70 on a par 70. I've never shot below par.

6'.0 bare footed, 

From Vegas. Born there.

7W is my " go to " club

bits and pieces from several books, but mostly de la Tore, and Earnest Jones. Just swing the club head they said. 

desert southwest mostly, with road trips to other parts of the country. Have  also played in Europe, Canada, and Australia. 

Pebble, Bandon, Spyglass, several times. Spyglass is the toughest I have ever played. Rockwood (?) near Ft Worth kicks my back side everytime I play there. 

being out doors, health, meeting folks, relaxation, family, entertainment.

main goal now is to have fun, and just to be consistent.  80 is my target score.

 

[drewbagel423]

Age: 34

Height: 5' 4" 

Where are you from: NJ  

How long have you been playing: ~18 years 

Best Score: 78 (Par 71) Farmstead Country Club

Favorite club in the bag: All of them

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

Where do you play: Wherever I can

Best courses you've played so far: Nothing worth mentioning

Things you enjoy most about golf: That one good shot that sucks you back in after you tell yourself you're going to take a break because you're in a slump.

Goals for 2016: Already achieved my goal of breaking 80. For 2017 it's shooting par or better, and finally driving over 250 yards.

[chilepepper]

On March 10, 2010 at 8:48 AM, parplease said:

Age: 58

Height: 6

Where are you from: San Diego, Northern Minnesota in the summer

How Long have you been Playing: 40 + years off and on

Best Score: 80

Favorite club in the bag: 7 iron......this week

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: 

Where do you play: Many San Diego courses. Tianna Cc in Minnesota , Puerto Vallarta, Cancun 

Best courses you've played so Cancun area

Things you enjoy most about golf: its hard !

Goals for 2K10: Hit the long irons better

 

[SG11118]

Age: 44

Height: 6' 4" 

Where are you from: MN mostly, AZ, WA

How long have you been playing: ~35 years

Best Score: 70 (Par 72) Mesaba Country Club

Favorite club in the bag: 6 iron

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Probably are some

Where do you play: Mesaba CC, other courses in MN

Best courses you've played so far: Quarry at Giants Ridge, Town & CC, Starr Pass, Meadow Springs CC

Things you enjoy most about golf: Being outside, watching my shots fly or roll across course, being with friends, having something I can still compete at

Goals for 2017: Had a good 2016.  Would like to work on fitness over the winter.  Lose some weight and work on my core to potentially increase my club head speed and stay healthier.

[mcanadiens]

Age: 39

Height: 6-0

Where are you from: Troy, OH

How long have you been playing: 5 years

Best Score: 82, Miami Shores Golf Course, Troy, OH (this year)

Favorite club in the bag: 5 wood, Taylormade Burner Bubble

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: TST videos

Where do you play: City of Dayton munis (primarily Kittyhawk GC), Miami Shores GC

Best courses you've played so far: The Carolina Club, Grandy N.C., Sugar Valley CC, Bellbrook OH

Things you enjoy most about golf: The rare moments I actually hit the driver decent and having something to get me out of the house or office.

Goals for 2017: I need to learn not overreact to bad shots. 

[bweiss711]

Age: 33

Height: 5-9

Where are you from: Chicago, IL

How long have you been playing: 18 years in total, 2 months "seriously"

Best Score: 96 a couple weeks ago

Favorite club in the bag: 8 iron

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

Where do you play: Chicago Park District/Forest Preserve courses and other courses in far NW Chicago suburbs

Best courses you've played so far: Don't remember the names, but played a bunch of nice courses in Myrtle Beach several years ago

Things you enjoy most about golf: Two things: 1) Planning a shot and actually executing it 2) Getting out on the course with my buddies, drinking beer for a few hours away from the wife and kids (although I love them dearly).

Goals for 2017: Make more pars or better than doubles or worse.

[DannyMac]

Age: 26

Height: 6' 4" 

Where are you from: Manitoba, Canada

How long have you been playing: Junior golf Ages 4 to 17, took a break and started again at 24. 

Best Score: 72 (E)

Favorite club in the bag: 58* Cleveland Wedge

Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: TST "My Swing" Forum

Where do you play: Pine Ridge Golf Club (MB)

Best courses you've played so far: Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria, BC (Valley and Mountain)

Things you enjoy most about golf: Competition between friends, exercise, and the connections/ new friendships made at the club.

Goals for 2017: To make my driver more consistent, as well as the rest of my long game.

[kpaulhus]

Age: 28
Height: 6'3" 
Where are you from: Tampa Bay, Florida
How long have you been playing: 10 years 
Best Score: 67
Favorite club in the bag: Driver 
Golf Books / DVD's that have helped you: Lowest Score Wins
Where do you play: Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, AR
Best courses you've played so far: TPC Sawgrass, Cog Hill, Bethpage Black, Pinehurst #2, Bay Hill
Things you enjoy most about golf: It cannot be perfected.
Goals for 2017: See other thread on goals

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[mdl]

Age: 35

Height: 6'2+"

Where are you from: Raised outside Philly, lived 15 years in LA and feel more from there

How long have you been playing: 10 years (?)

Best Score: 74 (Encino Golf Club in LA)

Favorite club in the bag: Usually my 60˚, on good days the Driver

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

Where do you play: Redtail, Eastmoreland, Heron Lakes, Quail Valley (around Portland, OR)

Best courses I've played: Not really a course bagger and don't even remember the names of the nicest ones I've played

Things you enjoy most about golf: The meditative swing work off the course and focus on the course, and the constant need for improvement

Goals for 2017: Play as much as I can. Learn to get the club face closed!

 

[DaveP043]

Age  60

Height  5'-9

Where?  Born Detroit, grew up in the DC suburbs, university in upper MI and NC, and now 36 years in the DC suburbs in VA

Playing 45 years or a little more

Best Score 69 (-2) Talamore NC in a casual round, 70 (-2) Stoneleigh GC, Round Hill VA in competition

Fave Club?  Titleist 910 D2 driver

Golf Books?  Hogan's 5 Fundamentals, and lots of stuff from TST (I know, not a book)

I play at Stoneleigh GC in Round Hill, VA, in Southern Pines/Pinehurst, and anyplace else I can

Best Courses played?  Congressional (member/guest), Old Course St  Andrews, Lahinch Ireland, Royal Dornoch (my favorite), Pinehurst #2, Whistling Straits

Enjoy?  competition, against others and against myself, camaraderie, beauty of the courses, what's not to enjoy?

Goals for the coming year?  Walk more, continue to improve, continue to enjoy 

[GolfLug]

Age: 42

Height: 5' 6"

Where are you from: Grew up in heavily urban India.. Have been in the US 20 years..

How long have you been playing: 12 years

Best Score: 74 (Red Wing, Virginia Beach)

Favorite club in the bag: 8 iron.. Love it when I have 140 to 145 y remaining to center left of the green..

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

Where do you play: Elizabeth CC club, Portsmouth, VA as home course.

Best courses I've played: Whispering Woods, PA, Shepards Hollow, Clarkston, MI, Pinehurst #7 and 9, NC

Things you enjoy most about golf: Of all fleeting things we go through in life golf is home..

Goals for 2017: Score in 70s more frequently, hopefully get picked for NC.

Edited March 22, 2017 by GolfLug