How it all began?

[kschneid24]

My best friend and his dad would always go golfing a couple of times during the week and it sounded like it would be a good time. So I got my dad to take me golfing when I was 13 and I haven't put down the club since. I didn't get my first handicap til I was a freshman in highschool, and it was probably around a 7.

[WUTiger]

How did you get into the sport:
A mix of three things which occurred within a year of the summer of 6th grade:
* I started caddieing at a local country club
* A female adult let me play two holes at a 9-hole course during a family picnic
* My brother traded the trashman a tricycle for a mixed bag of golf clubs (1930s to early 1960s makes, all models)

How old were you when you started playing:
Actually started playing during summer of 7th grade. Caddies got to play at 7 a.m. Friday mornings for a couple of years; then the Greens committee decided to say no. My school friends or other caddies and I would take the city bus down to the old Forest Park Golf Course, then ride back home afterward.

How long had you been playing before you got your first H'cap and what was it:
One of the older caddies showed us how to compute our handicaps sometime in early high school. We kept our own; it was hard to cheat because we all played together. All I remember is I shot in the upper-90s most of the time. Got my first central-system HDCP as a backup golfer in junior college (all volunteers - no scholarships).

[CT207]

How did you get into the sport:
Our daughter began playing on her HS golf team, then attained a job a the local golf course. She wanted company on practice (and at that time a ride to the course) so, I figured what the heck, I'll give it a shot.

How old were you when you started playing:
Somewhere in the around 53.

How long had you been playing before you got your first H'cap and what was it:
Don't have an "official" handicap, in fact I never kept any scores until recently and even now I just toss the cards out after the round. I just play for the enjoyment and exercise.

[tm22721]

Passed a golf course with my son, doubled back and started playing, got kicked off, came back after dusk, once you're bit that's it.

[rhodes81]

My father started playing a little when I was in highschool, so he scrounged up a few old clubs and I went with him a few times my senior year. I got a beginners set for christmas and messed around with golf for the next few years but didn't get serious until I was out of college. Thats been a couple of years now and it's without a doubt my favorite sport.

I just joined a course last year, and my first handicap was around a 7, I think.

[ks8829]

a high school friend was on the golf team and took me out to the driving range.
I started when I was 27 years old and my handicap was 18.

[kevin.chan]

Started this game when I boss brought me to the range and gave me a old & used WILSON Staff Set.

I was 27 then.

1st handicap ? I just knew that i lost 30 balls on my 2nd game ( was only 2 months into the game )