What's up guys?

[HXCarib56]

Hello fellow golf enthusiasts!

My name is Johnny, and I am originally from New York. (I'm 24 and lived the first 22 years in new York, well, minus the college years in North Jersey).

I'm an avid golfer......I played for my school, D-1, and am no rebounding from some sports (football, basketball, lifting) injuries (sprained back 7 months ago, had me on the shelf for 5 months, ans sprained ankle/ligament damage a month and a half ago) and trying to get my game to shape.....My low round is a course record 65 (since broken ), and my best handicap was an index between a +2 and +3. Right now, I'm playing at about a 3. I graduated with a degree in Political Science and a focus on international relations.....which leads to where I am right now.

Currently, I live in St. Kitts, British West Indies, Caribbean....68 square miles of a mix between a developing country and tropical paradise. Right in the middle is a great course where I am training my game....Royal St. Kitts Golf Club. It's also where I was getting paid as an "Outside Service Supervisor" by our parent company, Marriott Golf.....until the government put me on hold b/c well, they are a bit anti-American in their policies...so now I'm waiting for my work Visa, playing golf alot, doing kayak tours part -time, working out avidly (Used to be almost 300 lbs on a 5'8" frame...am now 195), and living with my girlfriend of 6+ years who is attending Vet school on the same island I got my golf job (fate!). I got here in August 2005, and I'll be back in the states December '07. I'll probably be persuing some sort of gold job, focusing on some international business. I miss my family the most, especially playing golf with my old man. Teeing off at 6:45am, in the dew, just me and him on our home course (Storm King Golf Club)...gotta love it....I'm a golf nut, and all credit goes to him....(and my swing mentor, Jerry Impellitiere)....on to what's in my bag:

Driver: Titleist 983K, 8.5 degrees, stiff speeder shaft (new driver on it's way! 2 weeks!)
3-wood: Cleveland QuadPro 13 deg, with stiff UST Proforce shaft
5-wood: Cleveland QuadPro 16 deg, with UST Proforce shaft
Hybrid/Util: Hogan 3H, 21 deg, with TT DyGld stiff shaft
Irons: Callaway X-18 Pro Series (3-PW...although 3 is out of my bag right now), with True Temper Dynamic gold stiff shafts
Wedges: Callaway forged unfinished tour prototypes that never were mass produced....54 & 58 degrees. I'll be re-working my wedge set in the near future
Putter: Odyssey 2-ball white hot blade, 34 inch
Bag: My college's Ping Hoofer 2
Golf Balls: Callaway HX 56 Tour.....and I'm in love with this ball (and Callaway as a whole)
Sunglasses: Overcast- Callaway, yellow tint, no frame....Dark: Bolle Golf, yellow lenses....Bright: Bolle Golf, Black lenses
Shoes: Nike, Foot Joy or Bite, depending on the conditions
Glove: Either FootJoy or Hagen, all leather....I can't do synthetic
Headcovers: Tabasco with a gator on my 5W, red crab on my putter, stock HC's on the rest


So that's a basic rundown of my story, and equipment! It'll be a pleasure to be part of the community...and if you ever need a break from the cold, let me know! St. Kitts is beautiful this time of year!

-Johnny

[aquacooled]

welcome to our forum!! St Kitts is very nice Ive been there however didnt get a chance to play a round..

goodluck

[HXCarib56]

Thanks bud! Next time you're down here, you definitely should play Royal St. Kitts Golf Club....It's definitely a championship track, top-5 in the entire Caribbean!

-Johnny