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Hello all my name is Jake I am a 32 year old newbie to golf and let me  say I can say I kinda am obsessed with the game!! I go to bed thinking golf, I wake up shopping for golf stuff, I read golf magazines, and play almost every day I have off of work which is once or twice a week!!! But I don't take the game too serious cause I am out to get better and have as much fun as possible.

I love golf!!!!

Also glad to be here cause sometimes I live in the sand/bunker!!!


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7 minutes ago, Supersoft said:

Hello all my name is Jake I am a 32 year old newbie to golf and let me  say I can say I kinda am obsessed with the game!! I go to bed thinking golf, I wake up shopping for golf stuff, I read golf magazines, and play almost every day I have off of work which is once or twice a week!!! But I don't take the game too serious cause I am out to get better and have as much fun as possible.

I love golf!!!!

Also glad to be here cause sometimes I live in the sand/bunker!!!

Welcome to TST. You’ll find plenty of golfaholics here. Myself included. Glad you’re enjoying the game and glad you joined. We have a section here called ‘My Swing’ where you can post videos of your swing and get free instruction/advice. This is my go to place for anything golf and more actually. Ok...I’ll let you get back to that golf video on YouTube you were watching...

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6 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Welcome to TST. You’ll find plenty of golfaholics here. Myself included. Glad you’re enjoying the game and glad you joined. We have a section here called ‘My Swing’ where you can post videos of your swing and get free instruction/advice. This is my go to place for anything golf and more actually. Ok...I’ll let you get back to that golf video on YouTube you were watching...

actually golf shopping for apparel and equipment!!!!! Can never have too many golf shirts.

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Awesome good for you. I’ve been playing since I was a kid, and still go to bed thinking about it. GO GET LESSONS FIRST. Don’t “get good enough” to get one. Go tomorrow! Bad habits are sooo hard to get rid of.

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Welcome! Finding this site was one of the best choices you could have made. I wish I had this site when I first started playing.

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