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I got into golf as a kid by doing this. My dad would take me to the course and we'd just putt for an hour. A lot of good times, and now I'm ready to get back at it after a nearly 10 year lay-off.

I predict Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, and Adam Scott all in the top 10 by sunday. Tiger to make the cut at the very least.

I'm probably just gonna get a membership with Great Life Golf, since there are three courses within my area that I can play with member privileges (Western Hills, Prairie View, Berkshire). I can't see myself being able to afford much else. But I did like what I saw out of the pictures from Falcon Lakes.

< < < Also, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. I have yet to see more than one shot of Gary Woodland on TV, but since he's from my hometown, I suppose I need to root for him.

Most boring course? No. One thing that bothered me was, when they showed the blimp camera, you could see the north course, and it looked MUCH more scenic. And it's also part of Firestone, so I would expect the course to be just as tough, or even more so than the south course.

Are you guys into the value courses? I haven't played any courses yet cause I'm just getting back into golf, but I was looking around and I saw a course in De Soto, KS called Oak Country Golf Club. Has a par 3 island green 18th hole. Something I wanna try when I get the chance. http://www.oakcountrygolfcourse.com And if you didn't click on the link, by "value" I mean the poor people's courses that don't have the crazy near-perfect fairways/greens like Prairie Dunes and Firekeeper.

Rickie moving his way up. I can't see why he wouldn't win a big one next year. Although I am hoping it's this weekend.

Nice 2 shot by Rickie today on the 11th(?) hole.

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Hey guys, I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Tim, I'm 21 years old, and I'm from Topeka, Kansas. What up? Anyway, I guess I'll give you guys a (fairly) brief history of my background with golf. When I was a kid, about 9-10, I lived in Iowa, with no friends. There was a 25 acre park behind my house with several open fields, and my routine was to go out there and play golf. I would pick a tree to aim at, and see how my strokes it would take to hit it, and pretty much play my own tournaments (lol). I kept playing, and I kept loving it more and more... I just wanted to get involved in some junior golf. Unfortunately, I never got the chance to, and we eventually moved to Kansas, and I stopped playing. So 10-11 years later (2011), I saw some of the headlines from the Masters... specifically Rory McIlroy doing so well, then choking in the final round. I guess that was the start of my interest in golf again. I went on to watch Rory blaze through the competition at Congressional, and then enjoyed watching the tough conditions of the British Open. Rory has remained one of my favorite golfers now, just behind the man in my avatar, and I'm also silently rooting for Tiger Woods to do well. Now I've got this HUGE itch to go out and get to playing again. I just ordered a used golf set in good condition off Ebay, and I'm hoping to really get into playing regularly. I guess I just realized how much I love golf, and really wanna put in the time for it. I suppose that is all I wanted to really say for now. I'll probably be in here frequently trying to get some tips on how to improve, so I hope you guys will have me! -Tim