chigolf07

Hey there, I was a financial advisor until about a half year ago, in which I went more into the trading side, in which I do full-time now. Kidderek was somewhat right in saying that advisors only carry about their bottom line, which is essentially what about 85% of the people in my line of work do. The other 15% do care about you and your money, but are becoming more scarce nowadays. The business is more and more sales-oriented now, which is partly why I left. Anyway, you shouldn't be too worried about the market volatility in the past few months. If you're trading on a short-term basis (like I am), then you obviously do need to worry about it. If your outlook is 10, 15, 20+ years out, the market always does better than safer bonds, Treasury bonds, and savings accounts, but of course you have to ride through the volatility. One tip is to only check your accounts monthly at the most, as to avoid the daily flucuations. My tip to you is to keep dollar-cost-averaging, meaning put new money into the market as you keep saving monthly, weekly, or however often you save.

I play alone sometimes, mostly because I don't know too many that golf. Tomorrow I'll be playing alone in the morning, just for one last time of the season (it's getting cold here in the Midwest).

I've been getting just under 200 yards, but I usually have a 10-15 yard roll on it. I am trying to work it higher, but its hard with a Wilson starter driver (I'm deciding between a new Cleveland HiBore XL or Nike Sumo Sasquatch Squared).

I really need to work on my approach and sand wedge shots. They probably add about 10 strokes that are unneeded to my gain. Putting is okay for me, but could use some work.

I haven't played too much on different courses, but one that I like of the ones I played is Oak Brook Golf Club. Some challenging holes, and nice straight 550 yard par 5s for the starter. I am hoping to try a lot more courses next season.