Bichondaddy

My wife and I both play this game...have been for about 2 months now. Only problem...I'm terrible.....and my wife is pro at the game. Everytime we play...she smokes me!! We do have a good time playing the game....and one day...I'll get better than my wife!!! It's a lot of fun...especially since all that's on TV is reruns!! So if you haven't tried the game...give it a shot!!

Played Tour 18 here in Humble, Tx with two fo the wife's bosses. All of us are pretty good golfers and we played from the "Tournament" tees.....70.4 CR Slope 124. One of my favorite course to play here...always a lot fun. Broke 80 on the course for the first time by making a chip in birdie on 18, from about 60 feet...which is a replica of the 18th at Doral. 41 on the front 9 and a nice 38 on the back...1- 3 putt, no penalties, and I used the same ball the whole round!!! I wasn't low score...but I try not to beat my wife's bosses!!! LOL

I just want the RA in my hands to subside enough to where it's not so painful to play as much as I would like to. Other goals...get my handicap back to a 5 or under again. Break Par again...it's been 15 years since I broke Par for 18 holes. Finally...make a Hole - in -One.....I've been playing almost 40 years now....and have come close at least 30 times if not more....one of them finally needs to go in the hole!!!

When I was just learning how to play as a teenager...I use to go to a Par 3 course and play by myself all the time. I would go after school and get in 9 holes. I found it helped me develop a really good short game...as I could play the course with just 4 clubs....9 iron, PW, SW and my putter. My scores improved on the regular course I played the more I practiced at the Par 3 course. As I got better, then I would play 9 holes on the regular course I played, to practice my fairway woods and long irons, intentionally leaving myself 180 yards or more from the green. Once you start finding friends to play with, and are faced with a shot you have made practicing by yourself, you will have good memories of making the same type of shot and you'll be able to focus on hitting the shot you need to make without the negative thoughts.

I am a big guy...6'6" and haven't weighed under 300 lbs since I was in college playing football...offensive lineman. I always loved playing golf though and I also had a horrible slice with my woods. My Junior year in college I took a series of lessons from the pro at the course I played at all the time...who was also a pretty big guy. He taught me how to use my size to my advantage...as I was swinging way too hard, and my grip more resembled the grip I used playing baseball. So after a few lessons I learned how to properly grip the club...with the right amount of tension...as I was gripping the club like I was trying to strangle the club. I also learned that I didn't have to swing so hard to get distance. During all my years of playing I still struggled with a slice from time to time, and always went back to his teachings and I would start hitting the ball straight again.

In college...back in the late 1970's....I was playing with one of my fellow football players and on a Par 3 we were standing around waiting for the group in front of us to finish. Well...they finally finished...I had honors and walked up and teed up the ball....took a few practice swings and hit my shot. Well...for some reason, one of the members of the group in front of us walked back onto the green while my ball was in flight....and dang if I didn't nail him on his right shoulder. Now all of us were yelling "Fore" at the top of our lungs....but he just kept walking. When my ball hit him he just flipped us off and walked off the green. We never figured out why he walked to the the next tee and then decided to turn around walk back on the green. It's the only time I never hit anyone.