Joe92385

Consider this an indication of interest.

I don't see how understanding what he was saying would have made things better. I'd be annoyed too, but the language is irrelevant.

^^ Maybe I just haven't had enough coffee yet, but picturing this in my head, I actually laughed out loud.

You would have been less annoyed if he was speaking English?

I agree, most good Southern California courses are pretty pricey... then again everything's too expensive here, haha. This year I bought the OC Golf Trail card for $90 - it gives you 30% discounts 4 times at 7 different nice courses, plus one coupon for a 50% off round. It pays for itself after only a few rounds. I plan to use the 50% off round at Monarch Beach, during the week, to bring their $175 weekday fee down to $87.50. Pretty good deal for a course that charges $225 on the weekends!

It looks like this thread was kind of revived from the dead, but if there's still talk of a clinic, I'm down for any help I can get!

Actually, I'll find out tomorrow if we have an open spot for this little 9 hole this weekend... if we do, I'll be sure to give you a heads up.

I don't have any practical advice for you, but I wanted to chime in because I was terrible out of bunkers until last weekend - I don't know exactly what I changed, but I managed to knock a couple close from the sand. It's a wonderful feeling, after struggling with it for a long time. Just be confident and practice, it'll come to you.

It's not addicting... I can quit anytime I want to, I swear...

I don't really have a "home" course yet - we've been playing the courses on the OC Golf Trail card. Last weekend was Black Gold, this weekend we'll be playing the Aliso Creek 9-hole course twice (we needed a slightly cheaper course this weekend, haha). Well, I'm regularly only a couple strokes behind one guy. The other guys are a good number of strokes away. If I can improve that much over the summer, I'd be ecstatic. By the way, if anyone has a suggestion of a good, not-so-expensive course that I could play regularly (maybe join a club, if I find that I can make time during law school), I'd appreciate input.

Hey everybody. I've been lurking for a couple weeks - I'm on a few random forums, and I was very happy to find one about golf that's actually active... some others I saw only rarely got new posts. I used to golf a bit in high school (not competitively though), but then completely stopped during undergrad. I've been out of school for a year, and have been golfing probably 3 times a month for the last five or six months. I'll be starting law school in August, so I'm trying to get in as many rounds as possible before I'm living off student loans - although I'll still try and get out of the library every once in a while to golf and "relax." My golfing buddies are all better than I am, but it doesn't really bother me - I just play my own game. I try not to get frustrated, but I do have a blow-up hole every once in a while. I recently upgraded from my 10 year old Spalding irons to last year's Taylormade R7's... I've played 1 round with them, and it's a huge improvement. My driver's also a TM, the R5 draw. I'm thinking that at this point, I might as well pick up a used TM 3-wood to round it out, haha. That's about all I can think of for an introduction... I look forward to picking your brains to help me get better!

Only in a cart

I know I'm a newbie, and I didn't read the whole thread, but I actually researched this a week ago (slow day at work). Of course it depends on your state (or possibly local) government, but in CA buying and living in a home in an area that can be reasonably expected to get hit with golf balls is considered an "assumption of the risk," and despite all the signs on the golf course, the golfer is NOT held responsible for property or even personal damage. I can find the specific cases again, if anyone in CA is interested. That said, I've split the cost of a window with the homeowner (it was actually an iron shot, off a branch, through a window), because it's the right thing to do. I'd do it again, even knowing that I wouldn't be legally obligated.

I'm 22, just started playing regularly the last year or so. (Also I need a third post so my username doesn't show up in pink anymore, haha)

My goal is to play more than I can actually afford to, haha.

Soon to be law school student... 1st post!