AlexT

There is this one hole on my home course where the tee is kind of elevated on top of a hill, and you can clearly see the entire fairway. Three times recently, when my tee shot has hit the middle of the fairway, I have walked down to the fairway unable to find my ball. My playing partners have been just as confused as me, as we all saw the ball land and roll a bit(not getting plugged). We have discussed the possibilities of birds picking up the ball as we walk down from the tee(long walk around the hill, unable to see the fairway), kids pranking us and so on but it seems too unlikely. Only happened to MY shots, three times, same hole. I must have pissed off the golf gods, or we all need glasses?:-P

- Drop my hcp to under 20 so I can participate in more local tournaments - Play a lot, improve (duh), have more consistent results

Ever since I started golfing last summer, all I can think of is golf. Winter has never sucked more in my life, and all I want to do is practice more... I should seek help.

Luke Donald

I'm very happy with my personal goals for 2013. After being "caddy" for some friends at a small local tournament, I decided to use my summer vacation to pick up golf again (I played for a year or two back when I was 14-15 (I'm 25 now), but never really got better, kept slicing and eventually just quit golfing due to frustration) and started practicing mainly at the driving range. I fixed my terrible slice eventually, and managed to pull of decent shots. I then started playing on our local course which is known to be extremely unforgiving (tight fairways with hazards on both sides) and got my handicap down from 45 to 28. Usually I get some pars and bogeys in a round, but my instability keeps me back. Now that winter is here, the course is closed and I'm really looking forward to next season to improve my game and have fun.