[berettafan]

owned clubs forever but only went once or twice a year for charity stuff. play a few holes, skip a few, where's the cart girl? not what anyone would really call golf.

then a few years back I got my son a set of clubs for Christmas telling him this is a skill I wish I'd developed earlier and it can be a good social thing too. Well he really took to it and then I decided to give it a reasonable effort. I'm now smitten by the game and absolutely lust after the feel and sound of a flushed iron.

I suspect I am at the lower end of actual skill and development speed but I'm making progress. Driver has improved greatly though I'm not a long hitter. Irons improving too but then I'll have a day where it looks like I've never been on a course.

I generally play solo but have a couple folks I'll go with from time to time. The quiet contemplation over a huge expanse of manicured grass....I dunno something about it just feels so, so good.


forgot to mention- I put together a somewhat janky but functional simulator in the garage and it has proven useful. can't really hit driver in there but fairways on down are pretty safe. use a Garmin r10 plugged into a Walmart tv. old baseball netting and harbor freight mesh tarps for the enclosure. did spend some $$ on the hitting mat.