Last year I started taking lessons and documenting my progress as I began to get serious about improving as a golfer. After playing here and there as a kid and then hardly playing at all throughout my 20s, I decided it was time to get back into it a few years ago after settling down in Marysville. With so many great golf courses within a stone’s throw, it sort of felt silly not to.
The ultimate goal was always to get some fundamentals down with the intent of enjoying the game for years to come, but I also really wanted to break 100 for the first time. The season ended with me not accomplishing that goal, although I did shoot 100 on the nose and break 50 numerous times on nine holes. The important thing was that I was finally noticing real progress, after not really taking the game seriously at all in the past.
I can not thank Simon Jones at Purcell Golf enough for all of his wisdom and patience throughout last year. I was very sad for the season to end, but was thrilled for ski season to start. I also got to play a couple rounds over the winter while in Hawaii with my wife and some family as a sort of honeymoon.
Those were both really cool experiences, playing Waiehu Municipal Golf Course and The Dunes at Maui Lani — my favourite of the two. I certainly wasn’t playing great, but hit some of my best driver shots ever, sending a few tee shots over some trees and down some pretty wild hills. The ski season this year, as many would likely agree, was not the best.
The weathe.