Back into golf after a long break!

[dwazzer]

I have had a 19 year break from playing golf and have just started playing again with my son! OMG, I forgot how addictive this game is...!

My other hobbies have gone by the wayside and I keep watching golf related vids on YouTube!

Is this normal? Do I need counselling?

Anyway, loving the game again, hoping to get my handicap down from what it was (best I got to was 18)!

Oh, and I’ve spent a blooming fortune on clubs already

Cheers, Dave.

 

[backwoodsman]

Hi & welcome back to the game.

Nope, no need for counselling. Addition & spending a fortune on clubs is perfectly normal.

 

[SatchFan]

Welcome back. I had a 30 year break. Just enjoy the addiction.

 

[Parky24]

Never to late to start or resume in your case. Be careful with the Youtube vids. If its instruction I would stick with one or 2 people you like, otherwisie you will get mixed contradictory opinions

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Welcome along and back to golf. Personally rather than relying on Youtube I'd get a couple of lessons with a PGA pro and get the basics sorted so you have strong fundamentals to build a golf game on

 

[BubbaP]

Just wait until you're a passenger gazing out of the window, and you're thinking "that piece of land would make a good few holes".
Then you know it is too late 😁😉

 

[Ross61]

Just wait until you're a passenger gazing out of the window, and you're thinking "that piece of land would make a good few holes".
Then you know it is too late 😁😉

I thought it was just me that did that.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I thought it was just me that did that.

Nope. Always looking at fields on train journeys or in the car (with HID driving) and thinking about a par 3 there or a long par 4/5 using that ditch, slope of the land etc.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Just wait until you're a passenger gazing out of the window, and you're thinking "that piece of land would make a good few holes".
Then you know it is too late 😁😉

Been there got the tee shirt pun intended, I'm always looking at land and thinking it would make a cracking couple of holes or if it's dead flat a nice lake