Golfing regrets?

[HomerJSimpson]

Packing it for ten years or so at eighteen. I was working as an assistant pro but my parents couldn't afford for me to do the PGA course and the pro and club wouldn't sponsor me. Got the hump, found football lager and women and spent the next decade living way too hard (and paying the price now)

 

[MadAdey]

Same as most really. I just wish I had put more time into golf as a kid. Started at 13 for something to do with my dad outside of the footie season. Clubs came out in May and went back by mid August, still got down to 11 by the time I was 16. Always wondered how good I could have got by dedicating myself 12 months a year to the noble game.

 

[Nashy]

I suppose not working hard enough at it to see how good I could really be. I have always enjoyed other things as well so was never single minded enough to get to the level I know I could.

 

[chrisd]

Playing with ChirsD if thats not to harsh?

I feel your pain!

There is a price to pay for treachery !

 

[Siren]

The same as everyone here, started playing at 29, just wish it had been sooner.

 

[PNWokingham]

I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention.

 

[Garesfield ACE]

Not starting until 50 years old....probably stopped my chance of getting down to 10/12 hcap mark.

 

[London mike 61]

Like you , I regret not taking the game up earlier. I took it up when I was 52 and I'm fast approaching 59 just think of all those wasted years.

 

[pbrown7582]

Leaving a friendly municipal club with loads of games and comp to play at the better private members club with long waiting list back in mid nineties. Ended up struggling to get a game due to cliques galore and losing interest. Resulting in break from game

 

[SocketRocket]

Spending so much time practising things that were completely wrong and stunted my progress.

 

[Crow]

Pretty much jacked it in when I left home and, because he no longer had a regular partner to play with, so did my Dad.

I didn't realise just how much he enjoyed the game, he died in the Autumn and I found out then that he'd asked my sister for his ashes to be scattered on one of the local municipals.

 

[Robobum]

The 15year break away from golf when I joined the RAF.

I don't regret not playing golf in this time because I had an absolute ball playing football all round the world. What I did miss out on was some lessons or coaching when I would have had time to implement the advice.

 

[Jon321]

Same as most. I used to play a fair bit as a kid but stopped around 17 to play football and spend the rest of my weekends hungover. Started again about 2 years ago at 27 and now majorly hooked but just need to play more this year.

 

[Bigfoot]

I first played at 19 and decided it would be an ideal game for the time after retiring from cricket and other spo
I played every couple of months and kept my hand in. Unfortunately I have never retired from cricket, so did not join a club as a 7 day member. Missed out on all the big comps. I was lucky that I started working shifts twenty years ago and was then able to play more and join a club..

 

[El Bandito]

Starting so late. Late thirties.

 

[Beezerk]

No regrets...yet.
Was always a football player and I hoped to take up the game properly after I finished Sunday league stuff.
Maybe a tiny regret is leaving a 2 year gap between stopping football and taking up golf last year.

 

[Rooter]

Like pretty much most people, starting seriously too late in life. I remember in my late teens i could knock round in the 80's for fun with cheap clubs, but i was naturally quite good at cricket. even though i hated the game, played it for too long. Also played Rugby seriously for too long, now my knees and elbows are screwed. then to top it off, i raced motorbikes so that drained all my cash and my hips are not so good after a high speed spill at Snetterton, So only started to take golf seriously in my early 30's (34 now)!!

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Not sticking to high jumping, I was better at that than I am at golf

 

[BTatHome]

Regrets ..... getting caught up in discussing yips and larger holes !

 

[chellie]

Picked up a club for the first time at age 49. Had never thought of trying before so no regrets.