Myblueheaven
Member
Hello All, This is just a brief intro into my new found love of Golf and I am asking for no advice, Yet !!
I am 49 years old and reside in the far north west of England. I have played sport all my life, mainly football but have played cricket and rugby also. Two years ago I suffered a bad injury which put the final nail into my footballing coffin.
For twenty odd years I had asked family, friends and colleagues who played golf to take me along as I always fancied playing, nobody would take me, they all thought I was too feisty or maybe too common to play, maybe I would embarrass them being a new player, I never really understood why but this has stuck with me and really bothered me for years, but I had my football so I just got on with that.
So now I find myself around a group of people who have been kind enough to invite me along for a game and I feel at ease playing with.
I have only just started out, I have been to the driving range around 5 times and really enjoyed it, I have had one 18 hole game at a links course and I only lost two balls !! I took fifty with me just in case LOL, I did Ok, much better than I thought.
I have a set of new Callaway X series irons with graphite shafts 5 - SW, X series driver and 3 wood, I have a 3 & 5 hybrid and also 52 & 60 wedges. I have Srixon soft feel balls in yellow also.
I have been watching Youtube videos for a while now and feel like I have sort of self taught myself ( very basic ) but I will be having lessons when the spring comes.
Anyway I look forward to a new chapter in my life with a new sport as I approach 50 years of age, hopefully over the next year or so I will get to play with those people who refused to play with me over the years and hopefully they will realise I just wanted to play golf and enjoy myself.
I am 49 years old and reside in the far north west of England. I have played sport all my life, mainly football but have played cricket and rugby also. Two years ago I suffered a bad injury which put the final nail into my footballing coffin.
For twenty odd years I had asked family, friends and colleagues who played golf to take me along as I always fancied playing, nobody would take me, they all thought I was too feisty or maybe too common to play, maybe I would embarrass them being a new player, I never really understood why but this has stuck with me and really bothered me for years, but I had my football so I just got on with that.
So now I find myself around a group of people who have been kind enough to invite me along for a game and I feel at ease playing with.
I have only just started out, I have been to the driving range around 5 times and really enjoyed it, I have had one 18 hole game at a links course and I only lost two balls !! I took fifty with me just in case LOL, I did Ok, much better than I thought.
I have a set of new Callaway X series irons with graphite shafts 5 - SW, X series driver and 3 wood, I have a 3 & 5 hybrid and also 52 & 60 wedges. I have Srixon soft feel balls in yellow also.
I have been watching Youtube videos for a while now and feel like I have sort of self taught myself ( very basic ) but I will be having lessons when the spring comes.
Anyway I look forward to a new chapter in my life with a new sport as I approach 50 years of age, hopefully over the next year or so I will get to play with those people who refused to play with me over the years and hopefully they will realise I just wanted to play golf and enjoy myself.
