Joined my first club!

[JackieD]

So at the grand age of 27, I've joined my first golf club, fairly local to me; Alton GC is a 9 hole with 2 tee positions on each hole, beats paying £15-20 a time to pay and play!

Popped in there on Saturday morning to have 9 holes and was offered to go out to make up a 4 ball, really good set of guys and had a great time (shame about the putting ).

Now I need to get on and get my handicap sorted :funk:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Excellent - hope you enjoy yourself at your new club

 

[virtuocity]

Good idea having 2 tee positions. My old club was a 9 hole and should (and could) have installed this.

I hope you get your money's worth and meet (and beat) many new friends.

Enjoy.

 

[SGC001]

Good luck with that, I put in an honorary type handicap card the other day just shy of 120. I'm sure you'll cope better than I did.

O/T I played a 9 hole course that had 2 pin positions on each hole (and on 1 occasion 2 greens) the other day which was a novel experience and I suppose ideal for power play. I wonder if more 9 hole courses would consider that an option.

 

[c1973]

Good stuff, get your moneys worth and enjoy yourself.

 

[Sir Scoop-A-Lot]

Good stuff, get your moneys worth and enjoy yourself.

I have just done the same in Yately, Berkshire. A nice cost effective way of getting practice and maintain a handicap.

Enjoy!

 

[Twin Lakes]

I have just done the same in Yately, Berkshire. A nice cost effective way of getting practice and maintain a handicap.

Enjoy!

Yately, Berkshire........... did a lot of Carp fishing there many moons ago!
Good luck with the golf.

 

[matt71]

Good luck and enjoy! Best thing I ever did (golf wise) was joining my local club

 

[Alan P Mills]

Good luck and enjoy. :thup:

 

[9 iron]

Good stuff. Joined my first club 3 weeks ago and handed in my 3rd and final handicap card on Saturday and will hopefully find out if my handicap is below 28. Its easier to justify to the wife now that i need to play more golf in order to make the £800 i forked out worth it!! Good luck and try not to top your first drive 30 yards into the rough in front of your new peers!!

 

[Agent Pies]

Hoping to join my first club in the next couple of months. Can't wait.

 

[richart]

So at the grand age of 27, I've joined my first golf club, fairly local to me; Alton GC is a 9 hole with 2 tee positions on each hole, beats paying £15-20 a time to pay and play!

Popped in there on Saturday morning to have 9 holes and was offered to go out to make up a 4 ball, really good set of guys and had a great time (shame about the putting ).

Now I need to get on and get my handicap sorted :funk:

Never played Alton, though my daughter did go to college there. Make the effort to get to know as many members as you can, and you will love being a club golfer.:thup:

 

[JackieD]

Thanks for the relplies guys! Looking forward to it as there seems to be a great sense of comunity up there that some clubs seem to lack, usually over shaddowed by snobery! Hopefully be able to get up there this weekend if the weather comes good.

 

[matt71]

Good stuff. Joined my first club 3 weeks ago and handed in my 3rd and final handicap card on Saturday and will hopefully find out if my handicap is below 28. Its easier to justify to the wife now that i need to play more golf in order to make the £800 i forked out worth it!! Good luck and try not to top your first drive 30 yards into the rough in front of your new peers!!

ha ha I have done exactly that "but at least it went straight" came the comment after sigh

 

[lex!]

I join my first club on 1st May. Really looking forward to it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Enjoy. Get your handicap cards in and get playing. Sounds a friendly set up