Faldono1fan
Club Champion
Apologies if this has already been posted as a new topic already.
Less than a year ago (November 18th 2016 to be exact) I was involved in a bad car accident. To be honest I was lucky to get away with the injuries I did, but I broke my Pelvis, right hip, upper right arm and a couple of fingers in my right hand for good measure. Golfing wise I thought this year would probably be a write off which I was annoyed about because 2016 was a great year for me. I got down to 6 handicap for the first time at the age of 50 having played for most of my golfing life off 8-10. I won a board comp with my brother and reached the final of the singles KO and lost on the 37th hole of the final. I finished the year off 6.3.
When I had the accident I couldn't walk and thought to myself that flexibility would be an issue. I started putting on the carpet at home as soon as I was able to (Around February/March). Then when I was able to drive again I started putting and chipping. To my amazement I was able to start trying to hit wedge shots from around mid March and slowly started to move through the bag. I started playing a few holes and worked my way up to 9 holes. To be honest I wasn't hitting it far, but I was straight.
I started entering competitions and clearly remember sending my brother a text saying "I know this is crazy, but do you want to enter the doubles KO". I can't post his reply, but he agreed. The first few comps went by and I unsurprisingly struggled and went up to 6.5 and had 7 handicap. Then I played in a bogey comp and had a small cut back to 6.3. I was just considering going to the handicap sec to see if anything could be done, but that went out the window. By the time I had completed the May medal it had completely gone out the window. All the practice putting paid off and I shot a 76 net 69 and the CSS was 74 so I got cut a shot and achieved CAT 1 status for the first time ever!
Incredibly I got invited to play for the 3rd team and represented my club winning 1 and losing 1. Then the icing on the cake came last weekend where I played in the final of the doubles KO and we beat the club captain and his partner at the 35th hole. I am not ashamed to say I was a bit emotional and sat back that night with a couple of beers and reflected on how far I had come in such a short space of time.
I am back up to 6 for the winter, but exactly the same handicap as I was this time last year.
Just thought I would share this if anybody else is unfortunate enough to suffer bad injuries and golf is your main hobby then it is possible to get back to full fitness in a relatively short space of time. I didn't think I would be able to even walk 18 holes this year let alone play and be successful over 35 in the same day.
Hope you all had years you can be proud of too.
Less than a year ago (November 18th 2016 to be exact) I was involved in a bad car accident. To be honest I was lucky to get away with the injuries I did, but I broke my Pelvis, right hip, upper right arm and a couple of fingers in my right hand for good measure. Golfing wise I thought this year would probably be a write off which I was annoyed about because 2016 was a great year for me. I got down to 6 handicap for the first time at the age of 50 having played for most of my golfing life off 8-10. I won a board comp with my brother and reached the final of the singles KO and lost on the 37th hole of the final. I finished the year off 6.3.
When I had the accident I couldn't walk and thought to myself that flexibility would be an issue. I started putting on the carpet at home as soon as I was able to (Around February/March). Then when I was able to drive again I started putting and chipping. To my amazement I was able to start trying to hit wedge shots from around mid March and slowly started to move through the bag. I started playing a few holes and worked my way up to 9 holes. To be honest I wasn't hitting it far, but I was straight.
I started entering competitions and clearly remember sending my brother a text saying "I know this is crazy, but do you want to enter the doubles KO". I can't post his reply, but he agreed. The first few comps went by and I unsurprisingly struggled and went up to 6.5 and had 7 handicap. Then I played in a bogey comp and had a small cut back to 6.3. I was just considering going to the handicap sec to see if anything could be done, but that went out the window. By the time I had completed the May medal it had completely gone out the window. All the practice putting paid off and I shot a 76 net 69 and the CSS was 74 so I got cut a shot and achieved CAT 1 status for the first time ever!
Incredibly I got invited to play for the 3rd team and represented my club winning 1 and losing 1. Then the icing on the cake came last weekend where I played in the final of the doubles KO and we beat the club captain and his partner at the 35th hole. I am not ashamed to say I was a bit emotional and sat back that night with a couple of beers and reflected on how far I had come in such a short space of time.
I am back up to 6 for the winter, but exactly the same handicap as I was this time last year.
Just thought I would share this if anybody else is unfortunate enough to suffer bad injuries and golf is your main hobby then it is possible to get back to full fitness in a relatively short space of time. I didn't think I would be able to even walk 18 holes this year let alone play and be successful over 35 in the same day.
Hope you all had years you can be proud of too.
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