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You know when you're obsessed with golf when

You start practicing your swing in the mirror in the gents at work. You are counting the minutes until work is over and you can hit some balls. You're waiting for a new topic on a golf forum. You suddenly find yourself on an online store with stuff in your basket and can't remember clicking it
 
We were out walking over the weekend and I saw about 8 or 9 cracking par 3's en route and a great par 5 across a gorge and a mass of gorse!. Just a tee and a green to go and they were fantastic.
 
When you know that the A31 is 531 yards from the 3rd green on your course at its closest point.

When you look forward to going to bed so you can pick a course to play in your head.

When the first thing you look at when you log on at work on Monday morning is Saturday's weather forecast.

I also do the "that's a 6 iron from here" in the shopping centre type thing, or "you'd have to punch it low to get there from here".

Glad I'm not alone!
 
When you wonder if it is worth having a go to see if you can hit a lob wedge from the front garden to the back one, ignoring the fact that if you don't make it, glass will be broken.

Ditto for hitting 30 yard flop shots in the garden. Fine pointing at the green house (no longer any glass in it, see thinned shots above), but not good returning them to have another go. Double glazing is suprisingly durable.
 
when I ma standing in tesco's and one of my daughters asks why I am stretching..

when I am standing in front of the mirror at work, with a screwdriver/pen in hand practising my takeaway!
 
When you go for a slash you use the Vardon grip.

When you look in your wardrobe and notice all your t-shirts are polo shirts.

When you get a fly £50 you buy chinos and a jumper instead of jeans and a shirt.
 
Three mirrosr in the lifts where I used to work. Lost count of the number of times the doors opened and i had to quickly pretend I hadn't been doing something strange on my own in the lift, when all i was doing was checking my backswing.
 
you leave a wedge, putter and tube of balls in the boot of your car ALWAYS!!!!!,,,,,,, just in case

In the summer, I leave my entire set in the boot of my car, plus a set of golf clothes, just on the off chance I might get asked for a round of golf after work :) You never know.
 
You download new GPS sotware for your mobile, spark it up at your desk in the office to find that it is 55322 yards to the front of the 1st green, and you wonder what Par that would be and how many shots it would take.
 
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