CobraX51
F-ck Yeah Baby!
One thing I hear when golfing with people is "at my best I was as low as a 6, or even scratch, or I used to break 80 consistently, or flirt with Par." But life gets in the way and other more important things happen. Marriage, career, and children are typically what I hear most, all completely normal reasons to not be able to golf as much. I hear some people say they didn't golf for months, or even years to focus on what they were pursuing. I got in a conversation in the Golf Ramble thread about this and last Sunday it further confirmed this.
I was pretty oblivious to these reasons because I'm not married, don't have a family, and have a steady job. I got into Golf and made it stick around 2016, I had the addiction. Because of this I was able to practice a night or two after work for a few hours, sometimes until 10pm, play on the weekends, mix in lessons(plenty of those), and try to stay as sharp as possible. This wasn't to say I was always perfect but swinging helped to stay in some sort of rhythm.
I reached my goal of being a single digit cap and currently sit at 9, but I foresee a rise in the handicap haha. I've broken 80 4 times, a PB of 73, 1 Eagle in a handicap round, and a stretch of Golf where I always broke 90. It was pretty fun and didn't really grind. But the last couple of months I ask myself what else is their to accomplish individually with Golf? Is being a 5 handicap really that glamorous to me? Do I really need to grind to shave off more strokes? When I told myself No it was kind of a light bulb moment.
Last year I decided it was time to pursue a career I always wanted to be in and re-enrolled back in broadcasting school. I was still able to balance Golf, work, and school. I finished school in April and went Golf to the max during the time off of school and slowly looking for a job in this industry. It was during this time I put up a stretch of golf where I couldn't wait to play again and knew I was going to shoot well, including the PB. I practiced, I played, I managed the course, I would fire at flags but be below the hole, I made a lot of birdies during this stretch.
Then I got a call from iHeart Media that they have a part-time position available but it would be primarily weekends. Basically an entry-level job to get my foot in the door and make the right connections to parlay it into a full-time job. So I'm still at my steady-job during the week but now my weekends are kind of jammed with this, and I love doing it, it's a lot of fun and fills a void.
Among other new things that have sprouted in my life the last few months I don't have the time to practice, take lessons, or be the weekend warrior I once was.
The last couple of Saturday's I worked doubles for iHeart but still got out for a Sunday 8am tee time before working in the afternoon for iHeart. I'm constantly doing something.
The last 2 rounds have gone 93-91, I did play 9 in between those rounds and shot 41 to let me know a swing is still in there somewhere. Scores that aren't bad per se, but when you're used to breaking 85 it's a little bit of a tough pill to swallow but understandable. I don't have time to play this weekend and don't know when I'll be able to tee it up again.
To end the golf eulogy, I'll always enjoy Golf, the amount of new friends I made, and play when time permits, but at what point for you did the grind completely stop or drastically slow down to focus on other interests or more important things in your life?
I was pretty oblivious to these reasons because I'm not married, don't have a family, and have a steady job. I got into Golf and made it stick around 2016, I had the addiction. Because of this I was able to practice a night or two after work for a few hours, sometimes until 10pm, play on the weekends, mix in lessons(plenty of those), and try to stay as sharp as possible. This wasn't to say I was always perfect but swinging helped to stay in some sort of rhythm.
I reached my goal of being a single digit cap and currently sit at 9, but I foresee a rise in the handicap haha. I've broken 80 4 times, a PB of 73, 1 Eagle in a handicap round, and a stretch of Golf where I always broke 90. It was pretty fun and didn't really grind. But the last couple of months I ask myself what else is their to accomplish individually with Golf? Is being a 5 handicap really that glamorous to me? Do I really need to grind to shave off more strokes? When I told myself No it was kind of a light bulb moment.
Last year I decided it was time to pursue a career I always wanted to be in and re-enrolled back in broadcasting school. I was still able to balance Golf, work, and school. I finished school in April and went Golf to the max during the time off of school and slowly looking for a job in this industry. It was during this time I put up a stretch of golf where I couldn't wait to play again and knew I was going to shoot well, including the PB. I practiced, I played, I managed the course, I would fire at flags but be below the hole, I made a lot of birdies during this stretch.
Then I got a call from iHeart Media that they have a part-time position available but it would be primarily weekends. Basically an entry-level job to get my foot in the door and make the right connections to parlay it into a full-time job. So I'm still at my steady-job during the week but now my weekends are kind of jammed with this, and I love doing it, it's a lot of fun and fills a void.
Among other new things that have sprouted in my life the last few months I don't have the time to practice, take lessons, or be the weekend warrior I once was.
The last couple of Saturday's I worked doubles for iHeart but still got out for a Sunday 8am tee time before working in the afternoon for iHeart. I'm constantly doing something.
The last 2 rounds have gone 93-91, I did play 9 in between those rounds and shot 41 to let me know a swing is still in there somewhere. Scores that aren't bad per se, but when you're used to breaking 85 it's a little bit of a tough pill to swallow but understandable. I don't have time to play this weekend and don't know when I'll be able to tee it up again.
To end the golf eulogy, I'll always enjoy Golf, the amount of new friends I made, and play when time permits, but at what point for you did the grind completely stop or drastically slow down to focus on other interests or more important things in your life?