coryf
New member
While searching this forum looking for information pertaining to a beginning golfer, I couldn't find a thread like this. I am brand new to the game and I plan on documenting my journey leading up to my first few rounds of golf. I hope this thread can help someone in the future who want's to break into this game and doesn't know where to start.
I'll start by giving a little information about myself and my experience with golf up to this point. My name is Cory, I'm 26 years old and originally from the Joplin Missouri area. In high school, some friends and I used to go to the local driving range once in a while and hit some balls with borrowed drivers and three woods out of boredom. I've probably hit 200 golf balls in my entire life and haven't launched a ball in over 7 years. Needless to say, I'm about as green as it gets. I've loved golf for as long as I can remember and have wanted to play my entire life. I never had the money growing up to pay for green fees, let alone buy a set of clubs. I'm finally at a place in my life where I'm no longer a ramen noodle everyday, five dollars worth of gas in my car, super broke college student and have the disposable income to get into this game.
After hours of research, I decided to purchase the Adams A7OS full set as my entry level set of golf clubs. Every club in the set minus the putter has made Golf Digest's Hot list, it was very reasonably priced, and its supposed to be very forgiving. It came with the Fast10 Driver 3W and 5W, A7OS 4H through SW. I purchased an Odyssey putter at Golf Galaxy based on how it felt and how I putted on their indoor putting surface. I purchased all of this in regular flex to get started. I decided against getting fitted for my initial set due to how much my swing is going to change in the coming months. I figure I can either reshaft this set if I really like it or I can sell it and upgrade to a different set as my game improves and my swing becomes consistent.
I've acquired and read quite a few books on golf including Dave Peltz's short game and putting bibles, Ben Hogans Five lessons, Zen Golf, David Leadbetter's The Golf Swing, Penick's little red book, and Tom Watsons The Timeless Swing. I've watched Watson's Lessons of a Lifetime, McLean's the Eight Step Swing, and Ben Hogan's the Golf Swing instructional DVD's. I plan on referencing all of these throughout my journey and commenting on what works for me, what doesn't, and which books I feel have helped my game the most.
I have my first lesson this evening with the Pro at Alsatian Golf Club in Castroville, TX. I wanted to start off with formal lessons to develop good habits and a repeatable swing right from the start. It is easier to develop good habits than to break bad ones. Over the next four weeks I am taking five lessons and plan on hitting the practice facilities at least twice in between lessons. I plan to tentatively play my first round August 12th.
I'm going to update after every lesson and range session on my progress and frustrations and this will probably continue through my first few rounds of golf. If anyone has any comments, advice, words of wisdom, etc. please comment. I look forward to my journey and hope you all can enjoy it with me.
- coryf
I'll start by giving a little information about myself and my experience with golf up to this point. My name is Cory, I'm 26 years old and originally from the Joplin Missouri area. In high school, some friends and I used to go to the local driving range once in a while and hit some balls with borrowed drivers and three woods out of boredom. I've probably hit 200 golf balls in my entire life and haven't launched a ball in over 7 years. Needless to say, I'm about as green as it gets. I've loved golf for as long as I can remember and have wanted to play my entire life. I never had the money growing up to pay for green fees, let alone buy a set of clubs. I'm finally at a place in my life where I'm no longer a ramen noodle everyday, five dollars worth of gas in my car, super broke college student and have the disposable income to get into this game.
After hours of research, I decided to purchase the Adams A7OS full set as my entry level set of golf clubs. Every club in the set minus the putter has made Golf Digest's Hot list, it was very reasonably priced, and its supposed to be very forgiving. It came with the Fast10 Driver 3W and 5W, A7OS 4H through SW. I purchased an Odyssey putter at Golf Galaxy based on how it felt and how I putted on their indoor putting surface. I purchased all of this in regular flex to get started. I decided against getting fitted for my initial set due to how much my swing is going to change in the coming months. I figure I can either reshaft this set if I really like it or I can sell it and upgrade to a different set as my game improves and my swing becomes consistent.
I've acquired and read quite a few books on golf including Dave Peltz's short game and putting bibles, Ben Hogans Five lessons, Zen Golf, David Leadbetter's The Golf Swing, Penick's little red book, and Tom Watsons The Timeless Swing. I've watched Watson's Lessons of a Lifetime, McLean's the Eight Step Swing, and Ben Hogan's the Golf Swing instructional DVD's. I plan on referencing all of these throughout my journey and commenting on what works for me, what doesn't, and which books I feel have helped my game the most.
I have my first lesson this evening with the Pro at Alsatian Golf Club in Castroville, TX. I wanted to start off with formal lessons to develop good habits and a repeatable swing right from the start. It is easier to develop good habits than to break bad ones. Over the next four weeks I am taking five lessons and plan on hitting the practice facilities at least twice in between lessons. I plan to tentatively play my first round August 12th.
I'm going to update after every lesson and range session on my progress and frustrations and this will probably continue through my first few rounds of golf. If anyone has any comments, advice, words of wisdom, etc. please comment. I look forward to my journey and hope you all can enjoy it with me.
- coryf
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