As spring comes around and we are getting closer and closer to the Grandaddy later this year, the real prepping begins. Similar to the Captain of our grand adventure @MattyD-MPLS as well as a few of my GD brothers who are documenting their journey to the Grandaddy, I decided to take this opportunity to share a bit about myself, where my game is, and document my season this year in my summer league which is an amateur travel league ( more about that later). To add to that, I also decided to jump in with both feet into the NY State Amateur golf series which hosts tournaments all across the state and reigns a champion at a 2 day gross event at the end of the year. I figured what better way to get used to the pressure than to put myself in as many pressure situations as possible, right? ( Maybe not the smartest idea but yeah.....its an idea. )
So a little about myself. I am Sean Caron and I live in Rochester, NY with my wife and 2 kids, Grace (14) and Jake (11). I've been playing golf on and off since I was 10. My father is a pretty good stick and has been a +player at one time or another. Just this year he shot under his age shooting a 71 at the ripe old age of 72. My cousin was a teaching pro for a while and is a damn good stick himself. He currently is a general manager of a private course. So yeah, big shoes to fill.
I played through High school until I got to college when school and baseball and girls and work and other things took over my life. I didn't get back into golf until I was 24 or so and have been playing for the last 21 years pretty much non-stop. Its taken me most of those 21 years to grind out the baseball swing that was so effective on a diamond and replace it with a swing that's effective on a golf course. The handicap drops over the last few years have reflected that. Last year I hit by lowest HC ever at 6.5 as well as tying my lowest gross score with a 74.
My path to the Grandaddy was a little different, which was the same for my Grandmama brothers @93civiccpe, @xThor, and @Muchmore18. With Pandemic hitting and causing the 2020 Grandaddy to be cancelled, the Grandmama was an idea from the Callaway team and @JB to have at least some level of event and I was lucky enough to be the first selected for it. However, although the GrandMama crew and the Callaway team were incredibly excited about the opportunity for a new event based off the GD, it too had to be cancelled because of the Pandemic. So @JasonFinleyCG graciously offered the Grandmama folks to head to the 2021 GD. And for that I'll be eternally grateful to Jason and all the Callaway folks for giving us that opportunity.
My league is a singles travel league starting on April 25th and spreads across 22 weeks meaning every week we play a different course from a choice of 2 courses per week ( Side A vs Side B ). It's a flighted handicap league that follows all USGA rules ( e.g. full penalties, must putt out/no gimmees, etc. ). Each week, we give out prices for low net and low gross per flight, team bestball for your 4 some, AND you accumulate points for a year end match-play playoff for the club points champion ship. The top 6 points winners of the year ( max 20 rounds count towards points ) play a match play event at the end of the year for the year end award. We also have a year end tournament that is a stand alone 2 day ( 36 hole ) event with the top 6 gross scores making the cut for the 2nd day. Total membership in this league/tour has been right around 300 with around 200 to 220 arriving each week. The really cool part about this league is that it is pay as you go which means you can play around your schedule and other than a small upfront fee, you pay each week. Its a very interesting and fun format.
My hope is that I can keep everyone up to date on where my game is at as we get closer to the GD through my weekly tour events, range work, and the special amateur series events throughout the summer. I really can't wait to go on this journey with my band of brothers @Muchmore18 , @xThor, @93civiccpe , @RealPretendPsychic, and @Afizzle2100, including our Cap @MattyD-MPLS and our fantastic AssCap @dacatalyst41.
Feel free to ask me whatever questions you have. I'll post a WITB currently below and talk gear choices later.
So a little about myself. I am Sean Caron and I live in Rochester, NY with my wife and 2 kids, Grace (14) and Jake (11). I've been playing golf on and off since I was 10. My father is a pretty good stick and has been a +player at one time or another. Just this year he shot under his age shooting a 71 at the ripe old age of 72. My cousin was a teaching pro for a while and is a damn good stick himself. He currently is a general manager of a private course. So yeah, big shoes to fill.
I played through High school until I got to college when school and baseball and girls and work and other things took over my life. I didn't get back into golf until I was 24 or so and have been playing for the last 21 years pretty much non-stop. Its taken me most of those 21 years to grind out the baseball swing that was so effective on a diamond and replace it with a swing that's effective on a golf course. The handicap drops over the last few years have reflected that. Last year I hit by lowest HC ever at 6.5 as well as tying my lowest gross score with a 74.
My path to the Grandaddy was a little different, which was the same for my Grandmama brothers @93civiccpe, @xThor, and @Muchmore18. With Pandemic hitting and causing the 2020 Grandaddy to be cancelled, the Grandmama was an idea from the Callaway team and @JB to have at least some level of event and I was lucky enough to be the first selected for it. However, although the GrandMama crew and the Callaway team were incredibly excited about the opportunity for a new event based off the GD, it too had to be cancelled because of the Pandemic. So @JasonFinleyCG graciously offered the Grandmama folks to head to the 2021 GD. And for that I'll be eternally grateful to Jason and all the Callaway folks for giving us that opportunity.
My league is a singles travel league starting on April 25th and spreads across 22 weeks meaning every week we play a different course from a choice of 2 courses per week ( Side A vs Side B ). It's a flighted handicap league that follows all USGA rules ( e.g. full penalties, must putt out/no gimmees, etc. ). Each week, we give out prices for low net and low gross per flight, team bestball for your 4 some, AND you accumulate points for a year end match-play playoff for the club points champion ship. The top 6 points winners of the year ( max 20 rounds count towards points ) play a match play event at the end of the year for the year end award. We also have a year end tournament that is a stand alone 2 day ( 36 hole ) event with the top 6 gross scores making the cut for the 2nd day. Total membership in this league/tour has been right around 300 with around 200 to 220 arriving each week. The really cool part about this league is that it is pay as you go which means you can play around your schedule and other than a small upfront fee, you pay each week. Its a very interesting and fun format.
My hope is that I can keep everyone up to date on where my game is at as we get closer to the GD through my weekly tour events, range work, and the special amateur series events throughout the summer. I really can't wait to go on this journey with my band of brothers @Muchmore18 , @xThor, @93civiccpe , @RealPretendPsychic, and @Afizzle2100, including our Cap @MattyD-MPLS and our fantastic AssCap @dacatalyst41.
Feel free to ask me whatever questions you have. I'll post a WITB currently below and talk gear choices later.
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