It's a good thing....

It's a good thing I didn't give up my amateur status last year. I went out Sunday after cutting greens at the local Muni and shot a whopping 85. From tee to green I wasn't too bad but the short game and putting was awful. Overall I wasn't expecting much better but it was still a little disappointing. I ahve a lot of work to do to get back in playing shape for this year. I have started a new workout regimen. I found a used Bowflex on Craig's List a couple of weeks ago and have started using it 3 times a week. I am also running on the treadmill for 30 minutes a day for now, just to get back into it. I've got to get back onto a regular practice schedule like last year when I was going to putt and chip before work and hitting balls at lunch. It's a good thing the local Muni is only 5 minutes from my office. Now if we could just get the weather to warm up a little and stop raining for a few days at a time so the fairways will start to come out.

I'm Back

Wow, it has been almost a whole year since I was last on here. Where has that time gone? For the most part it was spent on the golf course every morning and afternoon until September. Since September, work got in the way and with the economy the way it is I have had to do a lot of travelling to stay employed. Last year was both good and bad for me as far as golf goes. I built a great swing and was playing awesome towards the end of the year. My best finish in a tournament was at a Pro-Am in Colorado where my four man team finished in the top 5. I played in a couple smaller tournaments near home and did not do well at all. But anyway, in October I suffered a neck injury that sidelined my training through the beginning of January and I have been working in the field in Brooklyn, NY for the last two months. I went out yesterday for the first time and hit a bucket of balls just trying to start knocking the rust off. It actually went much better than I expected. Granted I wasn't making the best contact but it felt good. It has always amazed me how well I start off playing when I have taken a break. It's like I just swing without thinking about it. Gotta go for now. For all of you that left comments that I never answered last year I apologized. Please continue reading and I would like to hear from you.