golfing

Been golfing a decent amount lately. Trying to become a decent player again. I used to golf all the time one summer in like 8th or 9th grade, and became a pretty good golfer, but over the last 9 years or so have only played a couple times a year on average, so I'm not very good.

I decided I want to become a good golfer. I went to a well known golf store(I think it was called GolfSmith's or something like that) and I spent $1,300 on new irons, driver, etc.... it was sweet cause they have a place set up to test out the clubs, so I got to hit a ton of balls with a bunch of different clubs to see which ones I liked best. My clubs were pretty old and I decided I should have an upgrade if I was going to get back into it. Since I play poker for a living, I have a lot of free time to do whatever I want, and since I live in Arizona most of the year I'll be able to golf all winter, which will give me a chance to become good, especially since there's a golf course a few blocks from my house so I won't have any excuses not to go play.

I went golfing on Thursday with my Dad, and I hit more houses(2) than fairways, so I have a long way to go. I'm pretty sure that was a personal record though; I don't think I've hit 2 houses in one round before.

If I decide I'm definitely going to go all out and get good at this crazy game, I'm going to hire a golf pro for some lessons. Golf is a lot like poker. It's extremely frustrating at times, and very fulfilling at other times. Probably the biggest similarity is both are definitely addicting.