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August 27, 2010, 8:24 pm - (1 year ago)
Hi fellow golfers...I am a 60 year man who is trying to get back into golf. I have a golf background. My father was a lifetime member PGA pro and Played the tour in 1950 and 1951. I was raised on a golf course and played and caddied at a young age. In high school I was the captain of the golf team and won the league championship but was not really driven to continue and basically quit playing. I did caddy on the tour for a short stint in 1969 doing all the west coast stops and Palm Springs and the two tourneys in Arizona.
I have always watched golf and thought about golf and have tried several times to start playing again but succumbed to frustration. I am a perfectionist and when I tried to play seriously in the seventies, I was determined to fix the flaws in my high school swing. Bad mistake...I should have just gone out and learned to play again instead of videoing my swing and seeking out local teachers. I was just up in Oregon visiting my mother and found some old pictures of my dad swinging in the early 50's...beautiful Hoganesque form. Then she found an article in the paper stating that Pat Fitzsimmons, a guy I played with as a youngster and who went out on tour and won the LA Open in 1975 and had a great year was giving a clinic at Salem Golf Course. We went and re-introduced ourselves to Pat and stayed for the clinic. Well...I decided I wanted to play again and try to at least learn to play well enough to not embarrass myself.
I have just read a few of the Hogan biographies and watched some videos by AJ Bonar and Butch Harmon and Leadbetter and am ready to head out to the range for the first time in 10 or so years....wish me luck. I just looked at the current drivers and they looked like clown clubs at first glance. The equipment has moved on and I have been left in the dust....Anyway...this is to introduce myself and hopefully make some new friends to talk about golf and the golf swing. Thanks 30-338
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