'Tis the season....to golf!

It's an absolutely beautiful day today and this weather is supposed to continue throughout the weekend and into next week. This kind of weather gets me all excited for golf. For me, golf is the ultimate individual sport. Getting your mind and body perfectly in tune with on another in an effort to hit a small metal head into a smaller ball at just the right angle to make the ball go exactly where you want it. That is the ultimate in mind/body coordination. I am in awe of the pros who can go out there, week in and week out, and consistently hit good golf shots. Where I may hit a good shot once out of every 20 or thirty attempts, they have a bad shot once out of every 1000. Just to clarify, what I consider a bad shot is not what the pros consider a bad shot. To me a bad shot is when you might hit a house, to them it's when it's 20 yards away from where they wanted to put it. But I digress. Golf season is upon us and I'm looking forward to it.

I'm trying to get The Fiance into golf. We played a little last year, up at the course my father's house is on. Mainly she just putted when we got the green, but she seemed to have a good time. She is even willing to take some lessons. News that made her father (an avid golfer) nearly leap up from his chair and kiss me. I'm hoping that after she moves in permanently, we can take some lessons together at the driving range.

My "home" course is The Woods up in West Virginia. Not too far from my house, about an hour and a half away. It's cheap to play there, compared to my area, and it's usually not nearly as crowded as here. Admittedly, it's not the greatest course, there are certainly better. But it's nice, and at this point, I know it pretty well.

I usually can shoot in the high 90's, sometimes better if I've used the "foot wedge" a few times. But I'm pretty consistently in the high 90's. My goal this year is to break 85 at least twice....honestly. Since I've been working on more of my core and stability muscles I'm anxious to see how that translates to my golf swing. Will I generate more club head speed? If so do I need to worry about the houses across the road? So I'm excited to get out and try. I think my first opportunity will be the second weekend in May, could be sooner but I doubt it. Until then I'll be content with going to the driving range and watching Phil, Ernie, Sergio, and Tiger with his big club (yes the double entendre was intended) walk around Georgia.