SHOOTING YOUR AGE

By kickntrue on 1/4/10

By Nathan Trifone, ClubSG Contributor

I played a round with an older gentleman named Tom a few months back. We were both playing alone and decided to join together on hole three. Tom played golf at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and is a talented golfer with a steady swing and a quick step.

About midway through the front nine, he revealed his personal goal was to shoot his age. At 65 years old, he said he was getting closer and closer with each passing day. After a par on the ninth, he was a couple strokes down heading into the back. I only had time to play nine holes so I didn’t get to see how his round finished.

I saw him a couple days later and he said he ended up shooting a 71. To most amateur golfers, that score would be cause for celebration (bust out the champagne and cigars!). But for Tom, it was an average round.

The more I thought about it, the more I decided to make Tom’s goal my ultimate goal. I have a few decades and several skill levels to go before I could get close to shooting my age (assuming par 3 courses don’t count). However, every golfer needs to set personal long-term goals in order to improve their game and well as provide motivation to play to get better. I hope to shoot my age at 72.


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