This is a good “first post” for me on the forum, so thanks for starting it. I’m Matt by the way - hi
This year was a good one. I took my first group golf lesson in Oct 2019 and bought 8 clubs the following Black Friday. And then I played my first par 3 in March, just a couple weeks before my state locked down.
Since then, I’ve played maybe two to three dozen 9 and 18 hole rounds on my local par 3 courses. I’ve taken five 1-on-1 lessons in which my coach helped me make massive improvements to my swing. And I recently played in a 18 hole best ball / scramble tournament with a partner (who I didn’t know beforehand), which was a lot of fun and a good learning experience.
Now, I’m working my way through the Strike Plan, hitting balls into my net in my garage, putting on my Perfect Practice mat, and getting out to play when it’s not raining here in the PNW.
To say I’ve been bitten by the golf bug is a massive understatement. I haven’t been hooked on a hobby like this since I played poker several years ago.
My goal for next year is to get my swing dialed in a bit more, get a couple more lessons to learn how to use my driver, and play my first full round on a regular course sometime next summer/fall.