Tips for a newbie golfer?

[Jeunemaitre]

I picked up the game last season, and by now have been out to play a total of 36 holes (mmm, municipal nine hole courses...). My biggest problem is that I don't play very often [read twice a summer] so it's hard to get back to where I felt comfortable standing over the ball the last time I played. The only advice I can offer is don't bring a cell phone to the course (turned off, on silent whatever...) just leave it in the car. Also, always be early for your tee time, and humor the starter, no matter what s/he asks, just humor him/her, it'll pay off in the long run.

I'm still trying to live up to my dream of making it onto the senior tour. I figure I should have enough time to practice, I'm 24.

Good luck DeeBye, hopefully you'll be better off than me the first time round. Definitely bring a full box of balls on your first round. On my first nine holes, I lost four: two in the water on #3 :( , one on the other side of the same pond from the #7 tee :angry: , and one, :unsure: well, lets just say it went a bit to far to the right. I haven't used a wood anywhere other than the range since...