New Years Golf Resolutions

Typhoon

So, what are your 2017 golf resolutions and how are u going to keep them?

fatshot

My goal is to shoot my age. I'm 71 and will be 72 in September. A year ago I shot 71 at my home course (but was 69 at the time), so it's doable. But to be realistic, I'll have to get much better and more consistent with my short game....I throw away most of my strokes around the greens! I averaged 79-point-something this past summer.

Typhoon

Mine is to NOT let work consume me and ruin my attitude and will to play like it did half this year. Get back to going down to the practice green and range by my house at night like I've done every year other than this past year.

letthebigdogshunt

I really don't make resolutions any longer. What I do is just hope to play as many rounds as possible and enjoy each one. Golf is a game for a lifetime and I hope to keep playing for as long as I can stand on two feet.

sdandrea1

I played 112 rounds in 2016. Had to stop on 21 Nov for knee surgery. I resolve to play more in 2017. 😉

glebert

Play more rounds of golf than I buy golf clubs. Don't know that I managed that in 2016.

Release

To get excited about getting birdies, again.

I still love to get those birdies and try my best each time but, did not seemed to be excited of getting a birdie any more. Not like years ago I would be pumped getting some birdies rolling.
Now is like , Meh, fine to get one or a couple, not losing sleep over a missed birdie putt .

PA-PLAYA

I'm going through change, I guess. I used to get fired up about fixing something in my swing, or being able to hit a certain shot that I've struggled pulling off in the past under the gun. I used to spend as much time hitting balls on the range as I did practicing, used to read all sorts of golf-strategy, golf-mind books, just really enjoyed devoting myself to becoming as proficient as I could possibly be - the journey to the unachievable, ever elusive, consistently-great level that drove me into an outright obsession. All to no avail, of course. lol

But now... especially with a lot of things going on in my personal life - I just don't have the burn like I used to. I sent in my membership dues upfront for the 2017 season last week, so the game is still something I want to be a part of, and I couldn't possibly have a better facility at my disposal to enjoy it. But the tournament grind this past season really took a lot out of me, to the point where I'm not even remotely interested (at the moment anyway) in continuing that type of commitment. Tournament golf, for a number of years, really drove my overall interest level. It gave me enough incentive to stay active and practice, to remain competitive. But the past few years it's not scratched the itch like it used to.

I remember telling my wife several years ago that when I no longer get excited about playing, when the eager anticipation to get my stuff done around the house so I can head up to the course for a few holes starts to wane - I would walk away and find something else to fill the void.

Not there yet... but every year I seem to be getting closer to that point.

LBlack14

Play again....maybe.

Orlimar1

I told my wife last year I planned on playing less golf. I was wrong. LOL

I got in with a new group of my guys at my course. They play for skins, play fast, and laugh all the time. I think I played more golf than ever before.

I've never been one to practice at all. To me it's all about laughing and having a good time. Otherwise, why play??

golfer_LD

My resolution is to not buy more golf balls just because they are on sale. I enough golf balls as it is to get me through the year.

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golfer_LD

Some of us have recently bought enough golf balls to last more than a few years. 😵

Typhoon

I have solo many unopened dozens to get rid of its stupid.

brsmith

Play a round in 2017, I did not play in '16. I honestly didn't do anything other than go to my daughter's graduation. I am so glad I could do that, but I need to change this trend or you will be reading an obit of me at the same age as GM.

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brsmith

Widen your social sphere would do wonders. A new relationship should be in the plan ?

PA-PLAYA

brsmith

Having struggled with depression in recent years, I'm familiar with the attitude. Just know that being active, finding something worth "keeping on" is vital. Whether it's a newfound desire to live more healthy, to expand your friendships and relationships, or perhaps including the wonderful distraction of just playing more golf, or all of the above... it's out there waiting for you.

Whatever it is you're looking for, I encourage you to go find it in 2017.

All of us, at some point in our lives, need a different "why" to keep on keeping on. Few of those reasons are ever the same from one person to the next, but the relationships with our friends and the rebuilding of relationships with our family members that are worth preserving, ultimately, are what sustains us in the end.

Wishing you the very best in 2017, Brad! Keep your chin up. You seem to have a better perspective of things than a lot of us, and that perspective can, if we let it, pave the path forward.

livegolf

Make my Kirkland signatures last until April(ish) lol

Par4QC

livegolf You'll have to. Out of stock until then!!(see my post in that thread)

Bangoman

Quit GDamn smoking...probably before New Years

LBlack14

Bangoman
Best of luck my friend!! Haven't had one since 11/5 and this has been a big help.
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Bangoman

I understand that, growing up in the 40's and the 50's everyone, I mean everyone smoked, more or less.
It was socially acceptable and cigarettes had vitamin in them.....
Wishing you luck to quit smoking cigarettes.

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LBlack14

LB, when will you light up the fireworks with that thing.
Keep it somewhere you could get rid of it quickly if you'll need to.

Typhoon

LBlack14

Blue and Red sharpies?

LBlack14

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