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The headline above asks a superb query, doesn’t it? It’s simple. Yet complicated. Easy. But tough. For instance:
I’d prefer to play higher.
Sweet! Way to go!
Now go dig it out of the grime. (Or proceed to learn this web site, after all.)
I’d prefer to play Augusta National.
Oh my! Go for it!
Now befriend a member. Or win a PGA Tour event.
But if there have been ever a time to dream, to even shoot for the moon, it is now, Jan. 1, the beginning of the yr, with 365 extra days (bissextile year!) and 12 months forward of you. So we had been curious and requested a query on Monday, throughout all of our social feeds: What is your 2024 golf decision? And you responded, and we’ll share some beneath.
But it’d be fallacious if the creator right here didn’t additionally share.
Hmm.
Dang, this is exhausting.
OK, obtained it. Ready?
I need to play extra golf as a single.
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Now, definitely, my favourite factor in regards to the recreation is time spent with buddies and family members. The speak. The celebration. The ribbing. The beer and brat afterward. And I’m nonetheless going to do all of that in 2024. Often. But golf brings out hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of characters, and you may even meet a couple of, particularly in the event you head out solo. Sometimes, the affair is nothing. You hit. They hit. Maybe a handshake on the finish. But you then meet a one-handed chipper who is aware of each which method to curse. Or two academics from Queens who need to battle the gradual gamers in entrance of them. And on and on.
But yeah, I’d prefer to play higher too.
And play Augusta.
With that, listed here are a couple of of our (barely edited) readers’ resolutions, taken from our Instagram, X and Facebook accounts. Maybe they’ll encourage you.
– “Sub-80 — best round so far is an 86 but trending, as they say.”
– “Show up 20 minutes before tee time.”
– “Improve proximity to the hole on approaches.”
– “Avoid hero shots at all costs.”
– “Stick with one swing.”
– “Looking to get 40 rounds in!”
– “Win the U.S. Amateur.”
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– “To build or purchase an existing course/club, overhaul it, then reopen for business with exceptional dining facilities, locker rooms and a golf shop, and without tennis courts. And bring back caddies. That’s a start.”
– “More bunkers actually. Once you get good out of them, they are great targets on par-5s. Easier to play from than deep rough. And they are fun!” (The textual content to our put up additionally stated: “Anybody else trying to hit fewer bunkers in 2024?”)
– “Play more than once every month, for openers.”
– “Play more. Knock another five off my handicap like last year.”
– “To keep my focus through the whole game.”
– “Learn how to chip consistently. I know this could knock off at least five strokes per round.”
– “Simply enjoy the game with friends. And no triple bogeys.”
– “To keep that lead arm straight.”
– “I’ve shot an 82 twice. This year, wanna get that 79!”
– “Walk nine more holes in the afternoon with my daughter.”
– “To finish my degree and get into the golf industry as an assistant pro or club builder.”
– “Just to be happy to play again after a tricep reattachment, and both rotator cuffs being reattached.”
– “Break 80 three times. Make my first ace. Play at three new courses. Stay undefeated against my friends.”
– “To keep everything as is. Came off my best season last year. Being from Canada, where I get to golf only X amount of times a year, holding form until next season is always a challenge. Here’s to keeping on keeping on!”
– One of my buddies stated she was going to strive utilizing the F-word much less!”
