by Larry Duer
Great story and very descriptive of how golf can get in your blood. I didn't take up golf until age 51 and in three short seasons I'm am hooked. My best round is 87 and my best 9 is 38. I can't wait to break 80 but I live in Minnesota that will have to wait until next season.
My Tivo interrupts just about every show on TV to try and switch to The GolfChannel. My wife is getting a bit irritated but it's definitely worth it.
OCD in MN.

by Alfred Goedde
Yip, I'm with Lee. I'm obsessed. I took up golfing in January 2003 when I moved to the States. I knew nothing, not how to grip, or swing or NOTHING.
Well I watch The Golf Channel, read books, do drills and after 2 years and a bit of playing golf for 7 and a half months per year (live in Ohio) I average about 87 shots per round and shot 80 four times. I just wish I could break 80.
This year I've played on a Nicklaus course in Cincinatti when the greens were iced over and half of each fairway still had snow on them but I PLAYED GOLF.
Yip, I'm a nut but I manage to average in the 80's, every once in a while drive it 300+ and made 2 birdies in each of my last 4 rounds, with not one single lesson other than what I've taught myself. Must say I'm proud of shat I've accomplished thus far. I bet a lesson or three would help me get to the seventies.
All the best to Lee, a fellow golf junkie.
Alfred
(On golf forums I go by DoubleBogey7)