Getting Started on the Golf Course

November 9th, 2009 | Author: Nikki

As you get started playing golf, you might find it intimidating to get out on the course for the first time. I know I felt very intimidated. It helped a lot that my brother and sister-in-law took me the first time, and I went with my sister-in-law and her mother and sister the second time. Now, however, I am back home in Chicago and am facing the prospect of either going to a course by myself, or finding someone I don’t know very well to play with. My friends here don’t seem too interested in playing golf.

My brother has recommended that I start with public 9-hole courses, and I have started a list of those to try. To help you out in this regard, I am also creating a page on this site of public 9-hole courses that would be good for beginners. If you have any recommendations in this area, please submit them via the comments and I will add them to the page.

Meanwhile, I found a very helpful book that has reduced some of the anxiety about going out to the course on my own. I have a link to it below – it is really a great book for beginners – short, easy to read, and full of great information for the newbie.

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Feeling Naked on the First Tee: An Essential Guide for New Women Golfers (Paperback)

By (author) Ann Kelly

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November 21, 2009 at 8:42 pm

[...] Getting Started on the Golf Course | Golfer Newbies – As you get started playing golf, you might find it intimidating to get out on the course for the first time. It helped a lot that my brother and sister-in-law took me the first time, and I went with my sister-in-law and her mother and sister the second time. Now, however, I am back home in Chicago and am facing the prospect of either going to a course by myself, or finding someone I don’t know very well to play with. [...]

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