I finally kept an honest score last Thursday while golfing with Nik and the Murray Parkway golf course. I got 50 through nine holes. It might not seem like much, but I was proud of myself for not losing a ball, not redoing any shots, and keeping official score! Now I have a place from which to start measuring improvement.

But of course, I three putt and didn't even get par.

I'm pretty new to both the dad club and the golf club and I am stoked to be part of both! I have a young daughter who is about a year and a half old and she is one of the best things that ever happened to me. She is so much fun to hang out with, and I know life will keep getting more interesting as she is already super mischievous. I got into golf last June after my friends (and co-creators of Dad Sanity) asked me to golf with them because they were desperate for a fourth. I had some really old clubs I inherited and thought "Why not?" Well, they probably regret asking me to go now because I'm addicted and I'm the enabler in the group. At least, their partners probably regret it! I'm also a big tech nerd, a huge Star Wars fan, and used to spend a substantial amount of time playing video games, and while I don't play as much as I used to I've still managed to spread some democracy to the bugs and bot in HellDivers 2 with the boys. I'm a huge advocate for making sure you balance family responsibility with hobby time because dads with hobbies are the coolest dads. 😎 I look forward to getting more dad friends addicted to golf, until then, here is my favorite gif.