Hello to everyone belonging to WGT. I'm ShortyDriver (Jeff ) and yes my avatar has no rear end. Due to the fact that it was just handed to me on a platter. Compliments of the front 9 of Pebble Beach golf course. Quite an humbling experience as is this introduction of myself to the WGT community.
I am a new member and player of WGT as of the latter part of the month of October, 2018. Just wanting to say hello and give a brief background of myself, playing experience and enjoyment of WGT so far.
As mentioned above I started playing in late October of this year. While living in south central Indiana, but our family being located in Wisconsin. My first course selection came easy. I choose to play Erin Hills Golf Course, for two reasons mainly. The first being the tie that it is located just outside of Milwaukee, WI. The second reason being that it is the only course listed as easy to play. OK, being listed as easy was truly the first reason. Cant blame me for trying to sell that.
So ShortyDriver worked his way from Hack to Amateur on the front 9 of Erin Hills playing only practice rounds. On 10/29/2018 he reached the Amateur tier. Advancing to the Pro tier on 11/04/2018, after playing my required ranked rounds. Still having only played the front 9 of Erin Hills. Scores improving slightly. But not gaining any other game or course experience.
So I decided that maybe it was time to venture out of the comfort zone a bit and play a new course. In hopes of bettering my game play I decided on a course that was listed as moderate. So then playing a few practice rounds of the front 9 on Pinehurst #2, moderate at 2 1/2. That went ok. Now decided to play St. Andrews front 9, moderate at 3. But when starting the game I forgot to change to a practice round. So we were into a ranked round on a new course. Went very well. Played this course for a couple of days, continuing to lower my score.
I found St. Andrews to play easier than Erin Hills. Next step was on to Kiawah Island. Moderate at 2 1/2. No practice rounds. Did OK there as well. Managed to drop average score to 73.2. Starting to sneak up on the next tier as a Tour Pro. Now I'm thinking be careful. I know my game is not at that level yet. But ShortyDriver is in my ear, saying we are ready brother. Lets go for it. This is where the train wreck began to happen without either one of us realizing it.
Shorty and I agreed to play a 9 hole round on the front of Pebble Beach. A practice round. It is listed as a difficult course at 3 1/2. So the practice round ended with a score of 37. Hummmmmmm, maybe we are ready? OK Shorty, lets do this. Yep, here we are teed up on the 1st. hole of Pebble Beach, ranked round. 9 holes later we card a 40. The 2nd. round we card a 49. Shorty what's up man? I knew we were not ready for this. Back to a practice round of the front 9 at Pebble Beach. We shoot a 37. One more shot at this. Another ranked round. We are out with a 39.
Thank the Good Lord for tier saturation. We are hanging on to an average score of 73.2 by his grace only. Time to step back and take a look at our options here.
So I have decided it was time to say hello to the WGT Community and let you know a little about ShortDriver. Yes Pebble Beach handed us our rear ends on a platter.
So at this point I welcome any and all replys, opinions and advice. Friendship, conversation and lessons always welcome. I'm the type if we play a round of golf together and I'm getting beat by 20 stokes. I'll play to the end. Shake your hand, give you a chest bump and we live to loop another day. My play is for enjoyment and friendship. My competition is from within and against the course, not my fellow golfer.
I'd like to thank WGT and the WGT Community for your time and the enjoyment that has been given me so far. Looking forward to new friends and better play.
Tee it up!
God Bless,
ShortyDriver (Jeff )
Pro - Level 42 - 73.2 AVG.
jeffrey_stone123@yahoo.com