Share Your 2025 Golf Goal

It’s funny that this popped up here as I have just recently had this discussion with my instructor. I have played golf for a while now, and in another (responsibility free) life I played to a 4 handicap. I am currently sitting at a 10.2 but I would like to get back to that level. I suppose this is probably a goal to aim for over the next couple years as there is almost zero chance I get there in the next 12 months, but it is my current goal nonetheless.

A few college buddies and I did our first golf trip together last year (we stayed at Lawsonia and played both courses twice over 2 days). My golf goal this year is making that happen again. It's a small goal, but I think in a time when we're getting busier in our lives and we live in a world where less and less young men have close friends, it's important to me to make this an annual event.

My goal is to play at least 30 times in 2025. I’ve not been utilizing my membership over the last few years, largely due to having a young family and wanting to spend as much time as possible with my wife and kids. In the past few years if I haven’t had time to get out and play a full 18 holes, I’ve passed on going, so this year I plan to be more open about leveraging the limited time I have to just get out and play more golf. Even if that means just getting in a quick 9 after work, I just want to get back to playing regularly.

I’d like to get better at playing in front of others. I play alone a lot and when I play in comps or with others I always play significantly worse. I’m an 8 handicap but play more like an 18 in comps. It’d also be nice to get the driver under control more consistently.

Some things I am striving for: Break par over 18 holes for the first time ever. Play 5 rounds of 18 with no double bogeys. Drop the handicap to 5. Something I can control: practice chipping for 20 hours and putting for 20 hours before August.

Get my wife to do more than search for lost balls at the course when we go together. She nearly hit a hole in one the first round I got her to play seriously, she got a birdie before me, and beat me through the first 9 that day as well.

Take a lesson with a golf pro.

I have a couple: Break 90 - I’ve hit 90 twice, time to break it. Play 12 times - this seems low for how much I think about golf, but duties dictate I be more realistic