Share Your 2025 Golf Goal

I’ve been blessed to travel a big part of the golf world with a camera. Yet I’ve only ever stepped foot on 2 European courses. Shooting 2023 Solheim in Spain, and a couple days spectating the 2010 Open at St Andrews (no camera or phone). In 2025, I’d love to see some Scottish and Irish courses with a few clubs and a camera.

At age 64 I’m playing my best golf over the past 3 years and averaging 90 rounds a year. Set new PRs: average score below 83 (83.2 is best year), keep index below 9 (ranged from 6.5 to 10.6 last year), break 80 over 20 times (17 is best year), shoot par golf for a round (had a 73 last year), achieve 90% “safe” drives (can advance ball at least 100 yards on 2nd shot), 50% GIR, 83% GIR+1 (having a putt for par).

Drop handicap to <6 from 8.6. Average 1 birdie per 18 holes. Play 20 rounds this year.

Actually make time to practice - which should mostly be short game practice. I will be playing in my club’s District Team for the first time so I want to do my best for my teammates.

Play an average of 1x/week and get my index down to the low double digits from the high double digits today.

Play at least 20 full rounds. Take 4 lessons. Increase average driving distance by 25 yards Get handicap to -5 or lower

my golf goal is to talk to myself as my own caddie. i often forget even basic things like where the wind is before shots! not anymore! i’ve plenty of times broken down the course into three hole stretches where my goal is to play each at +1 to finish under 80, but i think i can dig deeper. i can get creative with club selection, figure out green undulations on chips, and avoid bunkers at all costs on par 5s. there is so much thought that can go into a round of golf - and that’s a lot of the fun! so, i want to talk to myself as my own caddie on the course in 2025 in order to play with my best effort

I play frequently, but always with my kids (ages 14 & 11), and I love to focus on them during those 3, 6 or 9 hole stretches. I want to personally log 20 18-hole rounds of my own this spring/summer, like I used to pre-kids.