One of the things that I love about golf is how progress is measurable. The numbers you note down after each hole and round tell you where your game is at and give you a benchmark to break, whether that’s shooting in the 90s, 80s, 70s or bettering your score on that one hole you always seem to double bogey.
It was the number 34 (my first handicap) that inspired me to set myself the goal of getting to single figures in 12 months. Last year, it was the number 0 that inspired me to start my search for scratch. I’m currently a 7.3 handicap so there’s a long way to go. But I don’t mind that.
