Welcome to my first blog posting!

I put up this blog to track how my golf game has improved since I moved to Arizona in February of 2005. If you play golf, or would like to play more often, I doubt there's a better place in the world than Arizona - and namely the Scottsdale/Phoenix area.

I've heard good things about North Carolina and how beautiful the courses are, but I've found that most of the courses in the Valley are well kept, relatively inexpensive and play well. Yes, in the summer you have to play early as the temp crests 100 degrees by noon, but that's also the time of year when its cheapest to play golf here.

When I lived in New York, I'd get to play golf from around April to September. If you really pushed it, you could play in March or October, but few courses were open. Most of the courses were either public and poorly kept or private and inaccessible. The average course I've played out here is definitely nicer than the average course back in NY and here I can play year round.

So anyway, the point of this blog is going to be how I improve my game from round to round in the great state of Arizona. When I left New York, an average round for me was about 126. That's pretty high by anyone's standards. As I said, I'd only get to play 3 or 4 times a year in NY. My average since I've lived in Arizona has gone down to 115 and it keeps decreasing.

I've been reading over tips and hints on www.PurePointGolf.com and I've liked a lot of things I've read. If you've never checked them out, feel free to run over there. The pointers that they give are very easy to remember and I've been able to implement quite a few right away. They have a DVD set that they sell or you can check out some video samples. They also have a group on YouTube where you can see some of their free tips - www.youtube.com/group/golfswingsecrets.

So the point of this blog is to track my progress as I improve my game. I'll post any pointers I find interesting and let you know what my scores are every time I play.

Thanks for stopping by.
Joe