Just got back from the course with my son Trent. On the 18th hole, he got his first legitimate par!!!

It was a par 4, 285 yard hole from the junior tees.  He went 3 wood, 5 iron and two putt. He was so excited (and so was I). The course we played is an Arnold Palmer design at Wildfire and is no easy course. It’s not quite target golf, but there is lots of desert to lose your ball in.

We are just having a ball! He called me his best friend today:). How cool is that? It was my dream when he was born to have him as a golfing buddy and so far it’s coming true.

I’ll keep you posted on his progress…but at this moment he is already improving everytime we go out.

I just recently got by 10 year old son Trent back into golf and he is loving it!  I was in heaven, when at the age of 2 we got him a club and he could hit a ball with it.  We even have pictures.

As any other typical boy, he got onto other things (electronics, etc) and golf was non-existent.  I got him a US Kids Junior set about 2 years ago and he’s used them about twice in that time period…until 2 weeks ago.

We are now going out for 18 holes twice a week and really having fun (my game has gone south a bit, but that’s okay).

Yesterday I got a “wild hair” and started looking at a bigger set, and decided to splurge on it.  We had to drive one hour to a Golf Smith store that had the set, but had a great time together driving down there.

He loves them!

They are a Lynx set, with not one, but 3 woods, two irons, a wedge and matching headcovers and stand bag.  He only had one wood, and no wedge.  He got so excited, we got to the car in the parking lot, and he wanted them out of the box immediately!

Needless to say, we are going out on our routine Thursday round and it can’t come quick enough for him.  The joys of having a son who golfs.

I am in the above category, are you? How many of you use to do athletics at a reasonably good level, and now the years have gone by and you’re hacking up the golf course?

How about your current fitness level compared to when you did sports? Can you honestly say you’re close to that level right now? Sorry for all the questions, but I have received a couple of emails and phone call lately where the person contacting me starts off by saying they “use to be a competitive athlete”.

I hate the phrase “use to be!” It doesn’t have to be that way. I know priorities like job, family, etc… take up most of your time, but give yourself back just a little bit of time, to awaken that athlete inside of you.

You know somewhere beneath the years of abuse he’s down there. Hopefully you don’t have to look too far. But if any of you are looking to lose weight, get fit AND play better golf…there is no better way than exercise.

Wouldn’t it be nice to regain some of that lost flexibility and sport-specific strength? To get more pars then double bogeys? To be the low scorer in your foursome once in a while?

Get to it! No excuses! Don’t start tomorrow, or next week. Do something today!

I hope all you fathers had a great day yesterday!  Lots of TV right?  A great US Open finish, then the NBA Finals game.  And how about a round of golf to boot?

I got the coolest gift from my wife and kids yesterday.  I’ve been complaining about my golf bag for a year now.  I am kind of a freak.  I bring a ton of snacks and drinks (water & yes… diet coke) with me to the course.

Living in Arizona gets very hot, so keeping my mini-fridge cold requires using an old soft lunch box of my daughter Taylor’s.  It is lavendar with flowers (I’m secure in my manhood).  I always get teased when I awkwardly pull it out of my bag every other hole to get something.

Well…no longer! I got the coolest golf bag ever!

Since golf here is mostly cart (I know what you’re thinking…I’m a fitness guy and should be walking right?  Well I get my 3:30am “one hour” cardio in every morning, so I don’t need the exercise) golf, so this bag works great.  It has tons of compartments for separating tees, balls, glove, cell phone, sun glasses and more.

I hope you got something as cool as I did .

My dream has always been to have my son as my golfing partner for life.  It started out as planned; he was hitting plastic balls out of our front yard at the age of 2.  I was in heaven.

Needless to say, along the way he has gotten side-tracked like most young boys.  He’s a straight A student in school and also plays organized baseball.

Out here in Arizona, the kids finish school in late May.  Yes…my kids are already out of school and fighting with each other.  Lot’s of fun right?

Well the magic moment!

Yesterday out of the blue my son said, “dad, do you wanta go hit some balls”?  I couldn’t believe it! I jumped at the opportunity and it was a blast!  He can actually hit the ball pretty hard from all the baseball he’s played.

Then another shocker.  He asked if I wanted to play a round with him?  Wow!  “Absolutely” I said.  Well…tomorrow is the day we go out.  Gotta go out in the morning as it will hit 110 degrees tomorrow.

I’ll keep you posted on how it went.