Women's Golf: The Basics

Conquering the basics for women’s golf has become a dream of mine and I find myself chasing that dream more every day.

I am Tammy O’Brien and I am (strange as it may seem) a beginning golfer.

Just over a year ago I made a life changing decision. I decided that I would no longer accept being a golf widow.

My husband, who loves me dearly, also adores the game of golf… and found every excuse under the sun to play a round of golf…. leaving me at home in the process.

At first I didn’t mind… but then I began to wonder what made this game of golf so addictive.

So I decided that not another day would pass that I would be home alone while he enjoyed a round of golf. After a bit of convincing, my husband agreed to teach me how to play golf. It has been and will continue to be a wonderful partnership.

So, I have been happily toiling away on the practice range and on the golf course all in an effort to spend more time with my husband. But the funny thing is that I have found myself a new hobby, a new sport that I really enjoy… never thought that would happen but it did and I couldn’t be happier!

Now it’s me bugging my husband to head to the course. So I started with trying to really understand basics for women’s golf. I figure if I can really tackle the basics of women’s golf then I will be able to really enjoy a round.

So I decided to create this space on Jeff’s website to have a place to chronicle my journeys into learning the game of women’s golf and to find some new friends who, like me, truly love the game of golf.

I am hoping that we can all learn from each other. I am confident that I will continue to grow and learn the game and most importantly be able to take what I have learned and translate that into a lower score on the golf course.

After all, we were all beginners at one time or another! If you have ideas for articles, discussions, questions and answers, etc, just drop me an email… I’d love to hear from you!

Jeff, my husband, is an accomplished golfer and has played the game for many years. Of course I have always found this to be quite intimidating. Thus the reason I have never ventured out onto the golf course… until recently when I decided that I didn’t want to be left home alone anymore! So I swallowed my pride and asked my husband to teach me how to play golf.

Jeff has taught so many people how to play golf. He’s an instructor and works with both youth and beginners, but I was convinced he could never teach me to play golf.

But guess what! I was wrong!

After a few lessons with my loving and most patient husband, well sometimes patient (just kidding honey), I started to at least consistently make contact with that little white, dimpled nemesis.

I started my journey as a beginning golfer with an old set of golf clubs that belonged to my husband.

That sounded like a good plan but there’s one important piece of information to remember. Jeff is 6’2″ and I am only 5’6″. So Jeff cut the clubs down for me so I could get started and see if I really enjoyed learning to play.

I was so happy that I cleaned and polished those golf clubs until I thought I was going to rub a hole through the shaft.

Then my husband scored major points when he bought me my very own set of women’s golf clubs for my birthday. That’s all it took… if I wasn’t hooked on the game of golf before, well now I was totally hooked and in love with the game.

My new ladies golf clubs fit me so much better! I was immediately convinced that they were going to be the reason that my game suddenly turned around. But I had to remember that nothing was going to replace practice… so it was off to the course with my new clubs and a renewed commitment to learning all the basics for women’s golf.

So, welcome to my journey! Won’t you join me?

I hope you come along with me as I continue to learn the basics for women’s golf.