Golf Resort Destinations

I have been golfing on and off for the past year but nothing to serious. Need to get a set of clubs but looking for ones in a decent price range.

Any suggestions?

Need to get a handicap and register with the United States Golf Association. Any ideas on how to get started? And how do you figure out your golf handicap? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I just started golfing last spring, and just got my own set of clubs, i want to be ready to go play at anytime. Is it bad for the clubs to be cold at night?

My hips get so active that my club lags behind.Any thoughts that I could think of during the swing that might keep my lower body more quiet or stable?

“What If You Could… Have the perfect group golf vacation, save money and have a sensational time setting it up??  Instead of buying ?the package?, design your own optimum, personalized vacation.
Remember last year?
You waited all year to get together with your friends for your annual golf vacation.  It was supposed to be perfect, but you bought ?the package? and your outing turned out to be simply adequate. You all had such high hopes, but you had to take what the package provided.
Sound familiar?  Have you been on the receiving side of a less than perfect golf vacation?  In all fairness, most golf packages are good. Some are great. But they truly are packages designed for the mass market with little flexibility and no individual flair.
A standard golf vacation package provides lodging and one round of golf per day, including a cart. The lodging usually means motel or hotel accommodations with two people per bedroom. In most cases, you can choose from several different courses, and select your advance tee times. They will even throw in a continental breakfast. The prices are fair, but varying from the standard package starts adding cost in a hurry.
Again, ?the package? will yield a good to great vacation, but we need to discuss the perfect vacation. Envision this:
    -A beautiful vacation house with a separate bed or bedroom for each person.
    -Gourmet dining each evening.
    -As much or as little golf as you want, where you want and when you want.
    -Evening entertainment.
    -Maximum camaraderie.
I have been setting up this type of annual golf vacation for my old high school and college friends since 1988. Over those 18 years, we have refined Our Event to what we think is the perfect annual outing. Our first few years were terrific even though we had to keep the costs down. Each new year improves on the last.
We have settled on a full seven days, Saturday to Saturday. In general, we schedule 36 holes per day, and modify that day by day to wind up with an average of about 27 holes per day. Our smallest group was five gents one year, and the largest group was sixteen. The perfect group size is eight, but anywhere from six to twelve works great.
We buy most of the food and beverages the day of arrival to support breakfasts, snacks, sandwiches between rounds, and gourmet evening meals for the entire week.
Your perfect group golf vacation is not going to be identical to ours, but the general organization will be. There is going to have to be a ?go to guy? that organizes the event.  My guess is that will be you. You will need to:
    - Get the ball rolling early.
    - Have everyone stay in the same house that has a full kitchen.
    - Get the shopping list together ahead of time.
    - Have a general schedule and loose assignments.
1. Get the ball rolling.  Pick out a window of time and get the word out to everyone you think might be interested AND not interested (next year, they may be). I send a fun, whimsical email about five months ahead of a proposed block of time. It is written such that the wives enjoy the comedy as much as the guys. If you are not a writer, there are examples in my upcoming free Ebook. Additionally, this book will take you through setting up and conducting the whole event from scratch.
Follow up emails get commitments and solicit recommendations and special requests. Armed with all this, you will select the ideal house, set up tee times, and arrange rental vehicles. Further emails from you will ask what food, snacks and beverages they will want for the outing.  Here is a good time line:
    -5 months: Announce.
    -3 months: Receive all commitments and solicited recommendations.
    -3 months: Let everyone know when to fly in to coordinate travel.
    -2 months: Arrange house, tee times and rental cars.
    -1 month: Receive all food, snack, and beverage requests.
    -1 month: Confirm house, tee times and rental cars.
    -1 week: Finalize food and beverage list.
    Zero hour: Have the time of your life.
2. House with a full kitchen. This allows several things:
    - Preparing your own evening meal. Every group has at least one ?chef?.
    - Rehashing the day as a group (yes, this includes an appropriate amount of trash talk and begging for strokes on upcoming rounds.)
    - Having evening entertainment as a group.  We watch a sports event on TV, watch videos, play cards, tell tales and get caught up, or all of the above.
    - Getting sandwiches, snacks and beverages ready for the next day.
3. Shopping List. In my free Ebook I provide a sample shopping list and sample emails to send requesting input. Your various emails to the group should provide a ?fill in the blank? type of requested reply. You will ask what they want for breakfast, what they want for sandwich lunch, what they want to drink for the week, and any snacks they like.
4. General Schedule and Assignments. Your first year will be a terrific learning experience. Your ?chef? will emerge and others will gravitate to where they are needed. Putting together a list of what needs to be done and having volunteers will work just fine. Over the years, you will find what works best.
Think about bringing a laptop and uploading each day?s results on your website so that the unfortunate people that did not make the trip can live vicariously by following the daily action.  If you don?t have a website, a free blog will work about as well and will be much easier to update. An idea that our group has not yet acted on is having a masseuse come in one evening later in the week to help our aging muscles.
You will have almost as much fun setting up this event as you will have during your vacation. I set up a little eight page website with history, photos, schedule, past scores, etc. to hold everyone?s interest and attention throughout the year. An example is in my free Ebook.
Building your own special vacation not only allows you to really tailor your outing to your group?s tastes, but also allows you all to get together as a true group for a great week of camaraderie. As a bonus, it should wind up being less expensive! Once you set your own up, I doubt you will ever buy ?the package? again.

Im looking to get my clubs cleaned, and I’m not sure how much it would cost to do so at a store. If it is too expensive, then I might as well try and clean them myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’m a tall guy (6′2″), and I’ve recently taken up golf. I borrow a friend’s set, but he’s shorter than I am, and I have to crouch pretty low in order to make contact with the ball when I swing. Needless to say, that’s not comfortable, and I’ll never improve my game if I keep playing that way.

I want to buy my own set, but first I need to know what to look for in order to get a set that “fits”. Any tips?
All of the clubs are too short.

When can you find the best deals in golf equipment? Do the big sales come in October or November?

I’m looking to by my first set of golf clubs and am trying to find a balance between good and cheap.

If you’ve been dying to take a Myrtle Beach golf vacation, but the rest of the family isn’t hip on a golf trip, play up the other options and you might just get your dream getaway. The community has more appeal than just golf, so don’t worry, while you’re on the course, your family can take in a number of different sites and still have plenty to do at the end of the day when you retire your clubs.
This South Carolina resort destination is known for two major things - golf and beaches. In between the two are literally hundreds of different options for sightseeing, shopping, dining and more.
Located on the South Carolina coast, this historic city has some major sites ranging from its beaches, golf courses and shopping districts to historic sites and amusement parks. Although you may want to go for the golf, your family will not be left out of the fun if Myrtle Beach is the destination.
Here are some of the major attractions to play up to help make that dream golf trip a reality:
* The area around Myrtle Beach is known for its live entertainment. The community is home to the Carolina Opry, the Alabama Theatre, The House of Blues and more. There’s also a Medieval Times dinner theater, the Palace Theatre and more.
* Amusement parks and other adventuresome destinations also call the Myrtle Beach area home. In the general area, visitors will find such attractions as the Children’s Museum of South Carolina, Broadway at the Beach, Ghosts and Legends, Family Kingdom Amusement Park and Ocean Front Water Park, Myrtle Waves Water Park and a number of raceways to name just a few options.
* Outdoors fun. In addition to golfing, the Myrtle Beach area boasts more than 60 miles of beaches. The waters in and around the area are perfect for not only swimming, but also boating, fishing, surfing, kayaking, parasailing and more. If the beaches don’t appeal, there’s the Intracoastal Waterway to explore, plus rivers, creeks, marshes and more.
* When it comes to dining, Myrtle Beach is a hungry person’s dream destination. With more than 1,600 restaurants, just about every cuisine on the planet is available. From fresh catches to steaks, ethnic foods and more, Myrtle Beach has no shortage of options.
* Shopping is also a popular pastime in this town. The city is home to hundreds of boardwalk specialty shops, traditional malls and more.
* Nightlife. The Myrtle Beach area is home to dozens and dozens of clubs and more to help keep the nightlife hopping.
* Museums/Arts/More. If something indoors doesn’t appeal, the area is also home to a number of museums, galleries and more “artsy” destinations. Plus, there are tons of historic sites in and around the area to explore.
If a golf getaway tops your list of things to do but doesn’t top your family’s, Myrtle Beach is a great suggestion. Offering something for just about anyone, this South Carolina resort is famous for golf and a whole lot more.