The golf… well… how does the phrase go… “the worst day golfing is better than the best day working,” right? The most consistent part of my game today was the unyielding dedication to failure of each and every aspect. Bad drives were quickly and easily forgotten because of the (lack of) quality of my approach […]
Clubs Matter…
After years of advice from my friends (specifically that my clubs were far too short) I went to the store Sunday and purchased a new set of irons. Well, I thought I was purchasing a new set of irons. It turns out I was wrong… I had purchased mobile rocket launchers. My old irons were […]
I’m not a golf God… but – in one way – I’m getting close…
There is an old golf story/quote, attributed to Lee Trevino (paraphrased below): “If you are on a golf course in a storm, and are afraid to be struck by lightning… just use your 1 iron. Not even God can hit a 1 iron.” In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t even own a 1 […]
One seventh of the way there…
Yesterday marked the seventh straight day of golf on my mini-tour (AKA sanity test). It turns out fatigue is a thing. However, it’s not a situation where it’s making it impossible, or even difficult, to go on. In fact, I am more convinced than ever that I will be able to go 50 straight days […]
And so it begins…
My journey began in earnest this morning. Okay, to be honest it started Saturday. Not that nothing has happened before this weekend, but things got a bit more real for me today. We have, in fact, been planning, our route is largely mapped out (although specific courses haven’t been selected yet… we just have a list […]
About… and stuff…
Hello! My name is Soren Jacobsen and this is a blog about my journey to complete a dream I have had for about 30 years. There is quite a bit more about it on the “About” page, so I won’t go into too many details here. In short, my plan is to play 50 rounds […]