As golfers, we all have pretty much the same ultimate goal. We all want to try and perfect our swings to the point where we no longer have any questions about the quality of contact that we’re going to make on any given golf swing.

Alright, so you’ve been to the driving range a few times, renting clubs at $0.50 each or maybe you borrowed your friend’s set of clubs and hit up the local ‘pitch n’ putt.’ Anyway, you’ve decided the game of golf is just too much fun to settle for borrowed clubs… you need your own! There’s one small problem, though. How do you know where to start?

I think it is interesting to know your handicap as a golfer. It shows how much worse than par a player should be able to play. For your handicap to be accurate, you have to play a lot of golf. To establish a USGA Handicap Index, the lowest 10 rounds out of your last 20 are figured into the calculation, but you can start after just 5 rounds.

For those of you who, like me, are somewhat new to the game of golf I would like to welcome you to the “Beginners” section of the TheFairwayBunker.com. Here, Mike and I will periodically post unique perspectives on the aspects of the game that can really benefit beginners. We also hope to eventually have guests (local golf pros, scratch golfers, etc.) post their own tips that have helped to improve their game.