The second of the golf firsts was playing my first two golf competitions ever over the long bank holiday weekend. Once you’ve jumped over what you felt was a scary hurdle of getting your handicap, you may as well throw yourself into two competitions in the same week too!! A couple of weeks before the competitions I posted a story on my Instagram account asking how my followers prepare for a golf competition. I had a great response and the main things were warming up beforehan

The first of the golf firsts was finally getting my official handicap of 18.0. Now I realise that for the majority of golfers a first handicap of 18.0 is amazing and they would be incredibly happy with that. However, my initial reactions were shock and then panic. The shock went something like this: “Are you sure? How can I be an 18 handicap golfer when I haven’t shot less than 20 since last summer?” The panic went something like this: “I can’t play in competitions with 18!”