ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Also, when I was about 18 and played golf about 2 days a week I was a scratch golfer with an $80 set of clubs.
That's a whale of an accomplishment....and it has nothing to do with the set of clubs. I've actually never met a scratch golfer who could play that infrequently (and I have no idea of the course you were playing, either (although that 'should' have been weighted via the slope/course rating system in place by the USGA).
That's quite incredible. The scratch golfers I've known pretty much touch a club, EVERY day......and I've been associated with my share of them.
Kudos.
I had people asking me for lessons and people that played all the time that wanted my swing. There are a lot of scratch golfers that never make the pros.
Istoped playing for 10 yrs gained 40 lbs and sometimes shoot good half rounds.