The Quarantine Golf Life of a College Kid

I’ll start this blog by acknowledging that me and the other Pin High boys are quite lucky to be able to stay sane and play golf during this time of quarantine, and there are people with MUCH bigger issues than us right now. That being said, I have played numerous rounds of golf during the last few weeks and this is definitely not the same game we were playing just a few months ago. A mediocre 13 handicap has been way different for me.

This is the size of the cup we’re dealing with right now

Before this quarantine, I was probably a 15 handicap. I’ll attribute a lot of that improvement to the fact that I’ve gotten rid of my baseball swing thoughts and muscle memory (I hit a draw now, not a big deal). But the raised cups we’re seeing on the course are really shaving a couple strokes off here and there.

You can really pound the ball when you’re up close. For anyone who has played with them, I think it also may work somewhat as a training aid. I’ve felt more confident putting it right at the hole with enough pace. 

It’s also crazy how dialed in my game has gotten during this time. Since I’m graduating from Syracuse next May, I don’t think there will ever be a time in my life (maybe when I’m retired) that I will play this much golf. Since me and Greg’s (a co-host of the Pin High Podcast) club opened up on April 1st, I’ve played eighteen 18 hole rounds and countless 9 hole rounds.

I know our 5300 yard course, Silvermine Golf Club, like the back of my hand. It’s gotten to the point where someone will ask me the distance to the hole and I’ll have no clue because I already know what club to hit almost everywhere on the course. Even though we’re incredibly fortunate to have a place to golf right now, we’re fiending for a new course to play! If anyone wants the smoke from this 13 handicap, (paired with Trevor, our 2 handicap co-host), we’ll make the road trip.

As for the podcast, it’s been tough to give you guys the content we want when it comes to gambling and DFS when there’s little to no PGA Tour News to talk about. I promise we’ll be previewing the Tiger-Phil Brady-Manning match and the TaylorMade #DrivingRelief match a ton coming up.

I bet everyone’s itching to get some action on golf whether it’s on DraftKings or with your local bookie. For now though, go follow us on social media @thepinhighpod and listen to the pod. On today’s episode, we drafted USA Ryder Cup teams and we’ve been adding two holes from iconic courses every week to our dream golf course. This is what we have so far:

How many strokes over par would you guys be after 8 holes? Catch holes 9 and 10 on the episode dropping Wednesday, May 6th!

Through 8 holes, it already stands at a daunting 3,430 yards, so you’re crazy if you think you’re going low at Pin High GC. We’ll have to ask some TOUR players what they think they would shoot when we’re done. Hopefully soon we’ll be back in the swing of things at the Charles Schwab Challenge on June 11th. Until then, hang in there and hopefully get some rounds in. I know the Pin High boys will.