Hello Paul,
I find it humbling that you have analyzed my internet identity so
thoroughly. Over the years I've also noticed others seem to be
fascinated by the name "badgolferman" but more to the point of ridicule
than curiosity. Since you seem so interested I will give you the story
behind why I chose that name.
I have been playing golf for more than 40 years. During that time I
have never progressed beyond the point of shooting below 84 for a
round. I have read many books, used swing aids, watched videos, even
gotten lessons. My typical golf score is always in the 90s no matter
how much or how little I play. That is still better than the "average"
golfer which is identified as someone who shoots in the 100s.
In my early years I was obsessed with golf and would become very
frustrated when I hit a bad shot or had a bad round. Eventually I
found I had to change my attitude otherwise I would no longer play the
game I loved. That's when I realized I would never become a
professional golfer for whatever reason (no talent, no practice, no
money, etc.) and decided to just accept whatever happened that day. I
accepted that I was a bad golfer relative to what I wanted to be.
In the late 1990's I played in a golf tournament dubbed "Bad Golfer
Association" made up of a bunch of duffers. I liked the name so I made
the email address
badg...@yahoo.com. That lasted for a few years
until I was invited to a new email service from Google named Gmail. It
hadn't become public yet so you had to be invited then. I could have
chosen badgolfer at
gmail.com but instead decided upon badgolferman at
gmail.com because that's how I was often referred to by friends on my
daily joke list which I maintained at the time.
Since I bought a Honda Goldwing three years ago I don't play much golf
anymore, but my scores still hover in the 90's whenever I do go out.
That places me in the "bad golfer" category compared to my other golfer
friends.
Mike T.