I've never experienced a more frustrating, infuriating game...and I'm hooked. After eight years of working for Stewart Golf I was finally convinced to pick up my first set of clubs in late 2022. I haven't put them down since. Now everyone I speak to regarding this beginner stage I find myself in, all the teething issues, the 'I can't do this' moments, they all say the same thing "yes, sounds like golf to me!". 

I've opened myself up to what I can honestly say is the most challenging sport I've ever thrown myself into. But those fleeting moments where you catch one just right, or a no-hope long putt actually drops, they're addictive and like any addict I want more and more of those moments.

There is also another factor to playing golf. Work. Being in the production environment at Stewart I know every minute detail of our trolleys. I didn't think I could learn more about them, or rather that there was anything to learn I didn't already know. What getting on the course with them and relying on them as part of my setup has taught me, is that I've massively under-appreciated what we offer golfers. 

I thought a push trolley would be my go to, I didn't want to be that guy who turned up with a nice electric trolley and shank one into the pond on the first. However, two rounds at my local course with a push trolley and I found I could barely walk by the end of the eighteenth. My course is extremely hilly - it shares a hill with a ski slope - and despite what I'd consider to be a good level of personal fitness, by the time I reached the turn most of my energy was going into my walking, rather than focussed on game. My scores were nothing to write home about before this, but I certainly noticed a decline as the rounds were heading to their conclusion. 

I've never experienced a more frustrating, infuriating game...and I'm hooked. After eight years of working for Stewart Golf I was finally convinced to pick up my first set of clubs in late 2022. I haven't put them down since. Now everyone I speak to regarding this beginner stage I find myself in, all the teething issues, the 'I can't do this' moments, they all say the same thing "yes, sounds like golf to me!". I've opened myself up to what I can honestly say is the most challenging sport I've ever thrown myself into. But those fleeting moments where you catch one just right, or a no-hope long putt actually drops, they're addictive and like any addict I want more and more of those moments.

There is also another factor to playing golf. Work. Being in the production environment at Stewart I know every minute detail of our trolleys. I didn't think I could learn more about them, or rather that there was anything to learn I didn't already know. What getting on the course with them and relying on them as part of my setup has taught me, is that I've massively under-appreciated what we offer golfers. I thought a push trolley would be my go to, I didn't want to be that guy who turned up with a nice electric trolley and shank one into the pond on the first. However, two rounds at my local course with a push trolley and I found I could barely walk by the end of the eighteenth. My course is extremely hilly - it shares a hill with a ski slope - and despite what I'd consider to be a good level of personal fitness, by the time I reached the turn most of my energy was going into my walking, rather than focussed on game. My scores were nothing to write home about before this, but I certainly noticed a decline as the rounds were heading to their conclusion. 

So, I accepted my fate. If I was serious about golf and trying to be the best I could be, I'd never push a trolley again. Now, I know, I'm extremely fortunate to be able to have access to a range of the very best equipment in the world of golf. There aren't many absolute novices that get that benefit, so I feel very lucky. 

Needless to say playing with the Q Follow was a completely different animal. In between my shots I find time to have a drink, replay in my head my latest mistake, or just have a chat with the people I'm playing with and forget everything else. This freedom can only really be appreciated once you have experienced the alternatives, I truly believe this is the best way to play, it's certainly given me an added level of pride to say I help make these. 

Six-months into my golfing journey and safe to say I'm a golfer. Between lessons, the driving range and my weekly game, a large percentage of my spare time is now either playing golf or thinking about golf. In equal measures I find it so gratifying, frustrating, relaxing, stressful, but ultimately rewarding and fun. 

I find it hard to put my finger on exactly what golf means to me, maybe the biggest appeal is knowing I'll never be perfect, that the quest to better myself is never ending in this sport. As such, I'm at the beginning of a never ending love affair. My current focus is on breaking 100, but that's just the start. I know I'll never be satisfied with my score, and that's actually a very satisfying thought. As I said, I'm not entirely sure what golf means to me, but I am sure glad I dropped my silly pre-conceptions and started playing. 

So, I accepted my fate. If I was serious about golf and trying to be the best I could be, I'd never push a trolley again. Now, I know, I'm extremely fortunate to be able to have access to a range of the very best equipment in the world of golf. There aren't many absolute novices that get that benefit, so I feel very lucky. 

Needless to say playing with the Q Follow was a completely different animal. In between my shots I find time to have a drink, replay in my head my latest mistake, or just have a chat with the people I'm playing with and forget everything else. This freedom can only really be appreciated once you have experienced the alternatives, I truly believe this is the best way to play, it's certainly given me an added level of pride to say I help make these. 

Six-months into my golfing journey and safe to say I'm a golfer. Between lessons, the driving range and my weekly game, a large percentage of my spare time is now either playing golf or thinking about golf. In equal measures I find it so gratifying, frustrating, relaxing, stressful, but ultimately rewarding and fun. 

I find it hard to put my finger on exactly what golf means to me, maybe the biggest appeal is knowing I'll never be perfect, that the quest to better myself is never ending in this sport. As such, I'm at the beginning of a never ending love affair. My current focus is on breaking 100, but that's just the start. I know I'll never be satisfied with my score, and that's actually a very satisfying thought. As I said, I'm not entirely sure what golf means to me, but I am sure glad I dropped my silly pre-conceptions and started playing.