About
My name is Kristen Williams. I am a freelance writer with a serious golf obsession. This site is basically a journal of my golf thoughts and is one of the longest running female-written golf blogs. Topics include my own performance and progress as a golfer, interviews, product reviews, stories and reviews of golf courses and destinations, commentary on professional golfers, charity events, and occasional rants. Sometimes controversial, often irreverent, usually fun, always topical.
Please contact me if you have an idea, product, golf course or destination you’d like to see profiled here or in your own publication.
My golf history
I played my first round of golf on August 20, 2004 and I have been hopelessly addicted ever since. I had been wanting to try it for years and when I started dating a golfer I had my opportunity. Greg got me going with some basic instruction - hold the club like this, hit it in that direction - but really helped me learn the etiquette more than anything else. I immediately joined a club and began establishing a handicap and competing in net events. Greg and I still play in that club together and I’m even on the board. I tried getting some lessons but that didn’t work out (long story you can find in my archives) and other than a couple mini-clinics I pretty much learned by reading books and magazines and just getting out there and playing. I have had some decent success - club champion in my first year, champion of club champions that same year, two holes-in-one a week apart - that keeps me encouraged. I am a pretty competitive person but my demeanor on the course is more fun than intense no matter if I’m playing a casual round or a competitive one. But I definitely play better under pressure.
For more about me, check out this interview. (Sorry, the site is down and the link doesn’t work. I presume the good people at Shakesville are working on a more hacker-proof site.)
May they all roll true…
