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I was coming to say this. Yes your time with decrease drastically but you and your wife need breaks. Mine was my Thursday Night golf league. Granted I didn't get to play much besides that it was still my chance for golf. As they get older hopefully they will enjoy it as much as you do and you can go with them. My daughter is just getting into middle school golf so I purchased her a Jr membership at the local course and we are going to make it a priority to play on Tuesday Nights. Just because they get older doesn't mean things get less busy, I think I'm running around more now where before it was more care and board games with the little ones.I’ll add that yes, you want to spend a lot of quality time with your kids. But you also NEED personal time. Maybe only enough for one hour at the range, or nine holes at the course, or a quick jaunt around a par 3. But some personal time. And your wife does too.
Take this to heart. The MOST common regret of people age 55 and older is that they didn't invest more time into their children and family as the kids were growing up. I've never heard ONE person in that age range tell me they regret that they didn't invest more time playing golf while their kids were growing up.I think the important part to remember is golf will be with you for the rest of your life, your children will only be young and impressionable for about 10 years each. For those ten years you definitely want to err on the side of keeping your dad game sharp rather than your golf game sharp when this is the choice.
This situation is also very spouse and income specific with young families. For me that looked like very minimal golf till the last 5 or 6 years. My daughter is 15 and my son is 18 and my wife and I have a very nice income so there is a lot more golf than when we were daycare and diaper broke as a young couple 17 years ago.
18 hole rounds are a special treat.9 hole rounds are way easier to get in than 18.
They are. Requires a lot more planning to make happen. I enjoy it when it does. 9 holes doesn’t take much more time than going to the gym.18 hole rounds are a special treat.
Sure does. One minute you're changing a diaper, next they have their license, next they are graduating college. It may SEEM like the time drags when you are in the moment (a toddler melt down in the grocery store), but really it's goes by in the blink of an eye.when they're little goes by fast... like really fast.
A weeknight league night is a great option as they are usually a good value and it can pretty easily become part of the routine.I have been doing a lot of putting indoors, I don't know if it'll solve anything but it's fun.
I started golfing when I had my first, give or take, so with 2 kids under 5 now the time to play isn't great. I tend to get up and go early on a Saturday/Sunday morning - like 6/7am that way I play 9 and I could get home by 8 or 9. 2 hours = 9 holes plus travel both ways.
I have a weekly league night that I play in, and one night a week that is planned out isn't a sacrifice. You'll see with my posting that I'm here for hours, then gone for hours - when I'm with my kids that's what I'm doing, I don't go online or play on my phone or computer I am engaged and with them. They are 100% the most important thing to me. That goes with golf too, if I wanted to golf but they want to spend time with me we don't go golfing, we go do what they want.
My answer is, find a time where you can schedule it since you need to schedule it or it won't happen.
I remember the day my oldest was born (3/19/94) She is married 2 years, just turned 30 and expecting. Felt like I went to bed one night and woke up almost a grandfather.Sure does. One minute you're changing a diaper, next they have their license, next they are graduating college. It may SEEM like the time drags when you are in the moment (a toddler melt down in the grocery store), but really it's goes by in the blink of an eye.
I can't answer you because it's different for all of us. What I can tell you, and keep in mind that my youngest daughter will be 26 this year as to my perspective. I coached both my kids (with other moms and dads) through every sport they played (not field hockey, I was just a dad for that, my wife coached them in field hockey).I'm a relatively new dad (1 year old at home). Last year was brutal when it came to golf. I never got to practice, and would routinely go 6-8 weeks between touching a club. Granted, I based a lot of my playing around amateur competition, but I didn't feel like I had any prep going into those events.
Now that life is a little more under control and I have a different job with some more freedom, my golfing routine has started to improve. We have an outdoor and indoor range within 10 minutes of my office and luckily my boss is cool with me extending lunch a little bit to get some work in.
My question to the new and seasoned parents out there is what are some tips or things you did to help keep your golf game sharp (and playing a decent amount!) while balancing the parenthood life?