About
Hi! I am Brad
Welcome to Cedarwood Golf
I have always had a love for golf, I used to go with my dad and watch him play and I was about 10 when I started playing myself. I started on a handicap of 50 something and played just 5 holes per round in the junior grade I was in.
As a kid I’d play with my Pop whenever I visited during school holidays. I still remember when he took me to buy some new clubs without my nan knowing. He got me a brand new 5 iron, 7 iron and 9 iron ladies clubs and had the shaft shortened. When we got back home we told nan but told her they were only $20 each instead of $40 each I think they were.
My love of golf grew larger with every game I played. I remember watching Tiger Woods battle out majors with Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson during the early 2000s.
Even as a kid, I think it was the lifestyle of golf that I loved just as much as the sport, and the challenge. My other Pop also played, although I did not see him as much because he lived further away. However, he lived and breathed golf, he lived right near a golf course and would drive us down for a round in his golf cart (even though it was not strictly legal to do so). He gave me his old clubs as he saw me improving (and he upgraded), clubs which I’d use for well over a decade and still have to this day!
In my pre-teen years I played every weekend in junior competitions and practiced out in the paddock behind my house once or twice a week. In school holidays I’d attend golf camps and practice as much as I could, like any kid who was keen on a sport, I pictured myself becoming a pro and making a life out of it.
After a few full years of playing my handicap dropped down to the low 20s. I was now playing in senior competitions with my dad at my local course and trying to play new courses whenever possible.
In my late teens I ended up playing less and less overtime as my social life became busier and I worked weekend jobs. Throughout University and my early 20s I still played casually and enjoyed my golf. But, with limited structure in my life and limited income it was hard to get back into it properly. In my late 20s I started playing more again and now in my early 30s I’m playing regularly and immersing myself in it again.
My handicap now floats between 14 and 18. My aim is to get down to about 5 or 6 and consistently play to it so I can play more difficult courses and play them well.
I started Cedarwood Golf to help other golfers looking to improve their golf game and start enjoying their golf more. As I started to research how to make small improvements to my own game and understand different golf balls, clubs, swings etc I noticed how difficult it can be to find the right info online. And, some of the info out there is just incorrect or misleading. So, that’s where Cedarwood Golf fits in – to focus on real reviews, tests and opinions on all things golf. Plus cutout all the unnecessary jargon and things that make the simple game of golf seem super complicated.
I still have a day job in marketing, as Cedarwood Golf grows the plan is to scale up the reviews and get more in-depth.
