About Me
Hello fellow golfing addicts! My name is Lee Triplett & I live in the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area. My brief life's history includes being a local boy, a University of Maryland alum (go Terps!), three years in the Army during the late 1960's, a 35 year Federal Government career much of it as a human resources manager with USDA, a 25-year marriage to a wonderful & supportive woman, and a bright & successful daughter in her early 20's. But, cutting to the chase....what do I know about golf? First, what kind of golfer am I? I "learned" the game in my late teens by playing with my buddies a few times a year. I played mostly socially for the next 15 years or so, although with my competitive nature I was always looking to improve. A close call with the embarrassment of receiving a "duffer's" trophy, coupled with a sensitive athletic ego, led me to actually give the game up for a decade! Fifteen years later when injury forced me to give up another passion (softball), my dear wife says "Well, you've got to do something! Why don't you take up golf?" (She's had mixed feelings about that suggestion ever since.....) So I took the game up again. And when I did, I quickly became energized to learn as much about the game as I could. In the early years, my scores ranged from the 120's to the low hundreds, occasionally venturing into the high 90's during my 30's. When I took the game up again in my early 50's, I quickly settled into the low hundreds to the high 90's. I'm happy (relatively happy, that is) to say that I now typically shoot in the 80's, sometimes in the 90's, but have even tasted the high 70's on a few occasions! The most basic thing I know about golf is how I feel when I play it, watch it, read about it, and talk about it. Most of you can relate to just how exhilarating it can be to spend 4 to 5 hours breathing in the fresh air of some gorgeous surroundings. Share it with those whose company you enjoy! Compete with your buddies, the course, yourself. And if you can play your round well, so much the better! But I digress - the first thing I did when I retired in early 2005 was to get myself a job at the local golf course. Turned out to be one of the best moves I've ever made. In addition to all the benefits to the avid golfer of getting such a job (see my page on Golf Course Jobs ), I now found myself around countless others who were as enthusiastic about the game as I was! Interacting with the professional staff, club members, and other employees in this environment has led me to a wealth of information about the game. And since I don't have unlimited funds to pursue the game as much as I'd like, I often focused in on ways to maximize my golf dollar. My years of trying to stretch my golf budget, combined with my golf job experiences, and my natural affinity to exhaustively explore the internet before I buy anything, has led to this website. The content you'll find is tried & true, based in most cases on my own experiences, and I know you'll find at least a few things that will help you maximize your golf dollar. But I'm not naive enough to think that I know it all. Many, many of you out there have been playing golf on a budget for a long time & I would be interested in any tips and thoughts that you can share with me! I will, of course, pass them right along to everyone else on a new webpage on this site -- giving you full credit!!! Thanks for visiting this site & I look forward to a long relationship! Lee *** Return from About Me to Frugal Golfer Home
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