Ep 1: The Pact
Chasing Scratch: A Golf Podcast
Chasing Scratch
4.9 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Is it optimism or stupidity? Seven months ago, we started a quest to go from 11 handicaps to scratch in a year. In episode 1, we revisit our original conversations from last August as we fleshed out the idea, get family and friends to weigh in on our chances, set rules and stakes, and perpetually shift between pure optimism and unbelief.
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| 0:00.0 | We are two guys in our mid-30's. |
| 0:07.0 | We are two guys in our mid-30s. |
| 0:10.0 | We have wives, kids, jobs, adult responsibilities, and shaky 11 handicaps. |
| 0:18.0 | And we're trying to get those handicaps to scratch in a year. |
| 0:22.0 | This is Chasing Scratch. in a year. |
| 0:25.0 | This is Chasin Scratch. |
| 0:30.0 | Episode 1, the Pact. |
| 0:34.0 | August 20th. Are we really doing this? |
| 0:37.0 | I think so. |
| 0:39.0 | For those of you who might be listening, |
| 0:42.0 | if this ends up going to a viewing or |
| 0:44.9 | listening audience, we have just embarked on a mission that that essentially |
| 0:51.0 | has no positive outcome. |
| 0:53.8 | Am I wrong in that? |
| 0:56.4 | No, no, come on now. |
| 0:58.4 | We are in a positive place right now. |
| 1:00.9 | At least we were a couple days ago before we really thought |
| 1:04.2 | about what this actually means. But hearing but hearing it now I mean actually |
| 1:08.8 | saying we're chasing scratch and you know that mean, you know what comes with getting to scratch. |
| 1:16.0 | I mean, I don't, it needs to be said, but you know what I'm getting ready to say. |
| 1:21.0 | This was us seven months ago, having our first conversation about this idea in August of 2017. |
| 1:27.0 | So it's now March of 2018 and before we go any further we just wanted to briefly interrupt and do some quick intros. |
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