Sadly Gareth income has nothing to do with golf handicap , it’s old Father Time who gets you and no matter how much money you’ve got , you can’t pay him to stay away.
- Phillip
Hi Phillip. I'm enjoying your discussion with Gareth about golf handicaps.
While Father Time (ageing) hinders one's golf handicap in some ways, it can help in others.
I am reliably informed that your namesake, former RBA governor Philip Lowe has taken his golf handicap down from the mid-teens to single figures since he left the bank.
I understand he plays a few times a week and, as the AFR reported, he also works out quite a bit in the gym.
A well placed source tells me Phil Lowe is hitting the golf ball much further than before.
So, in this case, time is on Phil's side — he now has time to get fitter and practice.
On the other hand, a busy job and two small kids mean I'm lucky to get out for one round a month.
Unsurprisingly, my GA handicap is still stuck around the mid-teens, roughly where Phil Lowe's was before he retired.
That said, I occasionally hit a decent shot, like this 7 iron that was about five inches from slam dunking the 7th hole at Royal Marrickville on Sunday (for the non-golfers, that dent in the grass is where the ball landed).
The first question my colleague Did Taylor asked was, "Did you sink the putt?"
Phillip, as a fellow golfer, I reckon you can guess the answer to that!
At least I didn't three-putt.