My name is Max Rosenberg. I am almost 30 years old and decided to take a leave of absence from my work on October 1, 2018 to pursue other projects and interests for 1 year.  One of my missions for the year is to get as good as I can at golf and participate in the Web.com prequalifying in the fall of 2019.  This blog documents this journey, which started as a 10 handicap.

While I have played golf since I was young, I didn’t play in high school or college.  I only played in one tournament up through July of 2018, which was when I was 10 years old and I won!

I am not, and never was, a scratch golfer. In fact, until recently, I always had a double digit handicap!

So no, I am not that good at golf. I have realistic expectations but if I don’t try this, I KNOW I will regret it later in life. So here it goes. Focusing on golf for 12 months as a 29.5 year old, so I will never say “I wish I would have tried that!” #yolo

What I want you to get out of this blog

I hope that this blog encourages you to TRY to do whatever it is you are thinking about doing. No, I’m not telling you to leave your job, but take advantage of the opportunities you have right now. It might not be the optimal time to make a change or try something new, but it might be the best opportunity you’re going to have. My goal is that you don’t have regrets for NOT doing something.

Worst case, you try, fail, and go back to your old life – and your old life must not be that bad if you’re choosing to live it right now…

My Background

If you’re curious about my life before my leave of absence, I grew up on Long Island and went to Duke for undergrad, studying History with a concentration in Business and Economic Cultures. The next year I received my Master of Management Studies degree from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business.

After graduating, I interned in the editorial department for Business Insider for about 5 months in New York, writing over 50 articles.

I moved to DC in the fall of 2013 to do management consulting for Accenture.

Over the summer of 2018 I regularly went to the driving range after work, competed in my first Amateur tournament (I won the Net Division!), and decided to dedicate an entire year to working on my golf game.

That year started on October 1, 2018.

Let’s go!