Today I started on a long journey at Thorny Lea. I have wiped the slate clean and intend on playing every single golf course in Massachusetts. Thorny Lea is numero uno.

Perhaps it’s fitting my first round came in Brockton, the hometown of Rocky Marciano, the famous heavyweight champion of the world.

The round felt a bit like a boxing match. The course hit me with some body blows and right hooks early, but I landed some of my own haymakers, too.