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It was less than 24 hours since I signed up for membership when I loaded my clubs into the back of a cart and set out to play my first 18 holes at Sun City Peachtree.

I hadn't played any golf since late October, and I wasn't playing all that well then, so I didn't know what to expect. But I was playing alone and I didn't feel any pressure.

The temperature was only about 45 degrees, which is colder than I'm accustomed to, but I bought a pair of winter golf gloves and my hands were just fine.

SCP is a fascinating course. It's not real difficult from tee to green, but the greens are some of the wildest I've ever seen. I'm not sure I've ever played on a course where the greens undulated so much; I don't think there was even one in 18 holes that was completely level.

I double bogeyed the first two holes, which was sort of an inauspicious start. But I parred the fifth hole, a 343-yard par four, and then parred eight and nine back-to-back to finish the front nine just eight over par. I had a pretty good shot at breaking 90, which is something I don't do all that often.

But as the afternoon got colder -- the sun went down when I was on the 16th hole -- I kind of wore down a little. After double bogeying only three of the first 15 holes, I stumbled down the stretch and doubled on two of the last three holes. The one that really hurt was 16, where I swear my bogey putt was halfway down the cup before it lipped out.

I certainly wasn't unhappy with a 91, which is a decent score for me, and I think as I play more frequently, I'll start getting even better.

One of the coolest moments for me was standing at the tee box on the ninth hole and being able to see my house.

Hey, I'm not Sarah Palin and it's not like seeing Russia, but knowing that I live within a good drive and a chip shot of a golf course is a great feeling.