GolfWRX Changed my life!

ry1808 · March 9, 2017

Ok, so the title may sound a bit dramatic but it's true!

Just over 2 and a half years ago I was offered a job in North Carolina working for a NASCAR team. Living and growing up in England that was a big move but a huge opportunity I couldn't turn down, also my wife is from the US and she wanted to be nearer her family.

Once we knew we would be living in Winston-Salem I pulled up a Google search for course recommendations in the area and GolfWRX was one of the first hits. I posted a topic in the Courses & Travel forum and got a few hits. One of the members offered a game when I finally moved over. So in February 2015 I played out at Tanglewood Park (host of 1974 US PGA Championship) with Jonathon from this forum. We played with a couple of his friends. One of them I played with a couple of times after that and he turns out to be a financial advisor who we started to invest some money with.

Eventually we decided we wanted to stay in North Carolina and wanted to look for our house. Our financial advisor recommended a Real Estate agent who showed us a few places and eventually introduced us to a builder he works with.

To cut a long story short next Friday (March 17th) my wife and I will be moving into a brand new house we have spent the last 6 months building.

It is amazing how far we have come in the last 2 and a half years and I'm so grateful for everything we have and are getting.

If it wasn't for that search which bought up GolfWRX then none of this may ever be happening. It's crazy how life works out!

Gamble Gamble · March 10, 2017

Congrats on the house!

Some credit needs to go to Google too ;)

dan360 · March 10, 2017

Congrats. Still involved in racing?

ry1808 · March 10, 2017

Congrats. Still involved in racing?

I sure am. Something has to pay for my golf...

LouieLouie · March 13, 2017

Congrats. Still involved in racing?

I sure am. Something has to pay for my golf...

Cool. What team should we be rooting for? Quite an incident in Vegas yesterday.

ry1808 · March 14, 2017

Congrats. Still involved in racing?

I sure am. Something has to pay for my golf...
Cool. What team should we be rooting for? Quite an incident in Vegas yesterday.

I work for Richard Childress Racing. That was stupid what happened at Vegas but hey, it sells tickets and gets airtime on national TV...

prsgtrman · March 16, 2017

welcome to north carolina.

devinh821 · March 16, 2017

Well come the big NC! And you made the right choice if you're into the NASCAR jobs and what not. If you ever make it up to around Asheville give me a shout and we will get together and chase the white ball!

hammy83 · March 16, 2017

thats awesome. Congrats!!

going to a Nascar race is on my to do list. Being from Canada... not sure if that ones getting fulfilled.

devinh821 · March 16, 2017

thats awesome. Congrats!!
going to a Nascar race is on my to do list. Being from Canada... not sure if that ones getting fulfilled.

If you choose one. Bristol.

ry1808 · March 17, 2017

Well come the big NC! And you made the right choice if you're into the NASCAR jobs and what not. If you ever make it up to around Asheville give me a shout and we will get together and chase the white ball!

Thanks, we love getting over to Ashville, it's an awesome place. I'll give you a shout next time I'm over that way.

ry1808 · March 17, 2017

thats awesome. Congrats!!
going to a Nascar race is on my to do list. Being from Canada... not sure if that ones getting fulfilled.

If you choose one. Bristol.

I went to the 2nd Bristol race last year with my dad when they where over from England, we left NC at 10am, got 20 laps of racing in and got home at 4am due to the rain...