The First Tee: Foundations for Your Marriage
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THE FIRST TEE: FOUNDATIONS FOR YOUR MARRIAGE
A Golfer's Guide to Starting Strong
The wedding is one day. The marriage is every day after.
You've planned the perfect ceremony, chosen the flowers, sent the invitations. But have you prepared for what comes after the "I do"?
Most couples spend months planning their wedding and zero time preparing for their marriage. Then they wonder why the first year is harder than they expected.
This book changes that.
What You'll Learn:
⛳ Why You're Really Getting Married - Beyond "we're in love" (Hole 1: Tee Time)
⛳ How to Navigate Engagement Without Losing Your Mind - The practice rounds that prepare you for marriage
⛳ Writing Vows You Can Actually Keep - Promises that matter when life gets hard
⛳ What the First Year Really Looks Like - When reality hits and how to handle it
⛳ Building Rhythms That Last - Daily and weekly rituals that keep you connected
⛳ The Identity Shift from "Me" to "We" - Without losing yourself in the process
⛳ How to Fight Well and Repair Quickly - Conflict is inevitable; damage is optional
⛳ Money, Sex, and In-Laws - The conversations nobody wants to have (but you need to)
Why This Book Is Different:
This isn't another cheesy wedding advice book full of clichés. It's honest, practical wisdom from a wedding officiant who has married hundreds of couples and seen what actually works.
Written by Mike Madden - ordained minister, wedding officiant, and golf mental game coach who understands that marriage, like golf, is the long game. It requires patience, practice, partnership, and the ability to recover from bad shots.
The golf metaphors aren't just cute—they're surprisingly accurate. Both marriage and golf will humble you regularly. Both require showing up consistently. And both are infinitely better when you have the right partner.
Perfect For:
✅ Engaged couples who want to build a marriage that lasts, not just plan a wedding ✅ Newlyweds navigating the first year and wondering if it's supposed to be this hard ✅ Wedding planners and coordinators looking for resources to recommend ✅ Country club couples planning golf-themed weddings ✅ Anyone who wants real talk about marriage instead of fairy tale promises
What You Get:
📖 Complete digital book (PDF) - 10 chapters plus introduction and conclusion 📖 Discussion questions at the end of each chapter - For meaningful conversations with your partner 📖 Instant download - Start reading in 60 seconds 📖 Lifetime access - Revisit anytime you need the reminder
The 18 Holes of Marriage:
Each chapter uses golf course wisdom to illuminate marriage truths:
- The First Tee - Where your journey begins
- Reading the Course - Understanding what you're both bringing
- Practice Rounds - Making the most of engagement
- The Mental Game - Keeping perspective while planning
- Your Vows - Promises you can actually keep
- And 5 more chapters taking you through the honeymoon, first year, and beyond
The wedding is just the opening ceremony. The marriage is the whole game.
Are you ready to play it well?
Download your guide and tee off into your future together. ⛳💒
WRITTEN BY MIKE MADDEN Wedding Officiant | Ordained Minister | Golf Mental Game Coach
Specializing in golf-themed weddings and country club ceremonies throughout New Jersey and surrounding areas.
Build a marriage that goes the distance with this honest, practical guide from a wedding officiant who's seen what actually works. Get 10 chapters of real wisdom about engagement, vows, the first year, conflict, and creating rhythms that last—all through the lens of golf's greatest lessons about patience, partnership, and playing the long game.