Poboy kartman
Senior Moments Member
The recent death of one of my best friends coupled with the tendency to look back this time of year brought up an old memory.
The first time I swung a golf club. I had played Putt Putt.....and watched a little golf on TV.....but other than that....totally clueless about the game....
So my recently departed buddy and I put a cooler of beer on the back of a golf cart and headed for the first tee......He gave me honors and pointed out where the green was. I was totally clueless.....I looked at the bag full of golf clubs and asked which one I should use....he pulled out the driver...(which back then were small,wooden body,steel shaft and plastic faced).....I lined up on the ball he tee'd up for me....(first time I'd seen one of those, too).....and tried to imitate the motion that the pros on TV used.....
I made contact...and I don't know exactly how far that ball went....but it was long....and dead center in the fairway.....
My buddy looked at me and said: "How in the heck did you do that? " Not realizing that that was hard to do....I just said "What?"
After that round of golf....(which was ugly...)....I didn't pick up a club for over twenty years....then took up the sport....
After hundreds of dollars on training aids and videos.....thousands and thousands of practice balls.....thousands of hours of stretching, practice swinging, and many rounds of golf....(well over two dozen on that course alone).....I only bested that drive on that hole once......
I'm not a great golfer....my best game was an 85 .....shot on that same course....
So.....let's hear your beginner's luck stories guys.....
The first time I swung a golf club. I had played Putt Putt.....and watched a little golf on TV.....but other than that....totally clueless about the game....
So my recently departed buddy and I put a cooler of beer on the back of a golf cart and headed for the first tee......He gave me honors and pointed out where the green was. I was totally clueless.....I looked at the bag full of golf clubs and asked which one I should use....he pulled out the driver...(which back then were small,wooden body,steel shaft and plastic faced).....I lined up on the ball he tee'd up for me....(first time I'd seen one of those, too).....and tried to imitate the motion that the pros on TV used.....
I made contact...and I don't know exactly how far that ball went....but it was long....and dead center in the fairway.....
My buddy looked at me and said: "How in the heck did you do that? " Not realizing that that was hard to do....I just said "What?"
After that round of golf....(which was ugly...)....I didn't pick up a club for over twenty years....then took up the sport....
After hundreds of dollars on training aids and videos.....thousands and thousands of practice balls.....thousands of hours of stretching, practice swinging, and many rounds of golf....(well over two dozen on that course alone).....I only bested that drive on that hole once......
I'm not a great golfer....my best game was an 85 .....shot on that same course....
So.....let's hear your beginner's luck stories guys.....
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