Sand Trap
I took Monday off early to go a golf tournament with a bunch of the guys. Now I’m no Chi Chi Rodriguez (I’d prefer his name to his golf game personally), but I did all right last year. This year was a different story. I hadn’t yet golfed this year, I hadn’t even picked up my clubs and gone to the driving range this summer. I don’t know what I was thinking when I figured I would try and play a straight 18 holes right out of the gate, no warm up, and over a year cold. Oh, wait, yeah I do – I was thinking, “Fuck it!” Well my fuck it attitude cost me dearly. As it tends to do. Blisters, a sunburn, and last place makes for a rough round. I’ve got about five blisters on my had that began to develop at around hole 4, were burst by hole 6, and rubbed raw the reminder of the holes. My nose is once again a drunk shiny red. Winning the princess jacket has scarred both my pride and respect. Yes, those 18 holes cost me dearly. But you know what, I’d do it all again tomorrow for another sunny afternoon off of work, in the park, with a white ball, free beer, and battery operated transportation.
1 Satan™ Says:
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.” -Mark Twain
2 gijyun Says:
do you have something against black balls?
3 hubs Says:
black balls are fine it’s blue balls i can’t stand.
4 teahouseblossom Says:
Hahaha, blue balls, etc. I haven’t heard that term since high school. Hahaha.
5 cindy Says:
i havent played in so long it would be embarassing too. and it’s just too hot here. 100 yesterday. ugh.
6 Allison Says:
I’ve never played golf, but there isn’t much I wouldn’t do to get out of work.
7 kelly Says:
I’ve recently taken up golf, and I must say I can’t wait to play my first official 18 holes. My form isn’t v. pretty, but I do manage to keep my eye on the ball, and hit it straight off the tee. No slicing at all.
8 marcello Says:
in college, i was the editor of our school paper and i very much enjoyed putting fake ads in our classifieds section. once, we put an ad in that read: “BALLS FOR SALE! Big balls, small balls, red balls, blue balls. We’ve got the biggest balls of them all. Call…”
the person whose phone number we left in the ad got something like 25 messages the first night.
thankfully, he had a good sense of humor and thought the prank was very funny.