The next Tiger Woods.

I am happy to report that Friday night after a delicious dinner with my dad we decided to hit the golf course to play a few holes. For those of you that are not familiar with my family or my golfing history this a big deal. Everyone in my family plays golf except for me. When I was younger, I used to try reallllly hard, but it was never something that was of any interest to me or that I was very good at. In fact, when I used to go with my dad I was on a 10 hit rule where after 10 hits I had to pick my ball up so that the people behind us didn't get angry. THAT is how bad I was at golf. So, I hung up my clubs and decided to stick to contact sports- the sports that came natural for me :-p In my defense, I never really got back into golf because I broke my wrist twice and every time I attempted to swing a club it hurt pretty badly. And I am left handed, which nobody else in my family is, so I guess it was probably a little bit difficult to help me really get the hang of it since I was hitting from the other side. But truth be told, the times I did go golfing when I was younger I was really in it to drive the cart. I knew that if I agreed to golf that no matter what I would walk away a happy camper because we would get a cart and I would be the driver.






So anyway, on with the story. As I said, I am the only lefty in my family and apparently the only lefty at the Club Friday night because nobody had clubs for me to use. I used to have my own set...including a red putter! But my dad sold them...his way of really saying I'm not cut out for the game. On our way out, someone handed me one left handed club- a pitching wedge. I gladly accepted it not knowing exactly what I was supposed to do with it :-p We proceeded to get the golf cart (I in the driver's seat of course) and made our way to the first tee box. I had my sister's golf clubs with me and my dad wanted me to use them. To make a long story short and to cut to the point, we quickly realized that I am NOT a right handed golfer. Even though I've had some luck at the driving range a time or two using a right handed club, it is clear as day that I am much more comfortable golfing left handed. After a few holes we switched to the pitching wedge as my main club and then called it a night a few holes later. My wrist did alright, but if I make a habit of this I will probably have to wear my brace.

I can see myself getting out there to play the game a little more regularly, but first we need to get some clubs that I can use! It was fun...but I'm pretty competitive so at times I was pretty frustrated with my inability to hit the ball. It'll come with time, it has to right? If my whole family can do it then so can I!

Oh and PS, they say there's a dress code but I guess when you know all the right people wearing a backless tank top and flip flops is acceptable :-p