I know, it’s too hot to be playing golf, but I have to get some exercise somehow, and if I go early in the morning, it’s tolerable. So I did!
I went out Monday and played eighteen holes, then did it again Tuesday. I played a short, nine-hole course, where par is 66, and I shot 82 Monday, and 86 Tuesday. The bad news is it seems the more I play, the worse I get. As a result, I’ve decided golf is like riding a bicycle, only different.
You know, the old saying about how once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget how. Well, I think the same is true of golf, and it seems after I’ve not played for a while (it’s been a couple of years), I seem to go about things in an auto-pilot sort of way, and do pretty well. The trouble always begins when I start thinking. I’ll be hitting the ball well, making a par here and there, and then I’ll decide I can do better, and start trying to improve my swing.
This time around, it’s been a slow falling apart, but I can feel the wheels wobbling. It’s only a matter of time before my brain completely destroys that natural (not anything to brag about, just natural) flow I had going, and I do a cartwheel into solid double bogey land. Trust me, folks; I’ve been down this road before.
But, like I said, I’m just in it for the exercise (uh-huh), and my score is of little consequence. And besides, I’m playing alone, so my score can pretty much be whatever I decide it will be; especially when I don’t really care what it is. In fact, I’ll go ahead and fess-up to the fact that in both the aforementioned rounds, there might have been an extra mulligan, a few do-overs, and more than a couple of daily lies. So, yes, that 82 might have been a 92, and the 86 might have been a 106, but all’s fair when nobody’s looking, right?
And before any of you golfing purists start tilting your head and looking down your nose at me, I probably should mention that it was Frisbee golf.
Fore!
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Gary said
You play frisbee golf like you played baseball!!
charlesmashburn said
What?? Are there do-overs and daily lies in baseball?? I coulda been a star if I’d known that!!
jmdh said
Darn !!! I think I found some one I can keep up with !! High score wins? ( like base ball)
charlesmashburn said
More like bowling for me, dude! I betcha I could break 200 if I thought about it hard enough!
Sherry Mashburn said
giggle . . .
charlesmashburn said
whut…
catnipoflife said
OMG What a great way to bring the day to a close . . . smiles and giggles! I love golf but the course is not always nice to me. heehee I do have one Eagle to my credit and that is about all I can say about that!
charlesmashburn said
I’m glad you like the little story! I actually have a hole-in-one to my credit. Although it is contingent on the mood of my favorite golf partner, Jay Bird. We were playing at our little nine-hole course out at Spicewood Beach a few years ago, just me, Jay Bird and another of our pals, David. Just as I was teeing off, David ran over to help a neighbor lady unload some groceries, so he did not see the shot. Jay Bird is the only witness, and he doesn’t let me forget it.
Susan said
I had an opportunity to play a flute a few years back. It was the first time I’d played since my high school marching band days, many, many moons before. I worried about having forgotten how to play. Then I took a deep breath and just played. When I thought about it, I fumbled. I literally let my fingers do the walking. I’ve since learned about “muscle memory”. It exists. And yes…Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star has never been better played.
charlesmashburn said
Yeh yeh yeh, that’s it; muscle memory!
Thanks, Susan!
RaivenneRaivenne said
Hahahaha! Frisbee golf! Oh my – that was much enjoyed. Who are you when no one is looking? A man above par of course!
charlesmashburn said
Absolutely!
Thanks, Raivenne!
Oh, and I’ll assume you’re laughing at me, not with me!