HoodaThunk?

Various things so far this year have managed to keep me very busy around the house so I haven’t had the chance to log a round of golf in 2007. Until yesterday, that is, when business actually brought me out there. The first 6 holes were nothing less than torture (for me and my foursome, I think) and just goes to show that time at the driving range will not guarantee a good round.

We played at the South Riding Golf Club and the course was pretty nice. And while my performance was definitely in the “minor embarrassment” category, I wasn’t the worst in our group. As they say, you don’t have to run faster than the tiger, you just have to run faster than someone else running away from the tiger. I just don’t want to be the worst guy on the course.

There’s an interesting hole on the course with the tee box right on the shore of a lake that runs right over to the green on the other side. I believe this hole proves my theory that the gravitational coefficient of water is much higher than land. I teed up twice there and both times my drive left the tee pretty much normally only to arc right into the water within 10 yards of the shore. It’s gotta be the gravity, I’m tellin’ ya.

I’ve managed to get my wife interested enough in the sport that she’s going to take lessons with me this upcoming month. I’m looking forward to that and I’ll let you know how that works out.