Liz's #95 - Play a Whole Round of Golf

Hello! It's Liz again. Excited?!

Most of my friends play golf. I never have. Miniature golf, yes. Grown up golf, no.

My friend Jamie called, well text me that her and her dad were going to play a round at the Las Vegas Golf Club (http://www.lasvegasgc.com/layout9.asp?id=211&page=4385) and asked if I wanted to join. So of course I had to say yes. Not only is this #95 on my list, but also on the list is to say yes to every invitation, within reason. I thought that I would just go, hang out on the golf cart most of the time and maybe hit a ball here and there. So I didn't really dress for the occasion, mainly my shoes. Jamie's dad, Carter, offered me a pair of shoes, but her mom told me the shoes I had on would be fine. The manager let me use a set of golf clubs and hooked it up with some balls and tees. And we were off!!

It was a little windy that day. Otherwise, it was a beautiful January afternoon, somewhere in the 70 degrees. They gave me a lot of good pointers. How to hold my posture, how to swing, where to look, and so on. The basic fundamentals of golf. It was going surprisingly well for me. I didn't hold anybody up much.

Action shot!

Setting it up!

We played a whole 18 rounds. Well, I sat out 4 or 5 of the holes because two other gentlemen joined us and I didn't want to hold them up.

I'm really good at rolling the ball far. I think I got that stupid ball off the ground twice, by mistake. So next time I go I think I should spend a little time in the driving range working on getting the ball in the air first. I need to learn a happy medium for my strength when putting. It's either too much or too little.

I had great teachers: Jamie, Carter, Joe, and Jerry. Carter and Jamie both agree that I'm somewhat of a natural, seeing as I can actually hit the ball. I guess there are quite a few people that can't even do that. They encouraged me to give golf another go. Which I would totally do, sometime before summer naturally. My ass isn't going to be hanging out, golfing in 100+ degree weather. haha.

I even had some sips out of Jamie's beer and had to confess that it didn't suck. I think it was the whole golf thing though. They kind of go hand-in-hand.

I would golf again for sure. If anything, I'd defnitely be someone's golf cart driver for the day. I'm pretty easily amused that way and I wouldn't charge that much. Definitely looking forward to my next game of golf and hoping that the next time I'll see my ball flying in the air.

~liz, signing off. or should I say, Mrs. Tiger Woods ya'll!!!