A dad carefully lined his boy up on the first tee then pulled him back and made him recite the three things he had to remember before taking his shot. He then rechecked the line and the child flew his drive into the rough beside a fairway bunker.
You must have broken your laser, boy! I shot that point at 154 yards 4 times ! I would never have made that your target if I thought you would hit it there !
He looked like he was going to have a heart-attack. That’s only the first shot buddy !
Max was on Rob’s bag today but was running late from a club fitting with Bear so I warmed Rob up and carried his bag, cooler, Max’s hat and shoes, (did I forget the kitchen sink?) down to the first tee and waited there.
Rob is a big fan of different colored balls. On the first tee he pulled out a marine blue ball, having warmed up with his traditional bright pink, and sent it flying ……………
Where did it go? The starter asked. We all scanned the 180 degrees of golf course in front of us. Nowhere. Completely camouflaged. With luck the pink one will emerge on tee box 2 !!
Rob played with one boy who was playing his first ever tournament.
A word of advice: playing your first ever tournament as a 10 year old should not be a US Kids tournament – at least if there are other options for less experienced players in your area.
US Kids has recently made great inroads into speeding up their rounds but today we slipped back to 3 1/2 hours for 9 holes. Part of the problem was that the course we played (probably the most difficult course we play all season) is set out such that anything hit too badly left or right is gone, lost, never to be found again.This would be somewhat ok if red markers followed the brush lines. They don’t. So every shot that does not go largely as planned is usually OB (out-of-bounds) or a lost ball necessitating a walk back to the tee with a shot and distance penalty. Plenty of water and long forced carries over marsh with no drop zones had the same result.
Regardless, Rob was light of heart and kept his spirits bright. Almost as bright as the ball he blasted into the non-demarcated wilderness off tee box number 2.