My fabulous roommate, Michelle, has been patient enough to agree to teach me how to golf. Last weekend we went to the driving range and I learned how to hit the ball and then this morning we went up to Cascade and hit 9 holes before the morning session of conference. It was so much more fun than I thought it would be. I always thought of golf as a bunch of stuffy people walking around the golf course talking about their yachts, but now I can see why everyone loves it so much. We've decided to go every week until it starts to get snowy. My putting leaves lots to be desired, but I had a few good drives. We might have gotten so frustrated with hole 6 that after we both lost our golf balls for the second time on the same hole we just decided to give ourselves par and go onto the seventh. OOPS! At least we only broke a few rules, right?!? The seventh hole mad us feel really good- Michelle got a birdie and I would have gotten a par if the stupid ball didn't jump back out of the hole when it was supposed to be in there! (I know I'm a whiner!) I think I hit every single sand trap possible! Michelle kicked my trash but tried to make me feel better by saying, "It's only your first time". At least I know it can only get better from here. AND I think that the most important skill that I acquired today was skidding the golf cart to a stop. I think that if I could just drive the golf cart around all day, I'd be a pretty happy girl! They would probably kick me off the course for reckless driving, but at least it'd be fun. :)
Here are a few pics from my first round of golf!
Definitely my favorite part... golf cart skidding! (Don't get me wrong- I liked hitting the ball, too, but there is just something about a golf cart.....)
I think I was in the sand more than on the fariway!
YAY for Golf!! :)
