Moans and Groans

Earlier this week one of my colleagues invited me to play twilight golf yesterday. While excited about the idea, I was also a bit anxious since I haven’t had a golf club in my hand for about three years. Anyone who plays golf knows the game is very much about touch and feel, as well as, rhythm. My three year absence left me as rusty as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz yesterday.

I had gotten to the course with ample time to stretch and leisurely hit some balls before we went out. To my dismay one of my playing partners informed me that “A golf outing is about to make the turn and the starter wants us to tee off ahead of them.” Anyone who has played golf also knows getting stuck behind an outing is a long, painful experience. Often times outings consist of experienced and inexperienced golfers, some who have never played before in their life.

So my stretching and leisurely warm up went out the window. I hit about 10 balls, a few horribly, most ok, and some good, bent over twice, once to re-tie my shoes, called it a stretch and headed for the first tee.

Thankfully it was a beautiful afternoon, my playing partners were a lot of fun and as I did during my warm up, I played some horrible holes, most ok, and a few good. We played until we couldn’t see the ball anymore getting in 14 of 18 holes. As we drove our carts back to the garage we laughed as we recounted the day.

My body hasn’t experienced 14 holes of twisting and turning to hit a golf ball in three years. Ouch says my lower back today. As I move around I feel some familiar and unfamiliar pings and pains’, leading to moans and groans.

What a great day we had!

Tom Pellicane – Publisher, canvas Magazine