Eagle, Birdie, Par, Bogey......no words to describe me

So recently.....well maybe a few months ago Kevin convinced me to go to the driving range with him and his friends. I was nervous considering I had not held a golf club since 8th grade, and even then I had no idea what I was doing. Teaching me any sport never went well and P.E. in 8th grade and golf did not go together. I was horribly out of shape, not that I'm in great shape now, and I was horribly uncoordinated. So needless to say I did not learn much of anything about golf then and I was terrified to start again.

The first time at the driving range was actually quite fun. Kevin explained pretty well how to hold the club and hit the ball. I did my best considering my shoulder is a little abnormal. I could hit the ball kind of consistently and hit it maybe 50 yards with a driver that is supposed to go much more.

Anyways, over the past few months we have been going to the driving range and I have been progressively improving, which means I can now hit the ball maybe 80% of the time and get it to move forward. I am not a professional golfer and have no desire to be; instead, I like hitting the balls. Thinking, analyzing, planning....all overrated topics for me. I simply put a ball down and swing the club.

Kevin and I decided a month or so ago that we would go to Mammoth with Kevin's parents in August, and while there they usually go golfing....real golfing. I barely knew how to hit a ball, let alone aim and get a ball into a hole. So we have been working on improving my skills.

This past weekend I had the chance to go golfing for real for the first time. It is called the Short Course at Santa Teresa Golf Club. It is just 9 holes all of which are par 3, meaning that a score of 27 is par. Awesome, I could totally do that....yeah right.

Me getting ready to hit the ball on the first hole on the first real golf course ever :-)

We played with Lionel and Jillian (it was her first time too). What a day it was. Needless to say I have a lot of room for improvement. Make that massive room for improvement. Kevin scored a 34 which averages out to Bogey golf. I scored 70 (remember 27 is par), twice as much as Kevin. Unfortunately golf does not have names for this score, so I will say that my score averages out to Lindsey golf. Lets just call any score as bad as mine Lindsey. Kevin got a birdie, Lionel got a par, Jillian got a Bogey and Lindsey got a Lindsey.

So next time I go real golfing, I will be able to name my score. When Kevin asks my score I will say I got a Lindsey, which averages out to about 5-8 above par. That is how good I am at real golf, or should I say how bad I am at it, that I can name my level of golf. Not many people can do that. Graeme McDowell, winner of the PGA tournament at Pebble Beach, (he has the same birthday as me) can't name his moves, he simply says par or what not. I plan on becoming famous in golf now, for how awesomely bad I play. My style of golf takes a lot of focus and effort, not just anyone can play like me.

Here's to hoping I improve slightly with golf, but not so much that I have to start using official terms to describe how I play....how unoriginal is it to say Bogey. I am unique and clearly must play the game that way and keep up my record.....don't want to let anyone down. :-D