Hit Through it

Was a beautiful Sunday morning.

A little chilly but the sun was shining and I was on the tee.

Golf is a hard game, and it takes practice and precision and I heard someone say that it’s like life…

…you can’t ever get it perfect.

I hit the ball well enough but had 3 drives where I uncharacteristically popped it up.

“What the hell am I doing?” I asked.

JC has played with me long enough to know my swing.

“Swing through it. You usually swing through it without even thinking about it. Looks like, to me, that you aren’t finishing your swing.”

And that was it.

Fixed it for the rest of the round. I hit the last 7 or 8 drives pure.

Another life’s lesson.

Sometimes you need to be willing to listen, and make adjustments.

We spent less than 4 hours out there on Sunday morning, but it was so relaxing.

At one point I went in the woods to take a leak.

I came out with a pitching wedge.

Another golfer, I’m guessing got a little fed up with his chipping and threw the wedge away.

It was like brand new.

Now normally, when you find a club on the course you drop it off at the clubhouse…

…but it was in the woods!

The golfer clearly was done with it.

I hit the next chip with my new hire…

…it finished mere feet away.

A final life’s lesson:

Sometimes you get lucky.