Learning Golf…
In my 3rd year of college I called up my dad and sort of mentioned that I wanted to learn golf… my dad being an avid golfer himself sent me a set of golf clubs a few weeks later… second hand bought from one of the tito’s… when I came home to Davao he immediately set me up to learn the game from one of the golf pro’s here in Davao… I think I paid him something like 50 40 bucks per lesson and I spent afternoons wacking balls over the driving range with a 7 iron… my dad didn’t want me using a glove whenever I swung so that I would grow calluses in my fingers (he wanted me to be like him, who didn’t play with a glove)… the result was that it would halt my golf lessons till my blisters would heal… so far no calluses… the bad thing too was that the inactivity would cause me to lose whatever swing I’ve gained during those driving range sessions….
I wanted to continue my lesson in manila, but after inquiring the going rate of golf lessons and driving range fees I junked the idea… not actually something that a rookie engineer could afford…
Now the golf bug has bit me again after helping organize a golf tournament for my boss… I asked for my old clubs to be sent back here from Manila and immediately started wacking some plastic balls in our backyard… It’s quite an adventure in the past as I’m trying to recall the lessons that were taught to me by the pro… yep I’m that much of a cheap skate to actually not want to pay for lessons again… I’m also using a glove because I don’t want any downtime in my learning caused by calluses…
The tally so far… 3 lost plastic balls , 1 on again off again swing and some body aches over muscles that I’ve never used before being strained for the first time… at least every stroke I make brings me closer to my goal of gaining a consistent form…
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