One of my life long goals was to hit a hole in one on a golf course. I say goal, but I suppose it is more a dream since it is near impossible to hit a hole in one intentionally.
Joke:
What is the hardest thing about hitting a hole in one?
Teeing up the ball in the correct location.
As you might have guessed, my exercise today was golf. I walked 9 holes at the Elk's Lodge in Emerald Hills (Redwood City, CA) where I am a member. The course is a hilly par 3 9 hole course in excellent shape. It has views of the bay from several holes. The terrain is very hilly and quite steep in places. It made for a vigorous workout. I should also mention that I was playing pitch and putt with my daughter and I forgot my sand wedge at home. Which made things extra interesting as I typically hit a sand wedge 4 or 5 times on the course.
The 5th hole is an up hill 105 yard hole to which I usually play a sand wedge. You can see the flag, but not the surface of the green. I hit a 3/4 choke down pitching wedge. I hit it perfect -- crisp and clean directly where I was aiming, and my club/shot selection was the correct distance. I saw the ball bounce once. But since you can't see anything else all I know was that it was exactly what I was trying to do.
Walking up the steep hill to the hole... As I got to where I could see the area behind the green my ball wasn't there so I began to think it might be close. When I reached the crest of the hill all I saw was a pitch mark and a ball line in the dew... RIGHT INTO THE HOLE!!! Now I was exhilarated. Could it be? Rush up to check... Yes! What a sense of achievement! What luck!
The only problem with the entire experience. I was playing alone so there are no witnesses. That is OK it was an experience just for me. My perfect morning workout.
I might have to play pitching wedge on that hole from now on.
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This was first posted on my weight loss blog here, but it seems appropriate on this site as well.
Originally posted 2007-07-19 20:09:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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