Increasing Social Life
* I had trouble sleeping last night because of digestive pain, but I awoke ready to get in my one day per week of golf.
* I wanted to work on my game, but I also hoped to meet some new people who like to play.
*After playing the front nine by myself and shooting 46, even with a double par on the first hole, I decided to grab a sandwich in the pro shop. As I went back out to No. 10 to begin the back nine, a man was just teeing off and asked if I would like to play along. He was very nice, a teacher from Turpin, OK, and was just resurrecting his golf game after several years of off and on playing. His drives were awesome, but his short game needs some work. Doesn't it for all of duffers?
* He wasn't taken aback when I let him know I was retired because of my pancreatic cancer. He didn't pry and for the first time in a long time, I didn't go into my usual discourse on death and dying. We just learned about each other in small spurts at the various tees. We kept our own scores, so I wasn't too embarrassed with my 54 total. Of course hitting 3 shots into the water in front of the 18th hole didn't help my scoring. He picked his ball up on one hole where he hit out of bounds.
* Earlier an older man came up to me at the end of the front nine and told me I was welcome to join them on weekdays to play in foursomes. When I told him I shoot 95-100, he told me I would fit right in. It turned out that my new friend, Billy, also plays the front nine with them. I might try that out next week. I just have to go 30 minutes earlier to join the group. It sounds like it might be fun to play with people of equal ability. I think the first tip off for them was that my hair is gray, and they may have seem some of my shots.
Now I have to figure out how to mark my Titleists so that they aren't confused with other people's. I want something unique, that fits me, and that is easy to do to all my Titleist balls. I have seen the commercials on TV about marking them, so I have a few ideas. Anyone out there have a suggestion for me?
* My sister, Linda Johnston, gave me my first ball marker from Augusta National. That has started my on a collection of ball markers and I will try to use different ones each week.