Good Excuse For A New Set of Clubs

Golf Clubs Grow On Trees

October 31st, 2008

I enjoy playing the game of golf even though no matter how much effort I put into the game my score never seems to improve. Took a few lessons over the years, no help. Practiced at the driving range, still no improvement. Wife tried to help by getting me a new set of Pings one year, equipment being the problem was ruled out. As a matter of fact over the last 35 years of hacking away my score has hovered in the low 100′s and only occasionally will I “get in the 90′s”. The game can be frustrating to say the least.

Today proved to be no different.

We planned the outing a couple of days ago. My Father, Phil (life long friend), Bob (friend visiting from Vermont) and I had a tee-time for late morning at a course I personally have never played, Pine Ridge in Beverly Hills, Florida.

Just after the first couple of holes you could feel the tension starting to rise. Frustration started to lead to anger. Everyone could see it was festering, it was reaching a boil.

Then all hell broke loose. Bob had duffed yet another shot.

First I heard a yell, “Damn it!” and then watched his 3 wood fly into the air. Like a pack of sick onlookers at the Roman Colosseum waiting for the poor slave to get butchered by the mighty gladiator we cheered, even smiled a little because we were happy it wasn’t us, yea for once, it wasn’t ME. The 3 wood flipped a couple of times in the air then landed, way out of reach from the ground, in a live oak tree. Yup, the club stayed in the tree.

Bob then took his 4 iron and threw it up in the tree with the hope of freeing the 3 wood. Nope, bad news for Bob, the 4 iron also found a perch in the tree just a few branches over from the 3 wood. Now I am sure Bob at this point is pretty aggravated, I can hear muffled sounds but can’t make them out because I am at this point laughing so hard life around me seemed to stand still. To make things worse, Bob, threw a 3rd club into the tree – yup, somehow it stayed up there too.

Golf clubs in a tree

Now things are serious. 3 golf clubs stuck in a tree and a threesome behind us wanting to play through. We convinced Bob to stop throwing his clubs in the tree and we would now help him get them down. we grabbed pieces of wood and were able to get the 3 wood down. My Dad was able to free the 3rd club by standing on top of the golf cart. After numerous failed attempts we had to give up and move on. The 4 iron, it is still in the live oak tree on the 3rd hole.

Here is a picture I took of the clubs in the tree, can you see them? Oh, I had to do it. On the 4th hole bob hit a pretty good fairway shot, I walked up to him and told him he was just a 4 iron shot from the green – he was not impressed