The Golf Fever

Been bitten by the Golf bug!!!

Used to think golf was a boring old mans game… till i met my husband. Before you get any ideas, no, he is not a pro golfer. He may swing and pose like a pro, but he still kinda suck (not as hard as me though.. ) But he is definately good enough to coach me a lil… but ingolf.. it boils down to our own dicipline, finding the correct swing, and to drop all ego and re learn a new swing if needed…. this is something ive yet to master.. ugly big ego rearing its head too high up…

He took me to the driving range when we just met… about 3 years back…, let me whack some balls….. thought me how to grip the correct way, and basic swings… bought me some golf books, even golf for ladies… then bought me a cute baby blue beginners set!!!! !!!!

So that got me all hyped up for a while… just for a while….. Playing at the range is nothing like playing on the course. Will explain why later.

Anyways, the whole journey to starting golf was a pretty hard and rough one. Mainly bcos of my lazy bones (i was never a sport friendly person, nor do I like to sweat). Also, partyly bcos of the idea of having to whack balls towards a plain field seem pretty boring. Later I find it stupid. Just cos I sucked at it. Its about 1stly trying to even get the ball off the ground. Then is it about know which club to use. Then its about know how to aim correctly. Damn.. and I thought it was just to whack as hard as you can.. furthers wins! HELL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…. its all the nitty gritty details that determines the winner. You can drive 300 for all you care but if you cant chip & putt for your life, you still lose. You can putt as well as poking ur finger in ur nose, but if you drive like a marching band (left right left right), you suck too. So its all about jack of all trades and master of ALL! No wonder only rich-nothing-else-better-to-do old man likes this game. They have all the time in the world to learn…

Enought of the negativity… on the bright side, beingon the golf course is like taking a short (super short 4 – 5 hours holiday) The scenery is breathtaking, air is fresh, greens everywhere.. and like this pic below… just by the sea (well obviously, as this is a holiday desination… )

After taking a 10 session lesson from a pro coach, I stuck the to driving range for a few more months.. and kinda got really lazy even to practice putting!

But I guess Sayang was just determined to get me into the game, he booked a golfing trip to Damai Laut, Swiss Garden. So thats my very very 1st time on course! It was VERY VERY TIRING!!!!!!!! But was lucky, it wasnt that sunny, all in all… I’ve enjoyed the game. Played horribly of cos… lost bout 10 balls or even more.. but whos counting..

And about a month later… had another golfing trip to Berjaya Tioman, and this time with another couple. It was overall super fun & memorable trip. Golf was fun as well, but it was super duper hot… skin was burning. Again, played horribly of cos.. but this time i blame it on the sun.. and booze!

As you can see the pic below, we werent taking our golf game that seriously…. waddled in the water for fun, started fooling around, camwhoring.. boozing.. etc

Back to reality, I cant always be playing only on resort course, (which I SOOOOOOOOOOO love btw.. beach.. sea.. sun… and no one to queue behind me and pressure me to play faster…. ooolala!) But reality bites… I did not marry a millionaire.. so Im settling for cheap golf courses in KL. After lenghty calculations & discussions, decided that if im gonna take up the game seriously.. we gotta sign up for a club membership. Cheapest we can afford, is MOnterez. Luckily, we know some members in Monterez, got a better deal and… BAM!!!!! We’ve got ourselves out very very 1st Golf Club Membership!!!!

Hope I have enought dicipline to get my game going. So far so good, driving range every alternate day, 9 hole at least once a week.. 18 hole at least twice a week.. got a good momentum going there… hopefully am able to maintain it.

All in all… I’m glad sayang slowly coax me into taking up this sports. Seem to be healhtier these days getting more sun and exercise.. and golf is really testing my patience. But its like a long term angry management course for me. Each time I hit a lousy shot i used to curse, even scream and throw clubs… but I’m improving ( i hope), and lesser f words (cos nice ladies dun curse), no more throwing of clubs, but now getting the habit of blaming sayang for all my bad shots… muahahahahahaahahahahaha…  golf is also a good test for our marriage..