I did a long tour overseas where I and three others did a LOT of golfing. We enjoyed the hell out of it, because we used the time to do a little business, a little networking, a little "gossiping" (yes, indeedy), and a little bit of exchanging jokes, trash talking and acting the fool.
The three of us, though, shared a rather dire secret--the secret was that we ALL SUCKED AT GOLF. We sucked so bad that we didn't keep score. We sucked so bad that we liberally used the "hand wedge" or the "foot wedge" to keep the game moving. We sucked so bad that we'd freely play "best ball" on holes that were just too damn hard to slog through.
Here's the thing, though...we'd turn up in the clubhouse after doing eighteen, laughing, joking, slapping one another on the back, and praising one another's "good" shots (even the worst golfer will have the occasional lucky hit). We'd have a few beverages, every one of us in a GREAT mood, and as a consequence, we would be approached, over and over again, by other (serious, competitive) golfers who knew us, with a plea that if one of us couldn't make it on our regular outings, would we consider calling them to fill out our foursome? "Oh, sure" we'd say, and then we'd cough "Bullshit" to ourselves.
We had a great thing going, and that's because we didn't allow the outing to be a "good walk spoiled." We walked around, we hit the ball and took out our frustrations on it, we laughed and talked, we got up to speed on who's who in the zoo in our respective workcenters...it was a great time. Of course, golf purists would insist that what we were playing wasn't actually golf, but our view of that was "Fuck 'em--we're having fun!" And we did have fun...! Even without the "Now watch this drive!" boasts!
The trick to enjoying golf is this--find three others who suck as bad as you do, and who know how to keep a secret!
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