Interesting golf stories from last weekend

On Friday I left work with a co-worker a little early to go play a cheap round of golf at a local executive course.  When we got there we had a guy approach us and asked if we wanted to join him and another guy to go out with.  Well my partner who isn’t really a good golfer seemed a little uncomfortable and we said we would pass because we didn’t want to slow them down.

I usually play with strangers since moving here but again my partner didn’t seem comfortable due to usually having to send out search parties to find way ward shots.  Well I’m glad we did decline.  After just three holes I saw this guys partner heading back towards the clubhouse  which I found odd.  Of course the sky was starting to get a little dark as a storm was rolling in which I will talk about in a little bit.  So this guy who approached us at the start is now right behind us and we stop at the next hole and told him that he could play through.  At this point the guy didn’t look exactly right to me but who am I to judge.

So he hits his tee shot on the par 3 hole and lands his ball within about 10 feet.  He then decides to hit another ball which is kind of rude when someone is letting you play through but again we were not in a hurry so it didn’t bother me.  So he gets into his cart and drives it right up to the green!!!! Which for you golfers you know is a big no no.  So he putts out, gets in his cart and heads to the next hole.  We go ahead hit our tee shots and start our drive down the cart path to the green.  When we get there we find this guy still on the next tee box and his golf cart behind him stuck in the woods.  For some reason this idiot drove his cart around the tee box which again is a big no no and drove it straight into a big ditch.  We offer to help him but he says that he will just call the clubhouse and get there help.

He then decides to grab a club and come hit with us on the next hole.  At this point I’m ready to punch this weirdo.  So he again hits his shot within a couple of feet from the pin.  My partner and I hit our shots and he then asks us to drive him to the club house as he is already sitting in the golf cart.  So I walk up to the green as my partner drives up to hit his next shot.  At this point I decide (being an ex bar employee) that I should take him up to the club house just in case he tries something stupid.

So I finally get this knuckle head up there and didn’t see him after that.  My best guess is he was doing some kind of drugs and drove his cart behind the tee box so no one would see him, but he was to smashed to see the huge drop off.

The day only got worse as that storm I mentioned started to roll in as we kept on playing.  As it turned out we ended getting caught in the middle of what felt like a tornado and struggled just to get to the club house.  It took my stuff almost two days to dry out.

 I went on to play yet another round on Sunday afternoon with my golf buddy Frank.  Frank is about 5-6 strokes better then me which isn’t saying a whole lot but he is a pretty good golfer.  Frank starts out shooting par on the first 5 holes, which is not easy to do by any stretch.  I also go out and have one of my best front nine shooting 45 (usually I’m around 48-51).  As we came up hole 9 the skies opened up and started to pour.  So Frank and I were not about ready to call it a day and sat around for some time waiting for the rain to stop.

After about  45 minutes the rain stopped and we headed out to the 10th tee.  Right after we made it to our shots to hit again a couple huge bolts of lighting came crashing down.  So we turned around and headed back.  After 20 more minutes and nothing else happening we tried again.  Once again after getting to our next shot the skies opened up again and started to pour.  So it was just not going to be our day.  I went back yesterday after work to finish my round and shot a 94 total which beat my best by one stroke.

So all in all a very interesting weekend of golf and rain.  But of course being a guy it was all worth it with shooting my best score. 

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