My oldest son's first golf hole ever. Con sliced it off the tee. Followed up with a nice recovery seven iron to the fringe. Texas wedge [putter] ... followed by a putt - putt - putt -putt -putt and IN THE HOLE!
Not to be outdone, my youngest son Jess played a nice driver on the next hole. Followed, by another fairway driver. Then a chip. Then a putt - putt - putt - putt and IN THE HOLE!
Life is good.
UPDATE: David Opderbeck has a post called Another Reason Life Is Like Golf David points out the need for spiritual mentoring, one of my favorite topics. Also, David opines on How Life Is Like Golf.
I also reposted one of my old blog posts which uses compares apologetics to golf.
Why would anyone spoil a beautiful walk in the park with golf? :)
Posted by: tgirsch | June 11, 2005 at 23:03
C'mon, I figured you for a golfer :-)
Posted by: Jeff | June 12, 2005 at 09:37
Oh, heavens no. Golf is far, far too frustrating. I'd much rather enjoy the scenery than try to "defeat" it. :)
I'll stick to hiking, thanks.
(Although my last golf shot ever, the one and only time I was ever on a golf course, was a successful 25-foot putt from the fringe...)
Posted by: tgirsch | June 12, 2005 at 23:27
Golf is a lot like life - you walk a long way, there are ups and downs, you get the I-have-been-clubbed feeling, and when you are done you go home.
Posted by: jason dollar | June 13, 2005 at 09:02
Tom,
25-foot putt ... wow. Let me know when you are offering lessons so I can sign up.
Jason,
I have used golf to analogize apologetics ... you are using it to analogize life ... quite interesting. What do you suppose the worm-burner analogizes ;-) ?
Take care :-)
Posted by: Jeff | June 13, 2005 at 12:03
It was a very lucky shot. :) My previous putt attempt involved me taking a divot out of the green (which greenskeepers tend to frown upon...)
Posted by: tgirsch | June 14, 2005 at 13:11
The one and only time I played golf, I hit a ball off a tree and smacked some poor lady in the leg.
I don't play golf anymore.
Posted by: kevin | June 14, 2005 at 13:46
Kevin,
From the rest of us ... including the lady with the sore leg ... thank you for taking up another sport :-)
Perhaps checkers ;-)
Posted by: Jeff | June 14, 2005 at 19:54
Awesome! I hit my best shot ever last week -- a 30 foot sand wedge into the hole for a Bird. These next few weeks I'm teaching in Europe, and will play three different links courses in Ireland -- pray for me!
Posted by: dopderbeck | June 15, 2005 at 06:58
Oh, and I forgot to mention two archival posts of mine on "Why Life is Like Golf": here and here.
Posted by: dopderbeck | June 16, 2005 at 07:29