Will It Be a New Passion????

It's been thrown at me a few times. Do I play golf? Everybody plays golf!!!!


Personally I can't believe people watch it on TV...mind you people watch people playing poker now...I don't get it - but that's just me. I've never been into reality shows either, but I digress...

Back to golf...

I did golf at one time. Back a few years ago a friend of mine (who was attending law at the University of Victoria) had me playing on a semi-regular basis. Heck I even did a couple of tournaments. What annoyed me about the little white sphere sport is that I seemed to get progressively worse at it. I couldn't justify doing something that pissed me off regularly.
"Oh no Mick, it's sooooo relaxing....!"
I cry,
"BS!!!!".

It is not relaxing carving out new fairways while going through miles of underbrush and trees looking for your balls at every hole... this is not relaxing...relaxing is sitting under the banyan tree in Lahaina with a deli sandwich in one hand and the beach close at hand - that is relaxing. Making a fool of myself is never relaxing.
So with that said...

Yes - this year I will try it again. My friend Jeff is a great golfer. He said he will teach me and I will be good. We will see. The way I play sports... Well let’s just say that there are probably reptiles in the world with more aptitude for it. Never been a 'strong jock'. As a matter of fact, aside from a few, I was a bitter enemy of all jocks in high school.... although they never knew that...it was just what I thought of them.... but again - I digress....

Will this year prove to be a year in which I will grasp the concept of golf and learn to enjoy it?

Hmmm - we'll have to report back in. I know I won't be doing any of that it in Europe, so the posts regarding it will be much later in the summer season.