Post date: Dec 7, 2017 10:27:45 PM
As told by the TD...
So... I'm hitting balls at the range the other day and this, I don’t know... 14 year old kid walks up and takes the stall next to me. I can feel him watching me a bit as I have a bad case of the chili dippers going on with my 4 iron...can't hit the damn long irons, need to go all hybrids.
Anyway...this kid starts offering me some advice like, "Hey excuse me sir, but if you slow your back swing and move the ball forward you might be able to hit it better".
"Really??" I say, "and who are you Carl Spackler" and this kid says, "who?" and I say, "you know from the movie Caddyshack." And he says, "Oh! You mean that horrible movie all you old guys quote with Adam Sandler in it?"
I was floored...so as I begin to tell him about a movie he must see, the smart ass says, "Well watching a movie about golf won't make you a better golfer, practice does." At this time he is all set, having stretched, and golf glove on. Before I could retort, the little bastard rocks his five iron two hundy down the middle. Of course, I say, "Lucky shot" and he says "Name your club!" - no joke. So, I wisely opt for an eight iron throw down and he says, "You're in trouble, because that's my best club!" Well, I smartly return, "We aren’t hitting the ball, we are throwing the club, and I promise you that my laser will definitely hit the mark!"
He chuckles and says, "For an old dude you are pretty cool." I reply, "Well guess I got that going for me, which is nice!" Then he began to put on an incredible display of accuracy, in which I wanted to kick him down the fairway... Watching his effortless swing made me yearn for the Cup so I could be among my kind; a bunch of old men, who suck at golf, and still think they are 20 for a week in February every year. I humbly put my clubs away and slyly tip toe from the driving range shouting back- "Yeah, well you will never amount to anything cause you never will win the FYMA CUP!" Would have been perfect, but then I notice his mother in a folding chair ten yards back giving me a really dirty look.
60 days (or so) until the Cup boys! It's on!!!!
- TD out