That is to say, I own golf equipment, have enough money to afford greens fees, and can set aside time on most good-weather Thursday mornings to navigate 18 holes layed out over some often quite beautiful acreage.
It is not to say, I PLAY GOLF like folks who can actually PLAY GOLF.
Do you like the photo?
Serene, isn't it? Relaxes you just to look at it on a computer screen.
Would you like to be in the picture? Just somehow lifted away from where you are right now and plunked down in the picture...say reclining on that knoll just in front of the tree straight ahead?
Yeah, me too.
But it isn't always what it seems, is it? Whatever the "it" may be.
That beautiful scene marks the fairway just in front of a tee-box...it leads to a not-so-large, textured green about 545 yards away. Its a par 5. For me, maybe a 6 or 7.
It looks great...but it can be the start of a really terrible score if you cannot hit the ball straight and long, and then putt with some skill.
Somedays I am up to the challenge. Most days, I am not. (Whoever invented this "par" thing, and why isn't this particular hole a par 6 or 7?)
But it is inviting. And it is a beautiful patch of land. And the fact tha I keep returning to the challenge says something about how addicting trying to get it right can be...even if the challenge is not always what it seems.
FORE! (That's not my score, that's just what I am supposed to holler when it looks like my golf ball may be headed in your direction instead of where I aimed it.)
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