Exceedingly Mundane

If you’ve read my blog before, you probably know that my better half is recently, totally and completely obsessed with golf. He started last December and has played almost non-stop since then. He has had lessons, hit golf balls in the back yard, gone to the driving range, played in scrambles, and gotten in as much “regular” golf as he can. He has been wanting me to go with him, but I have resisted thus far. Until yesterday, that is.

Tim got off work a little early and wanted to go play 18 holes. He “talked” me into going with him and riding in the golf cart. Expecting it to be like going to the driving range with him, I took along a book and my iPod, as well as my camera. Well, the iPod never came out and I read maybe 2 paragraphs in my book. The camera, however, got a good workout!

I must admit, it was a lot more fun than I had expected it to be. I’m used to sitting still, watching him hit balls from one spot. Not so on a golf course. It was pretty constant movement and activity. When we first started out, there were two carts of golfers behind us, and I was hesitant about even going. But, Tim played the first couple of holes pretty quickly, and we got a head start on the others, and from then on, we were pretty much on each hole by ourselves. Which was great – we had a lot of fun! I took a lot of pictures, learned to drive a golf cart, helped him look for his ball :cry:, drove around looking for the yardage markers, etc. Not knowing anything about golf, I had no idea you could drive the golf cart out on the fairway (well, not on some holes, par 3’s on this course), and so I had a blast, zipping around with him, looking for balls, taking him his clubs, getting water, etc. The course we went to (Caroline) is really pretty, and I really enjoyed being out there with him. There’s a lake there, and of course a lot of water and sand hazards on each hole. We encountered a bunch of geese on one hole and had to wait for them to get across the cart path. The place was really beautiful and I took a lot of scenic pictures and a ton of flower pictures (they had gorgeous daylillies on several of the holes). I may post those later this afternoon on a separate post.

We were really late getting home, so we stopped and picked up some food for supper (salad for me and burger for Tim). We watched a movie from our collection after we got home, a recent purchase of a really old movie that I like (Memphis Belle). All in all, a really good day!

Click to see pictures from our golf outing…

OK, teeing off on one of the early holes, I think probably hole 3

Putting on the green on the same hole:

Uh oh, one ball landed in sort of a bad spot – is this stuff called Pampas grass? Tough to get out of!

This was a bad hole, we hit a sand trap. But I got a really cool picture of sand flying up as he hit his ball out of the sand trap (actually, it took 2 shots, I wasn’t going to put that, but Tim said it was ok :grin:):

These are scattered all along the course, filled with jugs of really cold water:

The very best part was getting to drive the golf cart!! It was really very fun 😀 Not sure how long before the new wears off, but I had a blast driving the cart! Oh, and see the geese in the background?

The geese were over near where Tim hit his ball (which was a good shot on this hole, he avoided all the water and he was very happy about that!):

Here’s the geese, crossing on this hole:

It’s a shame we can’t afford one of these houses, right on the water, overlooking the golf course. These people have some nice boats docked out behind their houses!

I can’t remember which hole this was, but it was one of the prettiest, I took several pictures of this hole from the tee off, it was sooo pretty. This picture doesn’t do it justice:

And this was a good hole, he got the ball right up on the green in a good spot, so he just had to putt it in:

Lots of these signs everywhere – at a certain point on each hole, you couldn’t drive your cart any further. Some holes, par 3 at this course, you couldn’t drive the cart on the green at all, but had to stay on the golf cart path. It was all well-marked though, which helps a newbie golf-cart-driver like myself

Ok, I’ve got more pictures, but I think you get the general idea. 😆 I’ll spare you any more. Although, I have some really pretty pictures of flowers and scenic vistas from this golf course, and I may post them later today or tomorrow.