Birdie? Rather Ducked!
Living in Japan, I wonder how these people manage to find land to build golf courses. But, they do. Yes, they live in capsule hotels, have tiny homes and tiny offices and tiny everything; but they have golf courses.
From my company's Vice President, to the ad exec. at Dentsu that I met on the train, to the hair stylist, to the 72-year old taxi driver who drove me today, everyone in this country is an avid golfer.
So this weekend, I set out with Tatsuki, my VP at Opera Software Japan, to try my luck at what is known to wear the crown for the most elegant sport.
Was I elegant, well...
I accept. My swing was flawed, left foot was not in position, the 7 Iron was short, too much force, and I wasn't wearing a collared T-shirt!
Come to think of it, if I had a cricket bat in my hand instead of that golf club, that swing would have taken the ball straight to the ropes at long-on! ;)
But, hey, I'm getting there... I'm getting there!
I now know what it means when Aby starts orgasming with, "When you wake up at the crack of dawn and start swinging your irons to find your rythm, to find your drive and to connect almost every ball ever so sweetly...aaaaah!"
aaahhh... that sweet "clique"... and watching the ball going like a rocket... oooohhh...
Learnings of the day:
- It's all about technique, not power.
- Find your style, and improvise.
- Learn to hit it straight, then try to hit it far.
- Golf is a lot tougher than you think it is!
- Patience, patience, patience.
- Practise, practise, practise.
posted by /A @ 12:37 fm
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Koks koks koks! :-)D
Welcome to the green side of life. Seems like you've got all the basics down pat..that's a great start but as you've said...patience patience patience..practise practise practise :-)
The only problem I now face is to find somebody to play with..all my friends are either single handicaps or below 15. Need to improve and soon! Another thing to look forward to next time we're in a city with a free course!
Till then happy teeing
Did I actually see the ball make its first bounce right in front of you? ;)
Started exactly like that man... abs, u and me should golf someday.. provided Mr. Abs doesnt earn a handicap too soon!
guys...trust me..a looooong way away from getting anywhere close to a handicap. *&&^%&%)$^
I watched the replay of Tiger Woods winning his 4th consecutive green jacket.
I bought a golf glove which costed me 10 EUR! $%^$%^"$%
And, finally, I just watched the Accenture ad, which said "Go on, be a tiger!"
Watch out boys, it's destination handicap from hereon! ;)
Hey Aloke!
Really good to know that you are feeling good there and already settled enough to start playing golfe! eheh
Just to say that you can visit me in Dubai whenever you want! Just schedule your vacations that I will be delighted to host you!
Kisses,
Ana
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