I Love Golf!

There are 3 things every little town in this country must have: a bar, a post office and a golf course.  I think you are required to have these things to get a zip code designated to your area.  We may live in the middle of nowhere, but we have all 3! The Angle has a lovely little 9 hole golf course that I've shown pictures of before from Mens Night. I've had no desire to go there because  I golfed once in my early 20's and thought it was boring and too hard and swore I would never do it again.  Until one night Jenny and Nikki invited me to go.  None of us knew how to play and had each been out once or twice before so we weren't expecting much........Well this just in---GOLF IS FUN!

Nikki on the first hole, driving away.  We played Best Ball, I think that's what it's called anyway.  So you hit from whatever ball had the best shot.  This saves so much time and let's face it, it is just degrading trying to hit your ball out of the weeds or the woods, over and over again.

Jenny firing away. I have no idea what hole this is.  I have no idea how far it is.  Don't expect that much detail from this rookie.  We had such a good time and it wasn't near as time consuming as we expected.  Plus we were all actually impressed with ourselves.  We weren't too bad!  There were a few expletives and beers, but we were there alone and not offending anyone with our mouths or our non-skills.

So after such a good time with the girls, I agreed to try out Ladies Night on the next Tuesday.  Pat goes to this and had asked me to come before.  I kept saying no because I thought it would be embarrassing since I was so bad.  Linnea and Susan, 2 of my favorite Angle ladies, had started going so I couldn't resist.  ( I have a few favorite Angle Ladies up here so don't think I'm leaving anyone out.  If you think you're on my top 5 list, then let's just say you are!)

Linnea loading up her cart on the left and Susan chatting somebody up on the right.  We get divided into 2 groups each night and sadly I haven't golfed with either of them yet.  They are both very funny and Susan has the best sayings when stuff happens, like "Well forever more."  Love it.

Grammy Nancy taking her shot.  (This is Jenny's mom.)  She has some skills!  At Ladies Night, no matter what kind of shot you have, everyone will say something nice about it.  It's like getting applause and an ego boost, even though your ball has disappeared into the woods forever, for the 8th time.

This hole leads out to the lake, you can almost see it there in the clearing.  There is at least one hole that is lakeside, maybe 2?  The woods on the right side contain a few of my golf balls.  Well, to be fair, I use Pat's clubs so they are balls that belong to her.  She'll get tired of me soon and make me get my own.

Pat and Bev in their concentration stance, watching someone tee off.  Bev gets mad at herself and says, "Oh Beverly!"  just like my mom used to say.  How can I not enjoy that every time?

My mother-in-law won't admit it out of modesty, but she is really quite a good golfer.  We play her ball  often.  (Ladies Night is Best Ball as well.)  I've been on her team both times I've attended Ladies Night and we've won both times, they are threatening to split us up.  When you get there, everyone puts a dollar in the pot and the winning team divides it up amongst themselves.  I've made $8 so far.  I've paid $20, it may take awhile to break even.

Linnea jumping from her cart in shear excitement.

The ninth hole, with everybody's ball on the sand except mine.  You can see my ball sitting just to the right of the tree.  I don't even know my own strength!

This is my Birdie!  I made this hole in 2 shots, this is my first shot from the tee.  IT WAS AWESOME.  My husband finally had something to brag on me about.  I don't know what hole this is or how far the drive was.  Not important.  Also not important, the fact that is was pure luck or my thumb in the photo.

There is a little fox that hunts at the golf course.  He/she has been there 2 of the 3 times I've been.  This is how you put the Angle twist on the golf.  Or if you went there when Rick goes and he is wearing Carhart jeans and t-shirts instead of a collared polo.  Or the fact that I thought I was going to use the outhouse and it was locked, so I had to squat in front of it, realizing later it was a deerstand.  Inappropriate?  Maybe.  Ok at the Angle?  For sure.  The best part of golf is driving away from each hole with my mother-in-law shouting, " I LOVE GOLF!!"  And I do too!