From this past weekend

I have a friend that moved a couple years ago to Midlothian, Texas from California after he retired from the Air Force to be close to his wife’s family. For the record, I have no idea where this is. Incidentally, he said he’s never going back to California even for a visit: “Four years was enough.”

I digress. He loves to play golf, but he had never been to an event of any type. I suggested that he go out this past weekend to the LPGA event that just finished up at The Colony. So, he took his wife and four
girls for the day.

We spoke on Sunday night and was happy for his girls. Autographs, selfies and sore feet. It was a great time. He also said something that struck me:

“They play the game like we do…except much better.”

He explained what he meant by the obviously true statement. The ladies play our game for the most part. They hit it about 220-240 yards generally, they hit a lot of fairway woods (which really impressed him) but are not surprisingly, a lot more accurate and like any professional, they can score from anywhere. That’s what makes them professionals. He said we can learn a lot from them. I couldn’t agree more. Many amateurs struggle to hit fairway woods off the ground for various reasons. Don’t think I’m going to give you a tip, because I struggle myself and am about a week away from putting a 9-wood back in the bag to compliment 3- and 5-woods.

I know I may be offending the sensibilities of many, and I apologize. But my friend has noticed what quite a few have already. When you’re playing from 6,500 yards and you’re on a long Par 4 or just any Par 5, most of the greens are out of reach for the average player if a fairway wood is not being used. And most LPGA players can drop a well struck 5-wood onto a green with great accuracy (there's that word again). I’m actually very jealous.

As much as he didn’t want to admit it, he had a lot to learn from the ladies that day. And to top it all off, his girls want to take golf lessons now. That ladies and gentlemen, is one way to grow the game. And, even better, he’ll have playing partners well into his sixties.

For the record, I asked for a picture of them at the tournament. His girls declined and his wife didn’t approve any of the other pictures that were taken of them.

Call us 817.595.4563 for information for a fairway wood lesson, Tim will set you straight in a hurry. Or if, like my friend, you have kids who want to take up the game or even just try it out, let us know and we can
help with that too!