Corona Golf

A couple of months ago our corona-fighting governor deemed golf a sport we can resume playing. For those of you who have been out on the golf course and are fans of this uber-difficult sport, there have been some minor changes and delightful safety adjustments for the corona and avoidance, thereof.

The first change to help protect against corona while playing golf is the mandate to wear a face mask while checking in, attaching your golf bag to the cart, and of course wearing a face mask while you are going into the golf shop to pay for your round. Many courses are asking that you drive your own golf cart. So, there might be four carts riding down the fairway towards the hole.

One of the more interesting and helpful adjustments the powers that be of golf mandated, is that players no longer need to lift the flag out of the hole before putting. We now leave the flag in during the putting time rather than taking the flag out before one hits the putt.

Additionally, they have added to the bottom of the flag pole a spongy like donut so that when the ball goes in the hole you don’t have to remove the flag or have to handle other people’s golf ball. Both of these requirements seem to be received positively.

Lastly, when you finish the round of golf there are no handshakes but a measly fist bump or a knock of your final club. The game ending celebratory drink for the 19th hole is not at the golf club any longer because the clubhouse is closed, you now have to do your celebratory drink at home.

Recently, my daughter Katie joined my wife Donna and I for a round of golf. I remembered, when she was a little girl she would love to join me at the driving range.

This was the first time she ever played on a regular golf course. Her mother and I took our turns first, hitting our golf shot off the first tee. We both hit nice first shots, mine from the men’s tee and Donna’s from the ladies tee. Then it was Katie’s turn. She’s all smiles, full of excitement and confidence. She steps up to the ball at the ladies tee, pulls back the club, and swings, booming her club into the ball for an extraordinary drive straight down the fairway completely passing her mother’s and my shot. WOW! Great shot Katie! She continued to out-drive us for the next several holes.

We finished the hole, we had the best time. As we are approaching the 10th green, Katie comes up to us and says confidently that she would like to drive the ball now from the men’s tee, where she proceeds to crush another drive.

And that’s just another reason why golf is a four-letter word.

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