Saturday, November 05, 2005

Landmark Golf

I was playing golf at Reston National about two months ago with Arun, a friend of mine. We got paired up with two other guys. We were playing #13 or #14). It's a dog leg left. At the corner, there's a huge sand trap and then trees (they don't want you to hit your ball there). One of the other guys said "The shot on this hole is over the trap. You'll be right in front of the green". So I said, "Ok, I'm going to create this shot". I described exactly how the shot would go to the other guys:

"I'm going to hit the bill right over the trap, and it's going to land right in front of the green. I'm going to keep my eye on the ball. I'm going to swing the club with my body (not my arms)". I'm going to swing the club with velocity, but not too hard and I'm going to follow through." So I lined up and hit the ball straight into the woods. I put another ball down and created the shot again and it did exactly what I said. Then the other three guys did exactly the same thing... (have you seen Tin Cup? - great movie)

Joe