A Newcomer's Point Of View

Jennifer Overend first played a golf society event at Boysnope Golf Club in 2007, Jennifer kindly wrote an article on how she found the day.......

Where do I start?
Well, I think the beginning was a brief conversation I had in work about how good my swing was the night before at the driving range, (that was me bragging). It was also a white lie. If I remember correctly, out of 50 balls I think I hit only 10 on the first attempt, the other 40 took an hour to either roll off on to the bottom tier or if I was lucky they feebly flew a few meters ahead.

Anyway, my white lie got me an invite to MCCGS season finale! Through the excitement of the invite, I hadn’t really thought about the fact that I can’t actually play golf! That’ll teach me to show off.

Well, putting to one side the minor problem of not being able to play I decided it’s too late to pull out now, so off to the shops I went for a bit of retail therapy. First stop, Sports World.

I managed to bag myself a pair of golfing shoes for £5, a very nice glove for £3 and a few ladies sized golf clubs at £5 each, not bad considering I thought golf was a rich mans game, thankfully it can be played on a budget too.

The day started pretty early, but sat in the lounge area with breakfast, coffee and great company… who can complain. The boys all looked after me, first of all showing me how to fill out a scorecard (keeping track of someone else’s score, not my own unfortunately). Then off to practise on the driving range, I had plenty of help on how to swing properly and I even managed to hit a few homeruns.

There were 16 of us in total that day but my group of 4 walked to the golf course at about 11:45. I was excited and nervous at the same time, all I wanted to do was impress and not look like the typical girl playing golf that I’d had plenty of jokes about from friends and colleagues. After the first hole I realised there was nothing to be nervous about at all, not only did I get help and support from the others but also two of them played just as bad as me – yes you both know who you are!

Overall, the day couldn’t have been better, we laughed and joked, the sun was shining and the scenery was picturesque. I’d definitely recommend a golfing day out to anyone! All I can say now is, roll on next season.