Today was Ethan’s big day- and momma left the camera at home. You see, I was just as nervous as he was a
bout his first golf tournament. We made sure that he had decent clothes and since Brad couldn’t get off of work, he even made me trade him cars (with the promise to wash his) so that Ethan wasn’t embarrassed bymy white polka dot paint job (see right).
I tried to fully educate myself on what we needed to do to prepare for this, but no one seemed to know the answers, or as my husband put it, you’ll figure it out when you get there. Well, figuring out that ball markers were a necessity when I got halfway across the golf course, on foot mind you, was not a learning experience. It’s something that a somewhat experienced golfer should have passed on to his T-totally inexperienced wife and son. No worries though- one of the other boys came through for him.
I spent the first 20 minutes or so trying to hide the confused look on my face. I must have failed miserably because one of the other dads came up and spent the entire tournament explaining to me what was going on and how to help Ethan play to his fullest. Turns out, he is a golf coach and his sons are pretty well known on the youth circuit.
Another thing that super mom wasn’t able to do was take him to practice beforehand. It had been 14 months since he’d played a round of golf! He took lessons one summer and has played a total of 4 golf games his entire life. Of course, this same mother didn’t know that he should be there early to go to the driving range (chalk another one up for Dad). Thank goodness they were running just a bit behind and we had about 10 minutes to hit some balls.
When it came time to tee off (I believe they call it Tee Time), Ethan was extremely nervous, which is rare for him. He didn’t do so well on the first 3 holes. As we progressed, so did he. He ended up tied with the best score on the last 3 holes- and one of the kids won the National Championship last year! The parents were all bragging on how much he’d improved. When I told them of his previous ‘experience’, they were dumbfounded. He really has some potential, he just needs to compound on it.
Even though Super Mom also didn’t know to take in water bottles or bring her camera (like the terrible phone pics?), she did know to ask her husband if the clubs were still the right size after 3 years. Husband rolled his eyes and said, ‘yes’. Poor boy- they are 3 sizes too small!!!
OK, you just KNEW this was coming, right? ——–>Insert Brag Photo Here <———–
That’s Ethan on the left with his 3rd place trophy. He was quite a ways behind the other two, but he is also a long ways behind them with experience. We had an absolutely wonderful time- and I’m almost tempted to go buy me a set so we can do this more often during the summers!
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