So I was REALLY looking forward to hitting some balls with my new clubs. After all, if I did (what I thought was) decent using right-handed clubs backwards, surely left-handed clubs would be the answer.
Ha.
Ha ha.
HA HA HA HA.
I still suck. With a capital S. I just can’t seem to get the full swing down—it feels totally and grossly unnatural. Of course, when Tom shows me how to swing and I try it…my boobs get in the way (hey, I’m being honest here) and I can only make about a half-swing. After I do manage a half-assed swing, I either A) miss the ball completely, B) make contact, but it goes horribly awry, or C) make contact and the ball goes skittering out between 30-75 yards. I don’t think I made one ball to 100 yards in the hour we were there.
I know I shouldn’t expect miracles my first time out, but I really thought I would do a little better since I had the correct clubs (and you wouldn’t think it was THAT hard to hit the damn ball). I tried not to get too frustrated, telling myself this is only my first time. That said, I probably won’t go out again until after my clinic at the end of the month—I hate to start teaching myself bad things (or get bad things ingrained) only to have to unlearn them after the clinic. I’m sure my stance is wrong, my swing is wrong, and my footing is wrong among other things, LOL!
Stay tuned…