Abang Plays Golf

Perhaps the more appropriate title would be "Abang Attempts Golf". During the school holidays, Atok took him to a golf shop and had them shorten a couple of his old golf clubs to make them children's length clubs. He was so excited to have his very own golf club and putter and was 'practising' at the shop until he didn't want to leave!

After that Atok regularly took him to the club to the practice green to hit some balls and do some putting. Finally, yesterday I took him for his first Golf Clinic for kids at the club.

Kids ranging from teenagers to Abang's age (and size) attended the clinic. It was fascinating. Some of them are really good! (Although some of the parents, dads especially, seemed to take it a little too seriously.) As this was Abang's first time, our goal for the day was just to get him to hit the ball. We didn't worry about swing, or stance - just keeping eyes on the ball and making contact.

By the end of the lesson he'd managed to hit about 10 balls!

That night when Daddy put him to bed, apparently he talked about his golf lesson for a full half hour without stopping. At one point he must have realised that he was talking only about golf and asked Daddy, "Is it ok if I talk about golf?"

Today we're going to go look for a glove for him. He wanted a nice golf bag that the other kids have but I told him we'll start with a glove first.

I promised to take him to practise on Wednesday afternoon and I wonder if he's as excited about it as I am.