I hate my slice.
I’m sore from going to the driving range seven out of the last 10 days. I’ve hit over 730 balls on these trips because I want my 6 handicap back. Actually I’d love to just get under 80 again by the end of the summer. This would seem to be an obtainable goal if it weren’t for the fact that I’m still slicing 10-20 yards on every drive.
My irons are solid but not consistent for distance. At least I’m not spraying them. They’re all straight. I drove a three iron 240+ yards consistently on Sunday. The guy hitting beside me shot a 78 in a tournament the previous day and he was hitting a 5 iron about 200 yards. I bet he’s not sore. Golf is a superior sport because there’s no such thing as a natural. You only get out of it what you put into it.
3.5 decades…
That’s how long I’ve been around as of 7am this morning. To celebrate my 35th year on earth I’ve decided to highlight some of the other significant historical events that occured on this date (courtesy of Wikipedia).
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord – British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American colonists’ firearms. Captain John Parker orders his band of minutemen to not fire unless fired upon. Random shots rang out among the British soldiers. The minutemen promptly fired back. This was the “shot heard round the world.” The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts, thus beginning the American Revolutionary War.
- World War II: In Poland, German troops enter the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure.
- The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
- Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.
None of this is as important as the fact that on this day in 1971 I was born on my grandfather’s birthday. He would have been 100 today.