Golf With The Grandchildren

On two occasions this past week I had the pleasure of getting out to play golf with three of my grandchildren. The Friday 18 holes of golf was with two brothers who are very competitive. We played a difficult course and Theresa played along with us and to be the referee on disputes. My youngest grandson is fifteen and he had being telling me of his feats of strength on the golf course.

Troy is a baseball and hockey player and I was anxious to see if his skill was as he boasted. Well on one hole he did just that. On a 389 yard hole he ended up three yards inside the hundred yard marker. We carefully marked it off and we granted him a 292 yard drive. We will never hear the end of it. Adam is a good player as well and every hole was a competition among we men. At the end of the day realized that it was so much fun that we had to do it again sometime in the future.

On Sunday my grand daughter and he father and boy friend invited me to be a fourth on a team to play in a tournament to help pay for a trip to Europe for a minor hockey team from Pickering. Darcy was a novice at golf as she is just beginning but ended up making some great drives. She was pleased with her showing and had fun.

We did not win the tournament but played a couple over par. We had much fun and laughter could be heard all over the course as many people were engaged in a skill game for the first time. It was also a dangerous place to be as the course has been called the hard hat course because of the layout. Balls were flying all over and many became near misses.

During the two days with the kids and friends on the golf course I became aware that our grand children are growing up far too quickly. It was fun and we plan to do more of the same in the future.