Free golf can be expensive

Posted on June 19, 2006 
Filed Under Geeeek Stuff

On Saturday I was scheduled to go play golf with a Brian, Joanna & Matt. Our tee time was for just after 7:00 am and the golf course was up in Summerlin which is a 30+ minute drive from my place. I knew I was going to have to get up early, but that didn’t stop me from going out to play poker on Saturday night. In a tourney with over 150 players, I finished in 2nd place. I got pretty unlucky to lose the final hand, but that, as they say, is poker. Still, I certainly wasn’t upset finishing 2nd. The only problem is, we didn’t get home until after 1 am. By the time my adreniline slowed, it was nearly 2 am before I got to sleep.

A few short hours later I got up and headed across town. I got there on time had plenty of time to hit a small bucket of balls before we started our round. When we went up to pay I recognized the guy behind the counter as a guy I used to play hockey with here in town. We chatted for a few minutes and then he handed us our receipt without taking any money. He was nice enough to comp us (Matt & I) both for our round. Way cool! Brian & Joanna showed up just in time for tee off. The day started nice, it wasn’t too hot (yet) and on the front 9, I played fairly well. I was pretty pleased with how things were going. Then came the back 9 and a totally different story…

I think it as the 10th hole. Perhaps the 11th. I hit my drive pretty well. It went down the left hand side and landed just off the fairway on a bit of a hill. I lined up for my second shot and was using my 3 iron. The ball was elevated a bit campared to my feet because of the hill. Since I’m a lefty, I’m facing the houses that line the left side of the course. I hit the ball clean and things look good… until it starts slicing left. Then it’s over a house. Then there is a thud. I don’t hear anything break, so that’s cool. I’ll just go up a ways, drop a new ball and continue on… We hop into the cart and start up the fairway and see 2 older people heading out on to the golf course from the house. We pull up and stop. The lady visibly shaken lady says, “You hit our window, can you please come up here.” I apologize several times as I walk up on to their patio and see the window I hit. The lady tells me that her and her husband were working on the patio when the ball wizzed about 1 foot over her head before hitting the window. It was actually an amazing shot considering it was a covered patio and yet the ball hit the very top right corner of the window. It had to be absolutely screaming as it came through there. The thought of this really shook me. Had that been a foot lower and it hit the lady in the head, she would have been killed. I’m 100% positive of it. I left them both my home and cell numbers and told them to get the window fixed and send me the bill. Had I been thinking on my feet I’d have told them my name was Matt and given them his phone number… ahh well.

From that point on, the rest of the day was shitty. I think I hit houses on the next 5 holes. Maybe more. On one of the holes, there is about a 1% chance that I could figure out a way to hit a house. but, a duffed shot that hit a rock and the ball took an amazing 90 degree right hand turn.. well, looks like I found a way after all…

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2 Responses to “Free golf can be expensive”

  1. Todd on June 19th, 2006 2:45 pm

    I know you’re not a dick and you still feel bad about it but people who build houses on golf courses are fucking stupid. I’m not saying anyone deserves to get hurt, I’m just saying being within driver range is like building a house in New Orleans.

  2. Jason on June 19th, 2006 11:06 pm

    Dude that sucks. Shoulda said you were Matt. :)

    I hear stories from a few friends with homes in the Anthem country club. Most just find balls in their yard or pool with a lot of near misses, but some have had a bit of damage. Guess stray balls happen all the time. Not many get claimed if no one is home.

    I’m working on a Golf Ball spray-on repellent for old people. You can give a prototype to that old lady. Kinda like that Jack Black movie, Envy, just it will be golf balls disappearing in thin air rather than doggie doo. I plan on selling the cans door-to-door around here for $850 a can. I’ll become richer faster that that milliondollarhomepage kid.

    (Dunno where that silliness came from at the last minute. Seriously glad no one got hurt and that it was just a window.)

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