The professional golfers have arrived and have been practicing and preparing for perhaps the longest PGA tournament in history starting this Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Course in Chaska, Minnesota. Hazeltine is a golf course I am familiar with, having played it a number of times in high school (my best round being in the low 80's).
For those of you who don't know what golf is, its a game played on grass with a small white plastic ball. Its an irritating, frustrating act of skill, absurdity, and patience mixed together with scenic beaches, lakes, streams, trees, and tall weeds for challenge and embarrasment.
I think people who want to start this game should stop, buy a bike instead, and enjoy the many paths and roads of Minnesota in the summertime as opposed to playing golf. Its cheaper, takes less time, burns fat and is infinitely less stressful.
My neighbor was out cleaning his garage this weekend and, while spotting his golf clubs, it struck me as odd that I didn't see any woods (i.e. metal monstrosities - some metal heads are now bigger than my little brother's rock-star ego).
I asked him, 'Where are the woods'? He said, 'They're in the same place they have been since 1986 - a golf course pond somewhere in the heart of Texas'. (Texas, for those that are geographically challenged, is that puny little state right below the most beloved state in the union, Oklahoma (BOOMER SOONERS)!)
I'm sorry, but any 'sport' that can make nice, sincere and genuinely peaceful people like my neighbor swear, curse, throw tantrums like my 5 year old daughter, yell at others for talking, shout obscenities, and vow never to play the game again certainly requires pause before beginning.
However, if you are like me and still enjoy a nice day with birds chirping, the smell of cut grass, clear blue skies, and a nice walk for exercise to observe some unbelievably skilled players at the top of their game, then I invite you to our humble state to watch the 91st PGA...
Grace & Peace
PLW
By far your best blog post.
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