Tag: Golf Fore Women

My Current Situation Part IV

The season of Fall happened about 3 weeks ago in the state of Connecticut and with it comes decreasing temperatures, lots of fallen leaves on the ground, dark skies and squirrels running amok.   Soon I will be packing up my golf clubs in advance of the next season:  Winter.  But for now I am still managing to hit golf balls despite the broken twigs, crispy leaves and tree debris.

 

 

Fall for me also means it’s time to head back to the kitchen.  Anyone who knows me knows cooking is not my thing however I do enjoy cooking when Autumn arrives…

 

 

We have also finally entered Phase 3 in the state of Connecticut which means that restaurants can serve folks indoors at 75% instead of 50%  capacity…

 

 

personal services, hair salons, barber shops and nail salons can also operate at 75% percent capacity, indoor performing art venues at 50% capacity, and churches and other places of worship can have 50% capacity, capped at 200 people.  All, of course, with masks and social distancing…

 

 

Working hybrid continues for me and my colleagues on the News 8 sales team.  What this means is we are split into 2 teams and half the team works from the office on one day and the other half of the team works from the office on the following day.  The managers all go into the office each and every day.  It has been like this since mid-March when Covid 19 totally changed our world.

 

On every other day

 

The Presidential election is quite literally right around the corner so I encourage everyone to exercise their right to vote.   It’s more critical now more than ever…

 

 

Taking fun seriously…my very first golf lesson

Here are a number of reasons why I wanted to learn to play golf:

1)  My father, Jonie B. Hollis, is an avid Senior golfer and I would love to show up at his house one day with my clubs and say, “let’s go play.”    2)  my S.O. James loves to golf and would really like to take me out on golf dates.  3)  the business advantages that the golf lifestyle affords you.  Once you learn to play golf, you now have the unique opportunity to cultivate relationships outside of the workplace and enjoy a sport that is primarily known for networking.  4) It’s great exercise as well as a friendship builder…

I usually do things backwards so I actually bought an entire set of ladies golf clubs,  golf shoes, ladies golf balls, and a ladies golf gloves back in 2007.  I’m not one for procrastinating so I can’t explain why I am just now, in 2015, actually learning how to play.  My S.O. James bought me a couple of lessons to move things along so I called the Lyman Golf Center in Middlefield, CT to make my first of two appointments for lessons.  John Wilson, golf instructor,  came highly recommended from my co-worker Rachel so I asked to be set up with him.  Learning golf can be frustrating so Rachel, who is a golfer herself,  explained that John had the patience of Job and would be well suited for my personality.  She was absolutely right.

My first lesson with John was on a sticky hot Sunday in July.  One of the hottest days of the month.  I wore my golf outfit and my golf hat and after spending about 20 minutes getting to know each other, John and I took my clubs and headed out to the driving range where we would be spending the remainder of my one hour lesson.  Jim showed me the basics:  how to stand, how to hold my club, how to lean ever so slightly and mostly how to hold the club in my two hands.  I found this the most difficult because the way you hold the club with two hands did not feel natural to me so I kept forgetting how to do it and resorting to the easy and more natural way.  John never lost his patience, he just kept reminding me how to hold the club with both hands and also why I was holding it that way.  He kept moving my feet so that they were planted correctly and he also showed me an easy way to ‘tee the ball’ by using one hand only.

the stance is critical for swinging
the stance is critical for swinging
the follow through is equally important
the follow through is equally important
pointing the club reminds you of where you wanted the ball to go in the first place
pointing the club reminds you of where you wanted the ball to go in the first place

Once I got the hang of it, John left me to my own devices.  My lesson was now over so he gave me a ton of balls and said practice what you learned today so that when we get together next time, we can move on to the next lesson.  I spent the next 2 hours hitting balls and slowly starting to get why regular people are so fascinated with the game.  It truly is fun and it’s also challenging because there is so much to learn, on and off the course.  I’m looking forward to my next lesson with John and then maybe joining Golf Fore Women 101!