Cow pastures look good from a distance – green, flat, well groomed until you take a closer look. That’s what some golf course are … nothing more than cow pastures! Oh, most of us have played on these so called golf courses over the years but we won’t admit it to ourselves. Usually we play on these local courses when we first start playing. I know I did and I sure saved a lot of money and embarrassment while cutting my teeth on the game. The course was a nine holer and cost $4 on weeknights to play. The lack of embarrassment came into play cause most other golfers were playing at the same level as I was. Back then I couldn’t even call myself a Duffer cause I would have given Duffers all over the world a bad name!! I mean I stunk up the place worse than any cow pie could. Twenty years of playing softball sure did affect my swing back then. I remember that on the first tee box there’s a small pond on the right side and it use to take me 3 to 4 balls to not slice it in. Back then, I swung as hard as I could cause I just knew that would make the ball do what it was meant to.
Never did take any lessons back then and have learned since that was probably one of the major mistakes I made when I picked up the game. I could have saved me a lot of heart aches over the years had I just taken the time to learn the basics. I should go back to my roots and play that cow pasture again. Yes, it still exists and their prices are still reasonable but I would not play there as a steady diet cause cow pastures will definately ruin you for most courses today. There’s a reason why I call them cow pastures. The tee boxes are a mess, fairways are filled with weeds, potholes, and gofer mounts, the greens are half dead and as slow a molasses … just to name a few.
But I wouldn’t trade those days for all the tea in China. My sons, friends, and I had a blast and looked forward to the next outing in that “Cow Pasture”.
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