Best Ball of Partners (26 April 2010)

The EC LUGGers' fifth event of 2010 went quite smoothly even with a busier schedule and a new lead instructor for the day. Coach Mary was at the Cottonwood driving range to get the group organized before letting Coaches Carol Lingle and Pat Beilke take over for the afternoon.

After everyone had put away their cell phones and followed a whirly round of warming up led by Bella, the LUGGers split into two groups with the Power Puff Girls (Cierra, Hayley, Jessika, Kristen, and Savannah) heading first to the practice green for 30 minutes of lag-putting games with Coach Pat; while the Woodstock Golfers (Madison, Bella, Marilee, and Tara) stayed at the range for half an hour of pitching and chipping through hoops, conducted by Coach Carol. Papa Doug and a few moms were also on hand to witness the budding golfers' facility with the golf club.

Safety rules were observed as usual. The golf clubs felt much safer with their heavy heads being lovingly held by the palms of the LUGGers' hands, whenever they weren't busy swinging the poor chunks of metal against the well beaten little white balls. The LUGGers also did well in taking turns and not approaching others who were swinging their clubs, ensuring that the afternoon rolled on without any occurrence more painful than a few sore feet (new lesson learned the achy way by new golfers: always wear athletic shoes to the golf course because boots really aren't easy on twisting feet!).

The groups switched and everybody had a few good half-swing pitches and distance-judging putts under their belt (it does pay to take time and have a good aim before hitting!) by the time we headed to the west putting green for the day's title activity; Best Ball of Partners. The LUGGers split once more to groups of 2 or 3 and deftly navigated 9 green-side holes played to specific instructions. Everybody breezed through the 'aim every shot' hole, but struggled a bit with the 'play each shot with eye closed'. The best score for each hole was counted and fabulously fun prizes were given as the event closed at 6PM (Congrats, Madison & Jessica!).

Our next event (3 May 2010), the Fast, Safe, & Courteous Event, will meet once again at the right end of the driving range at Cottonwood GC in El Cajon, CA.