just once i want to play my usual game

I was playing golf the week after Christmas; I hadn’t played in two months.  It was brisk, to the say the least, when we started.  But I was hopeful. I’m always hopeful on the first tee.  The slate is clean.  Everything in front of me is an opportunity.  As a friend said to me years ago about golf, “Just once I would like to shoot my usual game.”  Get it?  I find that I live on the verge of being a decent golfer.  I show flashes of accomplishment.  I look… Continue reading just once i want to play my usual game