Driving Already!

At a yard sale a couple of streets up, we scored a brand new set of LEFT handed youth golf clubs for Son1!!! Hooray! The set includes irons, a putter, and a driver, complete with a little hand towel. He is fascinated when Hubby golfs, and takes notice of the greens galore all over the island. Hawaii is a top golf destination. On the way back from kite surfing, we stopped at a nearby driving range.


Hubby loved every minute of this afternoon. I bet he imagined this day since my 20 week ultrasound 4 years ago, when he first peeked at our baby boy. In the meantime Son2 and I took a walk. Several yards from the driving range we saw this tree. See the shape of the hollow? It was a perfect and vivid commemoration of Son1's first day at the driving range with Daddy.

SBS Open

In the spirit of some serious, uh hem, civic duty and volunteerism, Hubby enthusiastically donated his time at the SBS Open, a LPGA golf tournament, held at the beautiful Turtle Bay Resort. This is the 2^nd year in a row he helped. Last year he had an amazing time. He followed around a threesome of professional lady golfers up close and took notes of their game. When he was doing his assigned job, he kept score and all of their statistics including greens in regulation, sand saves, fairway hits, you know, the real golfy kind of stuff. He was all about the complimentary golf pass they awarded him at the Turtle Bay Resort, the free passes for friends and family, his golf attire, plus free food and snacks…need I say any more F-R-E-E?

He arrived at the LPGA tournament this year with sweet and high expectations for two fun filled golf days. (Well, as fun as it gets chasing folks around that are chasing a little ball with a stick. You can see I am not the golfer in our family.) But not all golfers are alike. Last year all six players he interacted with were super friendly, thankful, and gracious. Each woman golfer and each caddy introduced themselves before the play started and thanked him for volunteering and helping them out. They recognized him. They each gave him a signed new golf ball from their personal bags.

This year, the first day round started with Soo-Yun doing her thing. The other two ladies, Patrica and Karine (whom he has dubbed The Frenchies) didn’t even knowledge his existence. At the end of the round, Soo-Yun gave him a Titleist ProVX ball and thanked him. The other two French women said nothing. His partner who held the scores up in the air said that he wasn’t expecting anything because of his previous trips to France.

He was a little down until the next day when he had an amazing time. He followed Jane Park and two others who were good players and placed in the top 10 and they were very courteous and thankful. The real question is whether he will be back next year…of course he will. He may even venture out and also try the men’s PGA tournaments too.