Golf Center, close to our house, bordering a farm
Angel trying to golf right-handed, because bad mama forgot she's not!
definition of a rough
cute miniature golf course; fun place, not part of the class:)
ahhhhh, now she's golfing left-handed (thankfully they had one club, but two lefties had to share)
The class started with the kids doing some running and stretching, and then moved onto practicing their "elephant" arm swings; while teaching them to keep their feet in place. This was followed by the anatomy of a golf-club. Next the kids learned how to hold their clubs, showing proper hand positioning, teaching them where they should stand (they told the kids their belly buttons should be in front of the ball.) It was time for the kids to practice hitting their bucket of balls--this week they started with big wiffle balls; next week they'll try smaller ones, and by the last week, they'll get to try real golf balls. After they were all done hitting their balls, they took their buckets and were each responsible for collecting five balls so the next group of kids could practice.
After their driving lessons, the kids got to take a little "field trip" to learn a little bit about golf courses, including some proper etiquette. As the golf pro described to the kids, the pretty short grass is called the fairway, the really short grass is called the green; and then they walked over to this rock with a little bit of long grass around it--the really long grass is the rough. I thought his descriptions were cute and age appropriate.
All in all, his goal for the kids was that they just have fun! I should note that two little girls showed up with their Barbie golf bags and Barbie clubs, so you know who thinks she should have the same (yes, yours truly, me wants a Barbie bag now:) And finally, I will admit, I was in a hurry to get the girls off their bikes and into the car for the lessons, and when we got there I realized I still had her in her sandals---bad mama:)
She had a lot of fun and did a good job. It was really nice and peaceful for my little Fairy Girl and me to watch (who was a good sport about being too young to participate in class, although she's so well--coordinated, I think she'd have done really well).
I think Little Angel needs a lot more individual instruction. This was brand new to her, and I thought she did pretty well considering. It's pretty obvious some of the other kids have previously received either lessons or help from their parents (you could tell when some of the kids walked in with their little golf shirts, clubs, and golf shoes, at age 5 and started driving the ball 200 yards!:) I miss golfing--it's something I enjoyed doing before kids and moving away from K-town. Since this is a nice family activity, and she does seem to be enjoying it, we're going to hit the driving range ourselves, and sign up for some more junior golf lessons directly through the golf center (this was just a class we took through city rec)--I inquired, and since I feel my 3.5 y/o Fairy Girl is coordinated, interested (she's asking) and ready, I'll enroll her too. I'll probably start hitting the driving range again myself as well, although it just dawned on me, I can't personally do that when I bring the kids--I have to watch them very carefully, and I'm afraid they'd approach me as I'm swinging the club. The good news is, with one girl being right-handed, and the other left-handed, it'll be really easy for me to watch them and help them as they face each other:) We're excited to start golfing as a family (well, at least the driving range for now:) Maybe Grandpa R can help too, hint hint:)
