Lesson 4

Today was my fourth lesson and it went over well. Bruce did a lot of explaining today about what I was doing wrong and I can tell he was getting just a little frustrated with me but he was very cool with it. After about 20 mins into my lesson he tells this story about a "red neck" he meet in Dallas at his first job at a driving range and how he had to teach an older gentlemen (the red neck), Harry, who was a retired milk man, how to teach golf to other people. Bruce has always said to me that women have the advantage of playing golf but he never really said why, but with this story came the reason why. Bruce said that he and Harry had to teach a group of women how to play golf over a 10 week period. On the last day of the class an attractive, very beautiful young lady (words from Bruce) pose a question to both Bruce and Harry. The young lady said that she had been in the class for 10 weeks but never said anything before about this but she thinks she has a disadvantage because her boobs are too large and get in the way of her swing. Harry tells the young lady that they are nice and shouldn't think of it that way. Harry was more fascinated with how nice her boobs were and not knowing that she had a better advantage then most people because if she keeps her boobs inside her arms it makes for a better swing.
The morale of the story was for me to see that the swing motion that Bruce was (is) trying to get me to do is to keep my boobs within my two arms and twist my entire body because I am twisting my wrist and that is what frustrates Bruce.
This is one of those type of stories where you had to be there and hear the story to understand how funny it was because by the time Bruce finished telling the story I was in tears and my stomach was hurting. And I'm thinking to myself, I really needed this laugh today. I think this may have broke the ice with us.

He asked me did I notice anything that he had been saying to me the last three weeks that he only had to say once and I said yes, which was the proper way of holding the club. And with that reply, he said "we are getting somewhere". And coming from him that gives me hope, that I will one day master the game of golf. Another comment that really made me feel good was at the time of booking my next lesson he and Leggs (yes that is his name), made a comment that I was his star student. So my reply is you gotta be kidding and Bruce says no you are out of 4. But at the same time I took it has maybe I'm the only female that he is teaching at this time, not that I'm doing that good, but who knows what he meet.

He tells me to go home and practice in the backyard and just swinging and hitting the grass. He said I should do this everyday for about 15 minutes in the backyard. I promised myself that I will do this because practice makes perfect. Although tomorrow I am getting my hair done, I will come home and swing for about 15 mins.

Happy Juneteeth Day!!!!