Thursdays with Cori

For as short as the summer season is around here, Northern Michigan has more than its share of golf courses. The plant where Cori works has a golf league that plays 10 weeks during the summer and tours 4 or 5 local courses. Cori really wanted to participate, but didn't want to do it with out me. I felt this was very sweet, but I haven't proven to be much of a golfer in our 4 years of marriage. He assured me that it wouldn't be a big deal to learn the sport while golfing with his associates from work. This was truthfully my largest opposition to the whole golf league thing. I agreed and with great tenacity began swinging my way into this new world.

Every Thursday for the last 6 or 7 weeks now we golf 9 holes with alternating pairs from Cori's work. I'm getting better, little by little. There are a few different things I'm really starting to love about golf:

• Playing it with Cori. I love spending the time with him and watching him play.
• Being outside surrounded by a beautiful combination of wild and highly manicured naturescapes.
• The quiet. Golf is a very quiet sport.
• The good shots. Its true what they say. It only takes one good shot to make the day of golf worth it. Usually, I only get one.
• The mental work. There is some strategy and a fair amount of decisions to make every time the ball gets hit.
• Driving the golf cart. He he he.