First Green

Yesterday was my 1st time going on the green. It was at Addington Court in Croydon. Before this it has always been the driving range. My first time hitting the ball was in 1980 very near Ayah Su's place, where Sime UEP had some area cleared for residential property building. Fantastic au naturale driving range. There was this Chinese uncle who was hitting balls when we came to watch on our bikes. He then told us to have a go - and we had a bloody good time blasting the balls away. At that point of time I was thinking "Oh gosh! I'm a natural golfer"

But that was then. Fast forward to the late 90's - many friends took up golf. Many became buaya & sewaktu dengannya. Most times, my association with golf was limited to hitting the balls on driving ranges. Usually with Apen, Nik, Jai etc. And oh boy! Was I bad at it or what. And I thought, "I'm never going to the green. I just couldn't play. I'm just hopeless.".

But yesterday was something else. I knew I could revisit that 1980 thoughts.

Now I need a set & a pair of shoes.