Happy Father's Day

Well, we did it. Finally brought Trevor (and Gwen) out on our home Golf Course. After some dinner and a little practice for daddy and Trevor, it was a little after 7pm. We borrowed a gas cart and tried to clue Trevor into the rules and give him some direction on where he gets to hit from (the red tees) vs. where daddy hits from (the blue tees). The first hole is a par 5 so a little hard for Trevor to get because the flag stick is so far away. But he teed up his ball and took a good swing. I think he only used his pitching wedge for hits off of the green. I know he hit it like 40 yards one time.

Some of the challenges I see are: trying to get him to understand that being in the sand is not where you want to be. On the 3rd hole I had to convince him that if he wanted to be in the sand, to wait until he was near the green. So he RAN up to the green and started swinging in the sand to get out. It took him a while though, so maybe if he sees how hard it is, he won't want to be in it.

Second, he is still learning about how to grip the club. When he was practicing at home, he was asking me how to hold his club and a bat (at different times) so I think he is getting it. It's kind of like wearing shoes on the correct feet. He can do it either way, but once he gets comfortable with the correct way to do something, I'll bet it feels better and he'll really be able to whack stuff.

Not really a problem, but a constant question was if he was in the fairway or not. I guess that actually is good. That he gets to understand by playing where the fairways are and are not. We simply moved his ball if it wasn't in the fairway, so it was a bit easier for him to get out of.

I started putting Gwen on the greens of holes 2 and 3 and let her play with a golf ball. She was in heaven. Balls the size of golf balls seem to be her thing right now. They are a perfect size to hold in her hand and play around with.

But after 3 holes, she was getting tired and we decided to get going. I'm sure Trevor could have lasted a lot longer even if he wasn't playing every hole. So another day he'll be out there, I'm sure.

And on to today.......STAR WARS....More to come!