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A couple months ago, my coworker Alison told me that she and her mother Margot were going to start taking golf lessons. I've always wanted to learn how to play, so I gracefully invited myself along and we had our first lesson yesterday.

It was such a beautiful morning. I was so excited to be out in the sunshine, surrounded by lucious greenery and wearing my cute new Old Navy polo that I had bought just for the occassion. I learned from my triathlons that a new wardrobe is one of the most important things you must purchase when starting a new sport. Forget the proper equipment, it's the clothes that really matter!

So, since this was just our first lesson, we started with the basics. Our instructor Ratzi (his real name) spent an hour teaching us how to stand, hold the club and swing it. Now, I know it may sound simple but there are seriously like 30 things you have to do all at once while you're hitting this dimply little white ball. It's the ultimate example of multi-tasking and at 9:30 on a Saturday morning after having margaritas with the girls at La Pinata the night before, it was a lot for me to handle. So I was surprised when I actually had to practice hitting the ball, that I did pretty good! My only issue was that I could either hit the ball up in the air and way to the right or I could hit it straight, but have it stay close to the ground. Then of course there were a few that landed 6 inches in front of me, or bounced off the metal partition. I understand now why those partitions are in place; they saved Margot from getting my ball in her backside a few times.

I of course did not fail to notice the excellent men to women ratio, which was about 1,000 to 5. We made friendly with two guys who were drinking Bloody Marys at 10:30am. My kind of fellas. One gave me his bucket of balls when it was their turn to tee off (I think that's the proper term). While I originally thought that was a come on, I quickly realized it was just normal driving range ettiquette. Either way, it gave me more time to practice.

Overall, the day was a success. My back is exremely sore today though from that awkward bent-over position, but at least I don't have blisters like Alison and Margot! We have 3 more lessons to go before we are ready for the LPGA, so just in case I think I'm going to get myself a glove to make sure my hands stay pain free. It will be my first official golf gear purchase!

Oh, and I got this in my spam email today. My back hurts so much I'm considering purchasing one: http://links.lowratesourceplaces.com/servlet/MailView?ms=MTQ5OTM3MAS2&r=MTExOTI2MjAzMDIS1&j=NDYwOTA2ODQS1&mt=1