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CONTINUED OCTOBER 2019 itsnever2latebooks.com golf buddy not wearing hearing aid, ran out of batteries while changing flat tire. Tee off time arrives, lift club out of bag, set it down near golf car, left sore ankle with stupid socks really hurts, hobble towards first tee off spot, bend over to stick tee in grass with good right hand, whack chin with club, bite into tongue, have nosebleed, no tissue or clean towel, stick good right hand in golf glove, then push gloved middle finger up into nose to stop bleeding. It worked; glove was gross, flung it into recycle container marked waste, no container avail- able for bloody middle finger golf glove. Golf buddy tees off first, whacks ball into nearby tree on walkway, ball comes back like a curved boomerang missile and does harm to the place where my buddies’ sun don’t shine. It left him crotchety. No more golfing, he rested in my golf car, drank unpleas- ant warm beer to take the edge off his discomfort. THE GOLF CART CHRONICLES I drive ball from the tee, down the fairway, ball lands in a sand trap, limp with difficulty to reach sand trap, buddy preoccupied in golf cart, no ball in site, look closer, step down into a deep mass of loose wet sand, sucks me down like quicksand, buddy sees me sinking down fast, at warp speed drives golf car to edge of hole, draws his Big Brutus wide wood head driver towards my good right hand, I grab it firmly, buddy pulls me out and saves me from suffocating in a golf course fake sand trap. Should have known better when no rake in sight. Just then, the mother of all thunder- storms with lightning, hail the size of golf balls, and driving rain bar- reled down at high speed bringing our bad golf day to an end. Bad days do happen, bad luck, bad news, bad sand trap, bad apples, bad clubs, bad checks, bad hair days, bad drivers, bad store clerks, bad golf balls, bad greens, bad tempered people, bad beer, and bad breath. The moral of this story is: If you are having a bad golf day, hold your hand over your heart; feel that? That beating? You’re alive to golf another day, think positive BAD GOLF DAY GO AWAY, I’M READY TO GOLF ANOTHER DAY! It has been so much fun playing with words to bring about amusing and entertaining stories portraying people and other living things as out of the ordinary. So, I wrote, and wrote, and wrote for over sixty- five years. Each article was stored away in a box never to see the light of day until now. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON Golf Cart Chronicles 1 & Golf Cart Chronicles 2 golf carT chronicles By Suzy 2 James lf Cart The Go les 2 ic n Chro lf Cart The Go les 2 Chronic n of mpilatio stories rous co A humo g related short /golfin golf car tion of A humorous compila golf car/golf ing related short stories Suzy James [email protected] itsnever2latebook books.com www.itsnever2late By Suzy James OCTOBER 2019 37