SWING CLASS
This Crazy Game called Golf.
since then. It quickly became my
primary sport through my schooling
years. Attending university in London
to study Microbiology, golf slowed
down to the summer months or
holidays back here. To compensate
for this, I made frequent visits to golf
shops under the pretext of “wanting
to test the equipment” in order to hit
some golf balls (you know you would
too, especially when you get to try
out the latest offerings).
After graduating with a BSc, my
road took me to Kisumu for my
first job at the Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention (CDC). Kisumu
was incredible and I got my golf
game back at Nyanza Club. Further
education took me back to London
to pursue my Master’s degree. Once
again back to the golf shops, but
this time golf simulators and launch
monitors were making their way into
retail. This was a real eye opener for
me and my golf. Numbers, data, it
was like a light bulb went off in my
head.
By Anokh Jai
T
his is a crazy game!! And
we’re even crazier to continue
playing it. The game is filled
with the highest of highs and the
lowest of lows. I believe that it’s that
quest to play the ultimate round of
golf - you know, the one where you
just feel invincible on the golf course.
Few golfers have experienced the
adrenaline rush of that round of
golf. And then what, you’re up at the
crack of dawn the next day ready to
tear the course apart just like you did
36
yesterday, but not today. Golf has
plans to humble you today. Or does
it?
Greetings and Salutations Golfers,
before we get started on this
journey together; a journey that will
hopefully help to demystify this crazy
game called golf, allow me to take
some time to introduce myself.
My name is Anokh Jai and I’ve
been diagnosed as a golf junkie. My
introduction to golf was 25 years ago
by my Father and I’ve been hooked
My next stop was the United States
of America. After graduating with
an MSc in Control of Infectious
diseases I landed a job with Pfizer
Inc. at the beginning of 2008. What
made this even better was the golf
course right next door. Two years
later and I quit my job. I had enough
of the sciences so beginning of 2010
I moved in with my uncle and aunt
in New Jersey. Summer came and
I found the nearest driving range.
One day I dragged my cousin along
to teach him how to play and at the
end of our session, the local pro
asked if I had thought about teaching
golf as they had a Level 1 Teaching
Certification program going on the
following month.