Prof. Hope
ENG 124.Y01
February 11, 2015
Little Adjustments
Every summer I try to golf as I can. But this last summer I started to work more and golf less because I had to start saving for college. But on a Sunday early in June my uncle called me on the phone and asked me if I would go golfing. I reluctantly said yes because I was very tired and grumpy from work that week but I loved golfing with my uncle. But before I left my mother said with a smile “go out there have fun and kick uncle Josh's butt”. When I arrived at the golf course we play at. I waited for him and he was late as he usually was, but my uncle is a salesman and found us another tee time. I love my uncle Josh so I didn't care that he was late.
As I walked up to the first holes tee box I wiped off my drivers head cover pulled my driver out of my bag put my bag down I put my ball and tee in the ground. I setup my stance looked down at the ball looked down the fairway and hit the ball as hard as I could “whack”! The ball went soaring through the air. Watching it as it kissed the center of the fairway. I looked back at my uncle with a smile I said,” beat that”! “Ok I will,” He said with a chuckle. My uncle then teed his ball up and gave it a hard swing “flub a dub get over the tub” he said as his ball sliced into a water hazard. My uncle would always say funny things that would make me laugh and relax. My personal favorite was the time when we were fishing on mile lacs lake. We had lost our windsock and he said, “Well I guess we'll have to use Zach’s girl friends underwear”! After we golfed a few holes we started to talk about our lives and how we're doing. I told him I was having a rough time because my grandfather had just died. He then said “loosing a person is a tough thing but you have to thank God for the time that you had”. I