Yesterday was a beautiful day at CP Adams in Hastings MN, I'm sure it drew out many of the local high schoolers, or maybe that place is always like that, but it was crawling with 2 disc wonder kids, which was a bit annoying, maybe even slightly intimidating, I felt like I was the only one out there with more than three discs on him. But, at the same rate, it made me feel like a top rated pro! I'm not great, inconsistent, streaky at best, but I can string together several great shots and it seemed like half of the park was watching my great shots.
I got several "Nice shot!"s as I drained a 50 ft birdie putt on hole 4, then I must have had people's attention because as I nearly aced hole 5, this drew shouts from all over the course "Share some of that talent with the rest of the class!". This followed me through most of the round. Hole 17, 350' I overshot by about 150' (downhill rollaway I think, took me forever to find my disc in the middle of 18 fairway), this drew some murmurs of approval from the crowd "at least you threw it really far!". Hole 18, the group ahead of me (I had just let past me as I was looking for my disc) was hanging out near the basket and seemed in no hurry to vacate. Knowing I wasn't going to hit anybody with any force at 460', I parked the shot with a sky roller again with murmurs behind me, then as I drained my birdie putt, I looked up to see the crowd giving me a "golf clap". I know it's not much, but it made me feel like I was awesome, as I walked past kid says "Nice bird, you must be a pro, I wish I had something for you to sign" Hah! Not a pro buddy, just a no name player hanging out at the bottom of the advanced pool most of the time.
