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“I managed to hit a lot of awkward drives, wayward shots, and a few solid putts (thank you, mini-golf). I don’t know a lot about playing on the course, but I knew this thing called ‘Pace of Play’ was important, so I kept looking over my shoulder checking for the group behind us - if I saw their cart, that was my sign to pick up my ball and keep moving. Every time I swung and missed or the ball ended up in the trees or a few feet in front of me I could feel the eyerolls. Like, “oh gosh. here we go again” or “what is she doing over there?” I tried my best to laugh it off, as I ran to pick up my ball and rush back to the golf cart. You can only repeat “I’ve never done this before” so many times.”

“When I met up with the people I was golfing with we happened to be standing right next to a practice driving range area. Two people from my group went down to a grassy area and hit their balls – I thought they were practicing still. Little did I know we were on the first hole. When I got up to tee off (which I forgot to take a tee for) I realized it really was just me, all alone, all eyes on me. And in that moment, I was very grateful I had even attempted to do this before. Lucky for me, my first shot went relatively okay (when the most eyes were on me because were still at the clubhouse), but trust me there were many many shots afterwards that didn’t go quite as okay.”