Indoor Golf, Catch the Wave
The future is only viewed by a few. Unfortunately. we tend to have the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset for most things in our lives. But if you are one to have been hooked by the golf lure and can't shake that tug of the line, try stepping outside the box, or in this case, inside the garage, and try a fix on something "Unbroke".
The wave of the future for those chasing perfection (Did he say "perfection"? Is this guy NUTS?) is indoor golf, in one form or another.
Yeah, we've all dabbled in the concept, if you're a golfer of any stature. The rolling of a putt into an empty coffee cup when the boss isn't looking comes to mind. The six foot putting matt that comes with "Hours of fun for the whole family!" was the Fathers' Day gift that now is tucked away in the attic growing moss while having been replaced by several longer, curving, humpbacked models over the years.
But if you've never driven up to your son's house, parked in the driveway, and even before opening the car door heard "KABOOM!!" "CAPOW!!" "WHAM!!", and known there's no reason for the house to have indoor fireworks, he must be hitting driver, then you've not know the first tee- jitters of REAL indoor golf.
If you've gone to a golf store of any stature, say a PGA Superstore or maybe a Dick's Galaxy Golf, and seen the instructional areas where players are engaged in lessons and hitting into the screen showing distance, accuracy, possibly spin ratios, and other factors of the ongoing challange of the game we love (I'm assuming you love the game, or you would have stopping reading this long ago) then you've had a taste, and I do mean only a taste, of the indoor golf experience. Imagine one Saturday morning in late May you have a nine-thirty tee time with 3 of your best buds. It's a day planned two weeks prior due to the whipping they gave you THAT Saturday. It was revenge time and you had practiced putting on that now undulating, speed rated, 19 foot matt that goes from your bedroom doorway, past the couch in the den and into the downstairs bathroom for hours on end. 25 foot putts were NOT going to lose you another hole!! You get up, fix a cup of coffee, grab a shower, dress, and putt a few last minute tune ups only to hear rolling thunder overhead. NO!! The weatherman said "Possibilities of scattered showers". Doesn't that mean "Likely to be clear"? NO!!
You look outside for the first time that morning and see standing water in the driveway, dark clouds overhead, then comes a thunderstorm to beat all, and then the worst sound of all. Your phone rings.
"Is it raining over there?" asks bud #1.
"Bud #2 just cancelled".
"Wait a minute, Bud 3 is calling".
"Yeah, I know, raining here too."
Bummer. Time to catch the wave, Guys! (And gals. Would never leave out the gals!)
There are so many reasons for the Indoor Golf experience. If I'm being read by avid golfers, you don't need my recommendations. Weekend golfers with a little spending money can give it thought. And if you're just learning this wonderful game, grab your Titleist surfboard and hang ten with us already addicted, tanned from the left wrist to just above the elbow, elevator swing practicing, golf hounds. We welcome all comers to the rooms and garages dedicated to bettering our games come hell or high water (especially high water).
