Wild Goose Chase
It was a brisk morning. The dew was still on the grass and the morning mist just starting to burn off with the rising sun. I stood on the hill looking out over the fairway.
Breathing in, I set up my stance then exhaled and swung. The ball sailed 160 yards out into the fairway.
"Not too bad", Eddie says as he walked to the golf cart.
We drove down the path and grabbed the clubs for the next shot. Walking out to my ball, I had to dodge the droplets. As I lined up my next shot, I saw them gathering on the green, Canadian Geese.
After a couple more shots and a whiff, which we won't talk about, I spotted my ball laying among the small flock, disgarded feathers and droppings. I approached with my putter.
"Shoo!", waving my gloved hand at them. The geese barely gave me a glance as they continued to scavenge for the seed that the greens keeper must have laid the night before.
I yelled at them, "SHOO! GET OUT OF HERE!". One in particular honked at me and lifted his wings.
I raised my arms at him and ran in his direction, yelling, "SHOO! SHOO!".
The large bird stood his ground. He honked and charged in my direction. I let out a scream and retreated back towards my husband who was lollygagging at the cart. Eddie dropped a ball in the rough* and lobbed it onto the green which caused the birds to scatter.
"go putt", he sighed waving his hand towards the green**.
DISCLAIMER: I would like to state for the record that most golfers are not cruel to animals like the recent events in North Carolina. Most golfers enjoy being in the outdoors and care for the animals. That is a big appeal of the sport. It is absolutely despicable what those bipedal troglodytes did to that opossum. I hope that they are brought to justice.
* ROUGH is the area of grass that is off the main golfing strip known as a fairway. the grass is longer and harder to hit from.
** GREEN is the putting surface where the hole is located. It is very slick and tightly packed.