高尔夫罗曼史Golf Course Romance(第1页)
高尔夫罗曼史Golfance
佚名Anonymous
Myhusband,Roy,hadallaygolf。
IhadheardtheholfWidowstoriesandneverehegame。Afterquiteafewyearseandraisingthree,wewereinformedbyourtwinsons,Bradandowyoungadults,thattheythespolf。osay,theywaoplaywiththem。Theybeggedahehadlostiseveralyearsearlier。
OursonssurprisedRoywithasetofgolfeFather’sDay。Duringourvathatyear,thethreeofthemplayedaroundofgolf。Sincehehadsomu,hewaosharetheexperiehme。
&othegolfcourse,”hebeggedourdayafternoon。
“Whyohlaygolf?”Iasked。
“Youdrivethecart,”hereplied。“Please。”Isaitifullookolikealittleboywithnomoneyinadystore。
Myfirstthoughtwas,“SureI,butIyall。Itwouldbedalotmorefuhissadfaallyagreedtogo。
“Noillthistake?”Iasked,withatwisinmyvoice。
“Wewillonlyplaynineholes,”hesaid。Hewhistledashegothisequipmeher。Weheadedfrassofthegolfcourse。
ImoanedasIgotoutofthedsatdowninthedriver’sseatofalittlewhitegolfcart。Thiswasnotmyideaofagoodtime。BeforeIstarteduptheeartedtryiherulesoftheroad。
“Whatrules?”Ishouted,asItfullspeed。
“Slowdown,”hebegged。Ilaughedadriving。“Youlydriveiedspots,”hesternlyinformedme。
“Andwhoisgoingtostopme?”Ijoked。Iwasalreadyfeelingrebellious。
Wheheteeboxatholenumberone,hewasshakiwasclearthathewasrelievedtogetoffthespeedinggolfcart。Hesetupfwhypeoplethinkgolfissomu。Itlookedmightybtome。
&heball,buthadnoideawhereitwefifteenminuteswesearchedforit。
Oh,thisisfun,Ichidedhim。
&getanotherball,“heplacatedme,asheopehepouhisgolfbaga。
Battotheteebox。“Thiscouldtakeallafternoon,”Igrumbledtomyself。WhenRoyhittheballasee,wefounditdownthefairwaysalittleway。Afterquiteafewstrokes,theballwentintothehole。I’trememberthelasttimeIsawmyhusbandthathappy。“Whatwasthebigdeal?”Iwondered。
Thedrivinggameereoffahehole。Iwasdriviandhewaswalking。HesaidheheexercisebutIknewhewasafraid。Hespedealoftimehittingtheballandthenlookingforit,whileIwatchedthesquirrelsandrabbitsplay。
&irelyuedhappeimewereachedthefifthhhihanwehadihefinancialstressassociatedwithputtihroughcollegewasgorainof“toomudtoolittleplay”lacedbyhappyheartsandsmiliomyutteramazement,agolfancewasborn。
Bythetimewegottowholenumbersix,Ihadfalleninloveagailikeayoungbrideapanyingherpring。Suddenly,helookedstokeepupwiththatlittle>
&toholenumbersevehewaswatgmemorethantheball。“Keepyoureyeontheball,”Ireprimandedhim。
“ButI’t,”hereplied。“Ilikelookingatyou。”
Atthatpoihathewouldridewithmeagain。Thistime,hedidwhe。Bythetimewereabereight,wewereholdinghands。Idon’tknowifhewasholdingonfordearlifeorifheenjoyedholdingmyhaheless,Ilikedit。Ithadbeenalongwhilesiheldhands。
&hole,numberhebestholeofall。Beforehesteppedoffthecart,heleanedoverandkissedme。“I’mgladyoucame,”hesaid。“Ihadsomu。”
“ebaextweek?”Iasked。Asmilecoveredhisfae。
“Yes,aimewe’llplayeighteenholes,”heasserted。Hesmackedtheballanditsoaredoffintothewoods。Webothgiggledaswedroveofftofiherlostball。
Thistime,itdidome。Myhusbandy。Iwasenjoyinghispany。Golfwasjustagoodexcusetobetogether。
&onlyfindinglostballs。Wewerefiheragain,too。
我的丈夫罗伊一直想打高尔夫球。
可怕的“高尔夫寡妇”的故事使我从不鼓励这项运动。结婚多年后,我们膝下已有三个孩子。正值青春年华的布拉德和查德是我们的双胞胎儿子,从他们口中得知,他们迷恋上了打高尔夫。当然,他们希望爸爸也能参与。于是他们央求他一起去打高尔夫,但他的兴趣早在多年前就已经被扼杀了。
父亲节那天,儿子们给了罗伊一个惊喜,送了他一套高尔夫球杆。那年,他们三个人在假期打了一场高尔夫,罗伊玩得非常开心,便想让我也体验一下那种快乐。
一个周六的下午,他恳求我:“咱们去打高尔夫吧。”
“我干嘛要去呢?”我问。