RUN AWAY...
Our Golf Correspondent reports...
I wondered why Snopper had been absent from the golf courses of mid-Kent recently, so I caught up with him the other day to find out what was going on. It seems that, following his intensive course of lessons, he has decided to `hone his game` at the driving range before venturing back on to the fairways.
I watched as he went through his routine at the range and I can understand his desire to make sure his game is at least presentable before re-entering the competitive environment. I watched his remodelled stance, his remodelled grip, his remodelled swing and his newfound attitude which is designed to come to terms with the challenges of the royal and ancient game. Snopper quoted the advice given by Jack Nicklaus all those years ago - "The more I practice, the luckier I get."
So how was our anti-hero getting along, I wondered. Well, I have to report that his session on the range produced some really quite respectable results - a few genuinely decent shots, some `OK` ones, perhaps a few more in the `adequate` category and some that were reminiscent of the old Snopper we have come to know so well over all these years.
But the finale to this particular visit must surely have been the very last of the 50 balls he hit from the driving range bay. You see, he always likes to finish well and so he addressed the last ball as it peered up at him from the green baize practice mat: his determination to leave on a high shone through clearly as he took up his new stance, checked his new grip and swung through the ball as he has been encouraged to do.
Sadly, the result was not the climax he had in mind as the ball squirted off the toe end of the club, smashed against the side panel of the driving bay, ricocheted with an almighty bang and was never seen again. At which point, Snopper collected his clubs and ran away. Seemed the sensible thing to do at the time and, so far at least, there are no reports of claims for damages being reported.
For some, it seems, the more they practice the more things remain the same.......
I watched as he went through his routine at the range and I can understand his desire to make sure his game is at least presentable before re-entering the competitive environment. I watched his remodelled stance, his remodelled grip, his remodelled swing and his newfound attitude which is designed to come to terms with the challenges of the royal and ancient game. Snopper quoted the advice given by Jack Nicklaus all those years ago - "The more I practice, the luckier I get."
So how was our anti-hero getting along, I wondered. Well, I have to report that his session on the range produced some really quite respectable results - a few genuinely decent shots, some `OK` ones, perhaps a few more in the `adequate` category and some that were reminiscent of the old Snopper we have come to know so well over all these years.
But the finale to this particular visit must surely have been the very last of the 50 balls he hit from the driving range bay. You see, he always likes to finish well and so he addressed the last ball as it peered up at him from the green baize practice mat: his determination to leave on a high shone through clearly as he took up his new stance, checked his new grip and swung through the ball as he has been encouraged to do.
Sadly, the result was not the climax he had in mind as the ball squirted off the toe end of the club, smashed against the side panel of the driving bay, ricocheted with an almighty bang and was never seen again. At which point, Snopper collected his clubs and ran away. Seemed the sensible thing to do at the time and, so far at least, there are no reports of claims for damages being reported.
For some, it seems, the more they practice the more things remain the same.......
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