THE TEE BOX | MELISSIA PRETTY
Everyone remembers the first time they had
their heart broken. I think you remember it
more than the first time you fell in love.
Tom was the first person that broke my heart.
I remember it now like it was yesterday even
though it was actually almost 6 years ago.
until it’s perfect. Some days it’s good and
others it’s not. Only you can make it right or
you can make a complete mess of it. I don’t
know how many times I’ve stood on the
driving range and hit balls perfectly to go out
on the course and hit the shot I’ve just hit
right 10 times wrong. To make one tiny error
that could cost me the whole tournament.
I think it’s the sudden moment you realise
in your gut something doesn’t feel right and
Golf isn’t something you can do half-heartedly
that you should get out the situation there
– it’s not a fling or a fad, it’s a long term
and then. We are only human
commitment. It’s a sport that
though and we constantly
even when times get really
justify error. I think being Can I carry on doing the
tough there is nobody to rely
heart broken is the same same things that are
on but yourself. I think what
feeling you get when your making it so difficult?
scares people is when it’s all
-8 through 15 and make a
going wrong you have to be
treble. I think golf is also very Do I give it one last go or
honest with yourself and say
similar to Love. You always do I walk away? Life is a
can I continue like this?” Can
remember that hole you question of what if.
I carry on doing the same
played badly. The tree you
things that are making it so
ended up underneath or the
difficult? Do I give it one last go or do I walk
bunker you just couldn’t get out of. You try
away? Life is a question of what if?
really hard to fight back those few shots
but you know you’re running out of holes. Golf is a game of almost….well almost doesn’t
You give it your all and say there’s always count.
tomorrow but you then go out and shoot +8
the next day because your heads gone from
the day before and nothing is going your way.
Melissia Pretty
Golf is very much like a relationship. You have
to put in the time if you want something to
work out. You have to practice over and over
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