True story. I have been a golfer for many years now but I remember my first golf game. I had seen it played in Wide World of Sports but i didn't really know much about it.
I bought a set of (ha ha) used clubs. When they meant woods, they weren't kidding. I was expecting to find rocks in the pocket to play with. I was glad that it wasn't true.
I made my way out to the local golf course and got my little cart and strapped in my clubs. I then puttered off to the first hole. When i arrived I was confused because instead of the first hole, it was the tenth. I had to back track to the other side of the course.
Finally, at my proper starting hole, I located my first tee box. I stopped at the first one I saw. Looking around, I saw the green about 400 yards away. The sign told me it was 338 but what did I know,right?
So I tee up and THWOCK (not the cute little "tink" that you hear today). The ball went 250 yards to my delight. It sliced a little but landed in the grass and I could see the hole. My next shot landed just short of the green. I thought "wow,this game isn't that hard. What's the big deal?"
I was driving up to it when I saw another ball drop straight down onto the green. I looked behind me to see who would have the gall to shoot when I could have been hit! Seeing no one behind me I continued toward my ball.
Just then, I hear shouting coming from my left. I couldn't make out what they were saying but as they got closer they said " What are you doing?" I said "I'm sorry, I didn't realize that there were more than one tee box for this hole".
They said "there aren't any other tee boxes for this hole. Each hole has it's own set of tee boxes". I then found out that I was playing the 12th green.