There you are standing on the first tee with your friends who have persuaded you to join them for a round of golf.As you are a beginner and don't even have your own set of clubs they have put together a set for you to use on the day. Walking out onto the tee you look around you at the view and in the distance your partners point out the flag in which direction you are expected to hit the ball when its your turn to tee off.



Your good friends allow you to tee of first so that they can see what you do and most probably laugh at your first attempt at hitting the ball. Being your first round of golf you don't know the rules and etiquette of the game so you take your time and fiddle around balancing the ball on the tee before making a big show of selecting a club.

Of course you have no clue as to which club to use so your pals select one for you.

By this time there is a queue starting to form on the tee behind you as you try and set yourself up to play the first golf swing of your life. You are now ready to play, and, as you have seen on TV, you take a few practice golf swings like the pro's before stepping up to the ball and hitting it into the distance.

In the meantime comments from those waiting are starting to reach you. Who is this idiot mucking about on the tee? I bet he misses the ball on the first swing! Oh come on! get a move on or move over and let us through.

Like a pro you ignore them and step up to the ball placing your club face behind the ball ready to pull it back to make your perfect golf swing. Oh my! you have knocked the ball off the tee as you put your club down behind it.

The growing audience behind you sighs loudly with frustration as another three ball arrives in the queue. Of course your partners who are seasoned golfers offer no help and also start to snigger as you set yourself up again. This time you are exceptionally careful when you step up to the ball and place your club very carefully behind it so as not to knock it off the tee for a second time.

Everybody holds their breath as you pull the club back. By this time your legs are quavering and instead of you swinging the golf club straight and true with a proper golf shot, you lean back like a cricketer and top the ball with the club face which causes it to roll a few metres from the tee to an ominous groan from all those who are standing behind you.

You are now forced to play your second shot before your partners can play their first. Of course you have no clue as to which club to use for your second shot so you walk back to the tee to find out. Another groan from the audience makes you change your mind so you turn to your bag and select the first iron club you see.

It's at times like these when deeply embarrassed that you decide enough's enough and decide to give up golf for good after just one shot.

You mention this to your partners and the crowd waiting behind the tee applauds your decision. Tyour partners however persuade you to carry on, so, once again, you step up to the ball and place your club slightly behind it.

End of part 1.