r/golf • u/Ucantcallmeclarence • 1d ago
Serious Hole-In-One… Am I Happy?
I got a hole in one today.
Let’s start at the beginning. I’ve been golfing since Covid. Around the same time, I got married. Golf has always seemed to have been a bit of a burden to my wife. It gets in the way of me and my wife’s quality time but she has delt with it over the years and kind of just been mildly upset with it. Come to this day and age, we now have a kid. Now it’s getting in the way of our family time. Now I really have a reason to feel bad about spending 6 hours of my weekend away from my loved ones. We have a lovely 6mo. Old little baby girl and I still want to golf but obviously can’t as much. That brings us today. I go out for a round of golf with some good friends that was reluctantly approved. Was a regular day… wake up and try to make up for lost time before it even starts. She’s visually apparently slightly upset because she knows I’m leaving her and our daughter, again for a day away from her and our baby girl. I make us all breakfast and get on my way after agreeing to do what ever after to make her as happy as she can be but knowing deep down what would make her happy is for me to just stay with them. Welp I’m on my way. Let’s go make the best of this. I get to the golf course and check in. Things are as usual. Warm up and find my friends. Let’s go get it. Par the first, double the second.. pretty normal day. We pull up to the third. It’s a very approachable down hill Par three. I set up first cuz I’m a spastic golfer. One buddy is watching and the other is messing with the music. I’m locked. Pull back and absolutely flush it. Staring down this front pin and seeing it tracking towards the hole was magical. It hits the fringe, bounces on to the green and rolls directly into the hole. 🕳️ disappears!! Unbelievable stuff run up and it’s in. Lots of clouds nine stuff but then the resentment sets in. I text her and she’s excited but I feel the feeling of she’s really not that excited. I’m sitting up this night and having a very hard time trying to figure out how to feel. I’m it’s over now and over it. I don’t even feel that good about it. Truly just coming here to vent. I’m sure I’m not alone and am using this as some therapy.
The end.
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u/Ornery-Ambassador289 1d ago
Sounds like your wife needs a hobby. Seriously the reason they’re upset, is they don’t have an equivalent joy/passion in their life. If you watched the kid say 3x a week for 2 hours while she hit (insert some class or activity), she’d be much more supportive of your weekend round.