By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor
This weekend, I will participate in an activity I enjoy but rarely get to experience.
Saturday, I will dust off my golf clubs and shoes and tee off at the annual Plant City Lions Club Golf Tournament.
With my work schedule, it’s hard to work in a round of golf. I ran into the same problem with my previous paper in Georgia but swore that the move to Florida would be different. Being in one of the greatest golf states in the country, I planned to make room for rounds, with no excuses.
Sadly, that hasn’t happened. After more than four months of being down here, I’ve managed to go to the range once and play a round up in Orlando one time thanks to a Groupon I purchased months before I even moved down.
I love the game, but I rarely have the time and money it takes to keep active with it. That’s why I’m looking forward to this tournament. I almost need something like this to get me back on track. I keep telling myself on days where I find a little free time that I’m going to go to the range or get in nine holes somewhere, but that never happens.
Hopefully, Saturday will spark the once avid golfer in me, and I will begin to make time to play. At the very least, I am looking forward to getting out and playing at Walden Lake Golf Club. I live two minutes from there and have visited several times covering area high school golf teams and other charity tournaments.
All those times made me wish I had my clubs with me, and I could just tee off after taking photos. Saturday, that hope comes true, and it benefits a good cause along the way — the money raised will help support a variety of programs the Lions Club supports.
Anyone who has played golf knows it is a sport with which you have to stay involved. Otherwise, you’ll see your game plummet.