
CLEAN YOUR CLUBS
For 364 days a year my treatment of my clubs is nothing short of shocking ! From round to round they will be hurled into the back of the car and into the garage without a thought of cleaning them . The only water they will see is if i have decided to hurl my 5 iron into the lake infront of me which i have just managed to top my ball into !
However on the night before the C.C.Cup i have a complete change of heart as my clubs suddenly become the most precious items on the planet to me . I embark on a ritual that is carried out to the finest detail following the precise pattern of previous years. After filling a bucket of warm water i am now firmly in the zone........some fairy liquid ( not to much ) , a scrubbing brush that is abrassive enough to clean the grooves yet soft enough not to scratch is rubbed gently across the club face like an archiologist brushing the dust from an ancient fossil. Turning my attention to my bag i remove the debris from a years golf ...... a rotten bannana skin , half a pack fruit pastiles that despite being harder than an anvil you still contemplate eating and the mandatory loose coinage and the glimmer of hope it will yield gold as opposed to copper !
Dirty top flites are replaced by a new set of pro v ones........ Tees even find there way into the tee compartment for the first time since last years event. The clubs are ready my tummy turns with excitment and anticipation as i begin to contemplate tomorrows tee off ....... the cup starts here !
As i leave the garage i cant stop myself from turning back and looking lovingly upon my clubs once more and for that moment alone our relationship is a perfect one. By 2o'clock the following afternoon after spending most of my round using them as a make shift mashette to cut through the brambells or simply impalling them into the ground after shanking yet another shot out of bounds the relationship is at breaking point. All the pro vs have been laked and replaced by the dirty top flights you have picked up whilst scavaging around in the rough and my size 10s have already managed to kick my bag further than half my tee shots.
The cycle has begun again .............. All will be forgotten by C.C.Eve !
BY STEVE BERRYMAN