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ERICA & MYAH - The Birdie Sisters Story
Erica & Myah Talk Golf
This is a true story told by South Shore Golf Course starter, Ray
Scudder.
Every morning most of the golfers like to start early, which means
that the first tee will always be brimming with a crowd an xiously
waiting to play. You will find a mix of good golfers, hackers and
beginners shoulder to shoulder waiting to tee it up and go.
On this particular morning there was a good mixture of men and women
waiting near the first tee. When I called up the next foursome it
turned out that only one in the group could hit a good tee shot
while the remaining three pummeled their balls about sixty yards
down the fairway. The crowd at the tee began to mumble, mostly
complaining about the expanded time commitment it seemed they would
have to make that day to play nine holes. Most of the grumbling
seemed to be from female members of the awaiting foursomes.
All of a sudden, from out of the parking lot emerged two three
wheeled hand carts seemingly on remote control as they made their
way to the tee. On closer inspection two little girls in fact were
supplying the forward progress. They went directly to the side of
the women’s tee and awaited my signal for them to tee it up. Again,
the crowd began to grumble, obviously concluding that shorter
hitting was on the way adding more time to their game that day. The
muttering continued with the likes of, “now those kids are going to
hold us up” and looks of exasperation to punctuate their
dissatisfaction.
I called for two ladies to join the little girls, at which point one
of them called out ” how old are those kids?” is a disdain filled
retort. I calmly replied that they were 8 and 10 years old
respectively. “Lady Complainer”
 expressed
it would ” take all day” to play nine holes with “them.” To which I
smiled and said, “maybe it will take all day for them…playing with
you.” They didn’t appreciate my remark.
When it was time to tee off Myah, the younger of the two girls,
pulled out her driver and began her practice swing routine which
brought hushed comments about the impeccable form, balance and power
to her swings. Then Erica (the elder) started her routine to the
growing smiles on the faces of all at the tee. Show time!
The two “ladies” hit first and burned worms with neither of their
balls traveling more than 50 yards off the tee. The sisters took the
tee with a quiet, disciplined command of that patch of green. Each
launched drives as straight as they were long leaving the crowd in a
delighted state of shock. Myah and Erica politely waited for their
fellow foursome mates to catch up and this became the pattern for
the rest of the round.
I caught up with the group on the fifth hole and asked the ladies
how it was going and they replied, “We are getting a golf lesson
from 8 and 10 year old golfers!”
While this was going on Myah and Erica’s proud father (and their
coach) was always nearby watching; quietly guiding each daughter’s
development, respect and appreciation for the game on hallowed
ground…their home course, South Shore GC (Chicago).
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