Random Pairing Story Contest: Never Judge a Pairing by their Bag

Our final runner-up story also comes from The Happiest Place on Earth—Disney World. Quinn Virgil found himself with two random playing partners that were playing out of the same golf bag, but quickly learned to not judge a pairing by their bag. Thanks, Quinn!

I go to Disney World every year for spring break with my family. Last year I snuck out to play a quick round on the last day I was there. I was waiting at the first tee for the two people I was supposed to be playing with when I saw them drive up.

It looked like a mother and daughter, and they only had one set of clubs. I started to think negatively towards it. The set of clubs was the daughter’s, and the mom was going to be using them as well. We introduced ourselves, and then the mom went up to the forward tees and had a pretty nice shot.

The daughter—who was in college—came back where I was by the white tees, so I said, “You can tee off first.” She said she was going to be playing the back tees. She walked back there and pounded a drive way out there, so I decided I better go back and play those tees as well. I had a really good drive as well, but was still 5 yards shorter than her.

As I drove away I saw that she had an Ohio State golf bag and played on the Ohio State womens team. She ended up beating me by two strokes. She shot 38 and I shot 40, which is good for me. The mom played well, too.

I had a great time and learned not to judge when getting paired up. I learned that the daughter had been playing in a tournament there and was getting a round in before they left town. The mom didn’t bring her clubs because she was there to just watch her daughter’s tournament.

If she had her own set she would’ve probably beaten me as well.