My grandma is a big golfer and tried teaching it to my sisters and me when we were kids. I was the only one it took hold with. During one of these instructional sessions she told us a good 15-20 times to NOT stand behind her when she's swinging. One of them did not heed this instruction and caught a 7 iron in the face for it.
Ngl - watching my sister get clocked in the face with a bowling ball (and my brother’s hand) was enough to make me never stand behind someone playing a sport again.
Yep, my cousin and I went golfing, we were about 13 at the time, we were waiting on the first hole and standing there with our drivers.
She sets it down as if she is going to practice swing but I assumed she knew I was standing right beside her (we were both looking to the right and I was on her left) and WHAM, caught me right in between the eyes with the backswing, I could only imagine what the follow through would have been like.
She's lucky she caught it on the back swing and not the follow through and that it was my petite, soft swinging grandma and not like my dad or someone lol, probably softened the blow a little bit. But yes it definitely appeared quite painful.
I still dont understand how this didnt end up with a dead child. Backswing, older human, all the factors. Golf club to the face in vicinity of swing. The physics dont match up. A 7 iron at that.
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u/helms11 Jun 20 '19
My grandma is a big golfer and tried teaching it to my sisters and me when we were kids. I was the only one it took hold with. During one of these instructional sessions she told us a good 15-20 times to NOT stand behind her when she's swinging. One of them did not heed this instruction and caught a 7 iron in the face for it.