International Graduate Student Ministry – Gracepoint Berkeley

Last Friday, everyone took off for Castro Valley Golfland for a round of minigolf.  We all braved the cooler weather to play a round of 18 holes.  In case you were wondering what miniature golf is, it’s not golfing on a small scale.  Instead, every player has a putter (a small golf club about 1 meter long) and has to hit a golf ball into the hole.  What makes minigolf fun is the fact that many of the holes have random obstacles: you need to hit the ball straight down a line and into a castle where the door opens and closes…  or you need to hit hard enough so that it can jump over a stream of water…  or you need to put the ball into a hole that’s located in the middle of what looks like a volcano.

If you can’t tell, its a bundle of fun.  You don’t need any real golf skill.  In fact, half of the game is about luck.  Ask the guys who were golfing with me–I had two “hole in one’s” in a row!  And one of those came when I hit the ball into the wrong ramp, but got a lucky spin on the ball.  (amazing)

The entire time, we were laughing and making fun of each other.  One poor guy in my group had trouble on every weird obstacle that involved a door…  and his roommate, instead of feeling great compassion, almost fell over laughing every time.

In case you were wondering who the picture to the right is of, these are the guys who hit under par.  In other words, they beat the “average” number of strokes it takes for a person to complete a round of minigolf.  Our champions.  The rest of us…  well, we were below average.  If you missed it this time, make sure to join us next time and test your skills.

Up for tonight: Sports night at Alameda High.  Bring your shoes!