Driving range pro?

I write this post as a personal one, not really informative i'm afraid. As i'm living in New Zealand, winter is upon us and although our winters are generally a bit warmer than the North-East of England where I used to live, they are still not very pleasant.

I have a tee-time booked for tomorrow, but as of right now, i'm sitting next to a window, and all I can see is the rain pelting against it, almost cracking the glass as it is at such a pace. If you are familiar with my current location of Wellington, you will be aware of the wind that this city can create. If you think Chicago is the windy city, try living in Wellington! I remember at Miramar Golf Club in Wellington, I played a 6 iron from about 120 yards to pin high. The next hole I hit a pitching wedge (it was a par three) from 170 yards to pin high. You could barely stand up!

So the reason I write this article is, what do decent golfers do in winter? Yes you can brave the conditions and freeze your arse off and frustrate yourself, or you can go through a pretty easy course to become a PGA Qualified Pro and teach at your local range under shelter. If you can't be bothered getting qualified, just do what I have done in the past. Offer your mates free lessons (assumming you're better than them!), and in return they can pay for you to hit some balls at the driving range, or just drop you $40 for a couple hours. Not too bad to hang out with your mates and hit a few balls. Much cheaper for them and some pocket change for you for the 19th hole.

It all sounds pretty comfortable and it would be a nice life being a driving range pro...IF they all weren't pretentious dickheads! How does this title sound? "Brian Ridley - Driving Range Pro." Who would want lessons with a Brian Ridley? Do you think this guy could break 80 on a tough course? Driving range pros are mostly what they say, 'DRIVING RANGE PROS. Very good on the range, shit on the course. Anyway enough ranting, I guess what i'm saying, is that it would be quite a decent job to work on the range, but would you want to degrade yourself to that??

Right, so i'm off to the course tomorrow to freeze and frustrate myself. AND I CAN'T BLOODY WAIT!!!