Nora Schwartz: “The simulator keeps saying: ‘Go back and adjust your difficulty settings’… but it was already set to beginner.”

This week, the entire Choice One crew headed to Caddy’s, a golf-themed bar and restaurant, for our quarterly offsite meeting and a Monday afternoon “par-tee” for our United Way Campaign celebration. We ate lunch, talked business, and then bravely stepped into the world of virtual golf. And by “bravely,” we mean “with wildly misplaced confidence.”The golfing results? Let’s just say the simulator had some thoughts. Nora’s experience summed it up best: despite being set to beginner mode, the simulator still suggested she might be in over her head. Unfortunately, there’s nothing below beginner—unless you count “spectator.”

To be fair, our past golf experiences haven’t exactly prepared us for greatness. We’ve putted around the office and once developed an indoor golf game that used a sledgehammer in place of a club. So when faced with a simulator that expected actual technique, we were… unprepared.

 

Tyler, pictured here mid-swing, was one of a few who actually knew what he was doing. The simulator didn’t question his settings. Nora, meanwhile, expertly avoided any photographic evidence of her performance. A wise move: when the simulator suggests you might be worse than a beginner, it’s best to leave no trace.