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“Tell Her to Put it Down Her Ass!”
A situation happened at the 2013 PDGA Disc Golf Amateur World Championships that I think embodies the Spirit of the Game, the funniest moment, the worst moment, and the best moment. It was my first ever big tournament, which was a bit intimidating.
I was the oldest female competitor, and was there with my son, who had been encouraging me to participate. He was the one who got me interested in disc golf a couple of years earlier.
We signed up in March of 2013, before I knew that in April, I would have surgery to remove one of my kidneys. My surgery went well, but I was left with a 16 inch scar from my breast bone to my waist on my left side. It required a lot of healing, and rehab to even be able to get back on a tee pad, but somehow I was determined to fulfill my promise to go with my son.
At the World Championships in Emporia, KS, it was 105 in the middle of the afternoon with the sun blazing. On the third day of the tournament, there was a moment, late in the day, when I began to feel somewhat dizzy and weak. One of the women on my card, Kim McVicar, ran back to the group behind us where SueB Lande was playing. SueB had some experience with people who were experiencing medical emergencies, and she knew of my surgery a few months before.
SueB grabbed her handkerchief from around her neck, grabbed some ice from the water cooler, and thrust it into the hands of Kim, saying, “Tell her to put it down her ass!”
Kim came running up to me repeating SueB’s instruction. I stared dumbfounded for a while, trying to comprehend her words. She repeated her command, and down the back of my shorts it went. For the next few holes I walked with the icy cold, but oddly refreshing hunk of wet handkerchief filled with freezing water down my backside. Apparently this technique is great for reducing one’s core temperature.
It did the trick, and I was able to finish the day. Nothing was going to keep me from finishing the tournament at that point. SueB went on to become the eventual champion. She and the other women in my division went out of their way to help me; a gesture that is supremely humbling.
Looking back, it was so ridiculous, so funny, and also so kind for my competitors to help me out. I will never forget it.
A situation happened at the 2013 PDGA Disc Golf Amateur World Championships that I think embodies the Spirit of the Game, the funniest moment, the worst moment, and the best moment. It was my first ever big tournament, which was a bit intimidating.
I was the oldest female competitor, and was there with my son, who had been encouraging me to participate. He was the one who got me interested in disc golf a couple of years earlier.
We signed up in March of 2013, before I knew that in April, I would have surgery to remove one of my kidneys. My surgery went well, but I was left with a 16 inch scar from my breast bone to my waist on my left side. It required a lot of healing, and rehab to even be able to get back on a tee pad, but somehow I was determined to fulfill my promise to go with my son.
At the World Championships in Emporia, KS, it was 105 in the middle of the afternoon with the sun blazing. On the third day of the tournament, there was a moment, late in the day, when I began to feel somewhat dizzy and weak. One of the women on my card, Kim McVicar, ran back to the group behind us where SueB Lande was playing. SueB had some experience with people who were experiencing medical emergencies, and she knew of my surgery a few months before.
SueB grabbed her handkerchief from around her neck, grabbed some ice from the water cooler, and thrust it into the hands of Kim, saying, “Tell her to put it down her ass!”
Kim came running up to me repeating SueB’s instruction. I stared dumbfounded for a while, trying to comprehend her words. She repeated her command, and down the back of my shorts it went. For the next few holes I walked with the icy cold, but oddly refreshing hunk of wet handkerchief filled with freezing water down my backside. Apparently this technique is great for reducing one’s core temperature.
It did the trick, and I was able to finish the day. Nothing was going to keep me from finishing the tournament at that point. SueB went on to become the eventual champion. She and the other women in my division went out of their way to help me; a gesture that is supremely humbling.
Looking back, it was so ridiculous, so funny, and also so kind for my competitors to help me out. I will never forget it.
