Yesterday we talked a bit about things we wish we could have done over (e.g. the 13th hole at fox Hopyard) to take the trip from fantastic to perfect. In other words, not complaints or regrets, but things we’d certainly do next time based on what we learned this time. Today I want to take […]
Lessons learned
Do-overs…
One of the unique things about this trip is the “hit and run” nature of things. As I was explaining to a staff member of one of the clubs we have played it becomes an interesting dynamic when everything in your life is sort of fire and forget. Sometimes you have a bad round on […]
Golf Nerd Alert – a bit on course rating and slope
For some time I’ve known that (speaking very generically) course rating is for scratch golfers and the slope is for bogey golfers. While I am, on my good days, typically the afore mentioned bogey golfer, I’ve always determined which tee’s to play based on the course rating and yardage. Most often this has worked for […]
Kickstarter – more of a lesson than a funding source
Failure cleanses the palette for success (don’t bother looking it up for a citation… I’m brazenly quoting myself 🙂 ) With just over a day to go on Kickstarter, it’s becoming clear that we probably will not hit our funding goal on this attempt. So, first of all we’d like to thank those that did […]
Trip Report (of sorts)
Melanie and I were talking about if we were enjoying this trip (a resounding “yes” all things considered), and the conversation took a bit of a turn wherein I realized that, maybe, when I was younger and thought I wanted to be a freelance writer I was on to something. I absolutely could do this […]
What this trip needs is more golf!!!
Friday morning, as we left Hamilton Farm on our way to Maryland, a completely random glance up from my keyboard toward the side of the road revealed “USGA Golf Museum.” As always we were pressed for time (less for the commute to Maryland and more based on our need to get caught up on some […]
Reality Check – Golf (every day) Is Hard…
Last year, when we started talking seriously about doing this, Melanie cautioned that if we were going to try, step 1 was playing a mini-tour of 10 straight days to see how my body would stand up to the trip. I, of course, said “posh! I play hours of basketball everyday what is a little […]
Snow Day!!! 5 Things I Learned Playing in the Snow…
I’ve been trying to play in some adverse weather for the past few weeks, to no avail. Every time I’ve planned to play in foul conditions, I’ve gone out and it’s been a beautiful (or at least fairly nice) day. Last night’s weather forecast looked promising… So I went for it again. And today, mother […]
Clubs Matter…
After years of advice from my friends (specifically that my clubs were far too short) I went to the store Sunday and purchased a new set of irons. Well, I thought I was purchasing a new set of irons. It turns out I was wrong… I had purchased mobile rocket launchers. My old irons were […]
One seventh of the way there…
Yesterday marked the seventh straight day of golf on my mini-tour (AKA sanity test). It turns out fatigue is a thing. However, it’s not a situation where it’s making it impossible, or even difficult, to go on. In fact, I am more convinced than ever that I will be able to go 50 straight days […]