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 […]
Prep work
Introducing Melanie, and coming to grips with her sordid past…
Nothing, literally not one portion, of this trip would have been possible without Melanie. She has handled the logistics of our travel, identified the vast majority of courses to me to write, and provided support and encouragement to me, the value-level of which I’m 100% certain I’ve failed to express to her. But it hasn’t […]
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 […]
The Best Kind of Eagle…
I got off work a little early today so I went to the neighborhood driving range/par 3 course to get a few swings in. I bought a small bucket and 9 holes of golf and headed to the range. And then… this happened… Ironically, if I hadn’t paid for the round ahead of time, I […]
Practice 9 – AKA first round of the year…
I got out for the first time (other than the range) Thursday evening after work. I was only able to get in 9 holes, and the 10th green was literally a sheet of ice, so I really only played 8+ holes, but it was still great to get back out on the course. Recently I […]
Shots… lots of shots…
The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing. ~Phyllis Diller The weather finally relented a bit this week. Well… the later half of this week that is, on Tuesday Boise looked like this: In the “what-a-difference-a-day-makes” category, this was today: Closed putting green notwithstanding, it […]
It was a beautiful morning, and the company was great!
The golf… well… how does the phrase go… “the worst day golfing is better than the best day working,” right? The most consistent part of my game today was the unyielding dedication to failure of each and every aspect. Bad drives were quickly and easily forgotten because of the (lack of) quality of my approach […]
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 […]
I’m not a golf God… but – in one way – I’m getting close…
There is an old golf story/quote, attributed to Lee Trevino (paraphrased below): “If you are on a golf course in a storm, and are afraid to be struck by lightning… just use your 1 iron. Not even God can hit a 1 iron.” In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t even own a 1 […]
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 […]