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 […]
Unofficial rounds
Course Introduction – Caverns Mill
If you have been following along for many of these course introductions, you are aware of my affinity for water hazards. Truly I just cannot get enough of a course that features a great deal of water. In this way, Caverns Mill delivers! In addition to multiple in-course water features, several holes run along the […]
A birdie, a hosel, and a mulligan walk into a bar…
Note: this was supposed to be posted last fall… no idea how it didn’t happen. In any event, these things didn’t just happen, but none of my conclusions have changed, so I’m going to post it anyway 🙂 Sometimes Golf is a funny game. Not funny “haha” but funny “what the blank just happened.” Yesterday […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
And so it begins…
My journey began in earnest this morning. Okay, to be honest it started Saturday. Not that nothing has happened before this weekend, but things got a bit more real for me today. We have, in fact, been planning, our route is largely mapped out (although specific courses haven’t been selected yet… we just have a list […]