First Round of Golf

Well, I broke from my tradition of not golfing on the weekends in order to take advantage of the beautiful weather to get my first round in.  Harry and I rendezvoused at the A&W at the south end of town and I threw the clubs into his truck (I forgot to throw in my golf shoes).  I used my carry bag with my driver, 5 hybrid (from church rummage sale),  6, 9, sw, chipper & putter (also from church rummage sale) and off we drove to Birch Hills.  I purchased a 10 game card and we had time for coffee before teeing off.  First hole, I used the 5 hybrid for the first 2 shots (2nd one beautiful over the trees stopping close to the green.  I was struggling with my weight with the chipper and I didn't have my driver working.  I had 1 GIR and 2 pars,  otherwise mediocre round. My excuses - first round, different clubs, too few clubs, no golf shoes :)

Paul Casey wins first U.S. PGA Tour Victory

Paul Casey won the PGA Tour Shell Houston open in the 1st playoff hole against JB Holmes.  Although Paul has won 10 times on the European Tour, this was his first victory in the U.S. PGA Tour.  For full details, I encourage you to check out the coverage on the PGA Tour Website  http://www.pgatour.com/

Wet Cool Golf?

Randy wants to try golf tee-off at 1:06 pm Thursday. Forecast is +8c and 60% probability of rain.. Not looking good.

Senior Golf Range Volunteer

This year I signed up to be an alternate for the Tuesday evening shift at the Cooke Golf Driving Range. I worked with Harry Hancock early in the season to figure out what I had to do. Then I filled in once for someone and also for Harry when he was on vacation in Australia. On October 2nd, I attended an Appreciation Supper for the Senior Volunteers and it was and excellent meal and great fellowship. I sat with John Schmidt and Danny Jutras. John is part of the Ham Radio fraternity and we talked about the old days of Ham Radio and his teaching career. I neglected to put my name in for the door prizes, but the MC gave me the opportunity to put my name in before he started the draws and lo and behold if my name didn't get drawn for a Rugged Country golf cap.

Stephen Ames wins

Stephen won the PGA Tour event on Sunday. Check out the details at the link below:

http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r045/11/04/ames.ap/index.html

Stephen Ames leading Tournament after 3 rounds

Canadian Stephen Ames leads the PGA Tournament by one stroke going into the final round on Sunday... Go Stephen.

PGA - Fry's Electronics Open

Great news. Canada's Mike Weir played a great weekend and final round of golf with great approach shots. He won the Fry's Electronics Open by 1 stroke with -14. It has been 3 1/2 years since Mike has last won. CONGRATULATIONS!

Great Day for Golf

This post was moved from another blog, hence the lack of chronology.
Dan Stroman and I teed off at 9:00 am at Kachur's Golf Course. Keep in mind 9:00 am is an early tee time for me. We talked Patti into accepting Dan's Gift Certificate (with her signature) as a paid green fee to go along with my payment to allow me to use a free golf cart rental coupon. First 2 balls I didn't make over the water on the first tee. I ended up with 57 after first 9, but did better playing the back 9 with a 48 and 105 total. Dan played better on the front 9 with a 51 and took a 12 on #17 to make the game closer. His back 9 score was 53 even with the 12 so he beat me by one stroke. More importantly, it was a great day for golf... A bit windy, but lots of sunshine and shirt sleeve after the first few holes.
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