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On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:18:07 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:08:36 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:09 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Ok... I played golf yesterday afternoon... it's been ages, but I did
ok
against three guys who play a lot. I scored 64 on the 9 holes and came
in
third by 1 hit (he lost 3 balls in a small lake on one hole). My best
first
shot was about 170 yards dead straight (with cheering from the guys)
using
a
#1, and I got 1 par on a par 3. Oh, and the clubs were borrowed.

Some kids had a toy sailboat on the pond, so this post is on-topic.

Golf is great if you throw away the score card, only remember your
good shots and enjoy the day out in a nice park that lets you drive a
cart and hit balls with a stick.
Take plenty of ammo and don't waste a lot of time chasing balls that
went into the woods. (think dollar store, $10 for 2 dozen)
Another tip. Tee up every shot. It makes you look like a pro when you
pop that ball up out of the sand with your driver and go 200 yards
from a fairway trap. Tiger can't do that. ;-)

If anyone complains just tell them to assess the proper number of
penalty strokes ... oops you don't have a score card.

Gotta keep score... that's what we do! (lawyers)

FYI, I didn't lose a single ball.


You didn't lose the 3 in the lake, you know right where they are. ;-)

I did a classic "Tin Cup" the last time I played. I hit 3 or 4 in the
lake from the same tee before I finally got one over.

I do play from the blue tees. I paid for the whole course. I am
playing it.
I get a lot more golfing for my money. Those other guys only get to
hit 80 or 90 shots. I hit 150 or more. If I don't like a shot, I tee
up another one and hit it.


I didn't lose any anywhere. I started with one, and ended with the same
one.

Good deal, I misread your top note. It was the other guy who hit 3 in
the lake. Sorry
Did you actually hit across the water? Were you hitting from the red
tees? The ladies usually get a break on water. You may not have as
much water there anyway. Our courses are scooped out of the swamp so
they dig a lot of lakes to get some dirt for the hills.
Judy has 11 lakes on her course and there is water on almost every
hole. We are all getting to be experts fixing aerators though (big air
pumps) . They have 12 of them running 24/7 so we all get a lot of
chances to fix them.

Red tees? No way... well, I did a couple of times, but not on that one. On
that one my first hit didn't quite make it to the lake and the next one made
it over. Blue is pro, right? We played from the white ones. One time one of
the guys didn't get it to the women's tee on the first hit, which caused a
lot of laughter. That red tee was up on a mound and he hit the ball right
into the face of the mound, it went basically straight up, then rolled back
down into the ditch between the two.