This AM the grand dog conned me into taking her out at 4 AM. Big mistake! There was a skunk roaming in the backyard that neither of us saw (meaning the dog) until it was too late. The skunk didn't like the fact that we were there and let the world know it. Fortunately I knew something was up when the dog took off like a shot and was able to get her back before too much damage was done. But, she got enough spray that it smelled like hell. Now if you recall we had a little incident with a skunk a few months ago with the Nurse's car along Bates road, and still had a supply of "Skunk Off". After a liberal application it was time for bath. Being a good sized dog we thought a shower was the better option (besides we don't have tub on the first floor). Let's just say the dog wasn't interested in bathing at the early morning hour. After some effort we had a big ball of wet fur trying to shake in our bathroom. By 8 AM the only person asleep in the house was the dog. The Nurse and I were trying to get some residual skunk smell out. As of right now we're pretty much back to normal, but putting the short leash rule in effect for late night potty breaks.
Lots of golf to look forward to this week, along with the 4th's celebration.
CC
Monday, June 30, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
A Wet One
It was a wet one Thursday morning as we prepared to tee it up. We were playing a morning round due the stag. Field skins was the game of the day with only three winners ($15 per skin). The competition was brutal with a lot of people biting the dust. It took at least a net birdie to cash in. That's only fair when you think about it.
Pray that it doesn't get really hot before the course dries out. We don't need anymore problems this year. High heat would mean a real danger for fungus. Did you notice the tree at the walking bridge on #14? The high wind took out the rest of it (part was lost in 2012). Now the hole really opens up. The risk reward on the second shot has just changed. Now we can really go for it after a shorter tee shot.
OTR says he hasn't lost a ball in a while, but I found another yesterday. He said it must have been lost by someone else. My response was right! In any event I returned it to him since it was a Pro V.
See ya,
CC
Pray that it doesn't get really hot before the course dries out. We don't need anymore problems this year. High heat would mean a real danger for fungus. Did you notice the tree at the walking bridge on #14? The high wind took out the rest of it (part was lost in 2012). Now the hole really opens up. The risk reward on the second shot has just changed. Now we can really go for it after a shorter tee shot.
OTR says he hasn't lost a ball in a while, but I found another yesterday. He said it must have been lost by someone else. My response was right! In any event I returned it to him since it was a Pro V.
See ya,
CC
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Rain Drops
Tuesday we thought we would have to dodge the rain drops while playing. By some stroke of luck we got the round in before the skies opened up and gave us one of those south Florida late afternoon storms. Then later we got the typical Midwest summer thunderstorm. And, they continued for the next 36 hours. I can't wait to see how wet things are today. Anyway we had 10 players tee it up for another round of competition. No spectacular scores, bur Twinkle Toes crew beat us by a shot.
Not much else going on right now. The 4th of July is fast approaching which means we get one of the grand dogs for a week. The dog is great, but always cures me from wanting another one while we are still really active. Dogs tend to control your life even though they are great family members. Except for the times she wakes me up at 5 AM to go out. I think what she really wants is a biscuit when she comes in (something the Nurse started).
Time to get dressed since we are playing in the morning because of the stag.
CC
PS - Did you see the playoff for the PGA club pros championship? The UT coach, who had lead for most of the tournament, lost in a two hole playoff. Bummer!
Not much else going on right now. The 4th of July is fast approaching which means we get one of the grand dogs for a week. The dog is great, but always cures me from wanting another one while we are still really active. Dogs tend to control your life even though they are great family members. Except for the times she wakes me up at 5 AM to go out. I think what she really wants is a biscuit when she comes in (something the Nurse started).
Time to get dressed since we are playing in the morning because of the stag.
CC
PS - Did you see the playoff for the PGA club pros championship? The UT coach, who had lead for most of the tournament, lost in a two hole playoff. Bummer!
Monday, June 23, 2014
Summertime
Well Summer is officially here, although Friday evening didn't feel that way. We played in the couples twilight and it was cool and damp. A fun format using many of the par three tees. Best part was we tied for first place. Now we can buy some new socks from Brad. It was nice to have fried chicken served family style (good comfort food).
Saturday dawned bright and clear, a perfect day for golf. The GWH was back from safari and picked up where he left off. Basically putting money in our pockets. It was a hard fought match and came down to the final holes before we prevailed. The SD's putter was red hot from outside 15 feet. You could hear the "hi ho silver's" echo around the course. Fortunately Dr. AH was able to match him at the right times.
I'm not a big soccer fan, but how do you let the other team score in the last 10 seconds? Very seldom do you see any team win when they go to the "prevent defense". The US team still has life, but what a let down. As exciting as the match (game) was it was still like watching grass grow.
The 4th of July is right around the corner. Seems like just yesterday we were shoveling snow. Oops, this year we were.
See ya at the training table.
CC
PS - How about Kevin S birdieing out yesterday to win on the PGA. His 7 straight birdies may not be a record, but I was impressed.
Saturday dawned bright and clear, a perfect day for golf. The GWH was back from safari and picked up where he left off. Basically putting money in our pockets. It was a hard fought match and came down to the final holes before we prevailed. The SD's putter was red hot from outside 15 feet. You could hear the "hi ho silver's" echo around the course. Fortunately Dr. AH was able to match him at the right times.
I'm not a big soccer fan, but how do you let the other team score in the last 10 seconds? Very seldom do you see any team win when they go to the "prevent defense". The US team still has life, but what a let down. As exciting as the match (game) was it was still like watching grass grow.
The 4th of July is right around the corner. Seems like just yesterday we were shoveling snow. Oops, this year we were.
See ya at the training table.
CC
PS - How about Kevin S birdieing out yesterday to win on the PGA. His 7 straight birdies may not be a record, but I was impressed.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Catching Up!
Wow! It can't be possible that a week has gone by since my last posting. There has been a lot going on and time got away from me.
Last weekend was filled with a lot of golf. Since the GWH was on safari LTG filled in on Saturday. A lively game of COD saw the SD and I win a few $'s on the last six holes. Sunday LTG and I lost a hard fought Old Pal match. We had it in hand but couldn't hold off our opponents on the last four holes. We had to win 18 to extend the match, but lost to a par. Just too many stokes against us.
Monday the Nurse and I went to G-town to see the Rabbit Wrangler and Miss Emma. We had a nice visit, but I ended up with back spasms and could barely move on Tuesday. So I turned everything over to KC and the Lr. Dr. for a couple of days. Finally on Thursday I was able to swing and returned to the battlefield. But, I still had to have the Lr. Dr. run things since I had a meeting that ran past noon. I'm not sure how things turned out since I had to hustle off to a Greens Comm. meeting after golf. Since I didn't find any money in my locker I presume we didn't place.
Kudos to KC for organizing the lunch for the grounds staff. Eric said they really appreciated it. It was good see all the JRSRs who showed up to join in. Eric and his crew are starting to get on a normal schedule after a brutal winter and challenging spring. They are now getting to the detail work that sets any course apart. Yes the greens were slow on Thursday, but weren't cut due to all the rain on Wednesday night. As they dry out the speed will come back. I've heard a lot of questions about the bunkers. Well drainage is the issue, and a spare $400K would cure it. I think we're all happy with the bunkers on #4, but remember they were completely rebuilt with the renovation work. Unfortunately bunkers are well down the priority list.
Friday night couple's golf today. The format sounds like fun. Hope to see you there.
CC
Last weekend was filled with a lot of golf. Since the GWH was on safari LTG filled in on Saturday. A lively game of COD saw the SD and I win a few $'s on the last six holes. Sunday LTG and I lost a hard fought Old Pal match. We had it in hand but couldn't hold off our opponents on the last four holes. We had to win 18 to extend the match, but lost to a par. Just too many stokes against us.
Monday the Nurse and I went to G-town to see the Rabbit Wrangler and Miss Emma. We had a nice visit, but I ended up with back spasms and could barely move on Tuesday. So I turned everything over to KC and the Lr. Dr. for a couple of days. Finally on Thursday I was able to swing and returned to the battlefield. But, I still had to have the Lr. Dr. run things since I had a meeting that ran past noon. I'm not sure how things turned out since I had to hustle off to a Greens Comm. meeting after golf. Since I didn't find any money in my locker I presume we didn't place.
Kudos to KC for organizing the lunch for the grounds staff. Eric said they really appreciated it. It was good see all the JRSRs who showed up to join in. Eric and his crew are starting to get on a normal schedule after a brutal winter and challenging spring. They are now getting to the detail work that sets any course apart. Yes the greens were slow on Thursday, but weren't cut due to all the rain on Wednesday night. As they dry out the speed will come back. I've heard a lot of questions about the bunkers. Well drainage is the issue, and a spare $400K would cure it. I think we're all happy with the bunkers on #4, but remember they were completely rebuilt with the renovation work. Unfortunately bunkers are well down the priority list.
Friday night couple's golf today. The format sounds like fun. Hope to see you there.
CC
Friday, June 13, 2014
The Blues
Being Thursday we moved it back to the blue tees for OTR and all those preparing for an Old Pal or President's Cup match. It didn't make much difference in the scores at the end of the day. OTR's crew came out on top, with the Lr Dr. a distant 2nd. We did acknowledge that if you are 75 years of age you can play from the white tees if you so desire (standard BCC procedure). Hopefully everyone will be happy now.
Don't forget Demo Day today. Also we should thank Tsqrd for the pavers being installed at the entrances to the tees. They really dress up the course. Speaking of the course, the greens are starting to come around, and have made great improvement since last week. Yea, I know they are still slower than you all want but giver them time. Eric has just been able to start his normal program. Remember this was one horrid winter, and things don't change over night. We could be playing on mud or worse. And for all you who have commented about 14 tee. It was an irrigation problem that has been corrected.
See ya,
CC
Don't forget Demo Day today. Also we should thank Tsqrd for the pavers being installed at the entrances to the tees. They really dress up the course. Speaking of the course, the greens are starting to come around, and have made great improvement since last week. Yea, I know they are still slower than you all want but giver them time. Eric has just been able to start his normal program. Remember this was one horrid winter, and things don't change over night. We could be playing on mud or worse. And for all you who have commented about 14 tee. It was an irrigation problem that has been corrected.
See ya,
CC
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Winners!!!!
We have had five winners in the SOTD over the last two weeks. Now I don't know what is going on, but it may be time to change the dice. I won't go into all the gory details but the jackpots have range from $52 (high) to $14 (low), and surprisingly we still have $25 in the pot. That says one thing to me. Participation is up. We have had an average of 12 players on Tuesday and Thursday which is good for all of us since that means more money to play for in the daily game.
Speaking of games, Dr AH and I vanquished our weekend foes again (all on the backside) on Saturday. It was a hard fought battle all the way around. The outcome hinged on a couple of missed short putts. That seems like it's always the short one that have the most impact.
BCC was represented well at the Senior Inter club at TCC. I think we had 3 out of 5 teams in the money and our combined score was 15 shots lower than 2 nd place. Congrats to Gilhooley and T sq'd for shooting -15 to place first. That's some good playing. Next up in the rota is BCC. Let's hope we can do as well.
The weather for the upcoming week calls for scattered showers. Keep your fingers crossed that we get our golf in.
CC
Speaking of games, Dr AH and I vanquished our weekend foes again (all on the backside) on Saturday. It was a hard fought battle all the way around. The outcome hinged on a couple of missed short putts. That seems like it's always the short one that have the most impact.
BCC was represented well at the Senior Inter club at TCC. I think we had 3 out of 5 teams in the money and our combined score was 15 shots lower than 2 nd place. Congrats to Gilhooley and T sq'd for shooting -15 to place first. That's some good playing. Next up in the rota is BCC. Let's hope we can do as well.
The weather for the upcoming week calls for scattered showers. Keep your fingers crossed that we get our golf in.
CC
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Problems
The previous post was done well before Sunday. Due to problems unknown to me until Saturday it wasn't published when I pressed the button. It took me a while to figure the problem out and make correction. I'm not sure I really figured it out, but it was more like I punched enough keys and finally hit on the right solution.
Anyway on to other things. The road trip to Chippewa was successful from all accounts. I heard JJ had his problems though. Saturday saw another edition of the running match with the SD and GWH. I'm not sure what inspired the GWH, but he played well beyond his demonstrated skill level. The old adage about blind pigs was in evidence. Dr. AH and I played pretty well but just couldn't overcome the alignment of the stars that were against us and lost what we had won the previous week. The anniversary fund is looking a little weak. All I can say is it is a long summer.
Good sized crowds this weekend at the social hours. There is no better place to have dinner then the balcony on a summer's eve. i saw we had another wedding on Saturday. we ran into the wedding party on Saturday and I just had to ask what the canopy and four chairs were for. Answer-the four piece string quartet. What will they think of next?
Off to the annual meeting.
CC
Anyway on to other things. The road trip to Chippewa was successful from all accounts. I heard JJ had his problems though. Saturday saw another edition of the running match with the SD and GWH. I'm not sure what inspired the GWH, but he played well beyond his demonstrated skill level. The old adage about blind pigs was in evidence. Dr. AH and I played pretty well but just couldn't overcome the alignment of the stars that were against us and lost what we had won the previous week. The anniversary fund is looking a little weak. All I can say is it is a long summer.
Good sized crowds this weekend at the social hours. There is no better place to have dinner then the balcony on a summer's eve. i saw we had another wedding on Saturday. we ran into the wedding party on Saturday and I just had to ask what the canopy and four chairs were for. Answer-the four piece string quartet. What will they think of next?
Off to the annual meeting.
CC
Oops!!
LTG didn't score two aces Sunday. He's not sure how that rumor got started, but he only made one ace (#4). Sorry about the confusion, but I was relying on other reporters.
Another great day yesterday. Since we had a small crew (holiday hangover?) we played our own ball. KC, Bob B and I played first since KC had important "bidness" to attend to. We flew around the course in about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Brad thought we only played nine we were so quick. It doesn't take long when you don't take a lot of shots. I wish my score was reflective of that thought (seven three putts doesn't help). Anyway, the other group finally came in and LTG and KC had a scorecard playoff for first. LTG finally won on the third hole. He played well, shooting 76 (no aces though).
Thursday is stag day. The group decided it might be a good day for a road trip to Chipawea. The GWH said that was a great idea and has everything set up. All interested should meet at BCC at noon and join the wagon train. The plan is to tee off at our normal time.
See ya,
CC
Another great day yesterday. Since we had a small crew (holiday hangover?) we played our own ball. KC, Bob B and I played first since KC had important "bidness" to attend to. We flew around the course in about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Brad thought we only played nine we were so quick. It doesn't take long when you don't take a lot of shots. I wish my score was reflective of that thought (seven three putts doesn't help). Anyway, the other group finally came in and LTG and KC had a scorecard playoff for first. LTG finally won on the third hole. He played well, shooting 76 (no aces though).
Thursday is stag day. The group decided it might be a good day for a road trip to Chipawea. The GWH said that was a great idea and has everything set up. All interested should meet at BCC at noon and join the wagon train. The plan is to tee off at our normal time.
See ya,
CC
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