Golf Scramble Weekend

I played two scrambles this weekend. Saturday I played in a Scramble to benefit Women's Basketball at Male High School. This was held at Long Run GC. Our team finished -6. Today I played at Cherokee GC in scramble to raise money for the St. Stephen Martyr Men's Club. We shot a -5 there. Both scores put us in about the middle of the pack. I think I played fairly well in both tournaments. I hit a few bad shots, but I think I helped us enough that I wasn't a burden. I did finish the weekend today by birdie-ing the last hole we played by myself. A par 3 that I hit last on, with nobody else anywhere near the green. I put a ball about 12 feet below the hole and sunk the putt. I did have my name on a closest to the pin hole for awhile today, but it didn't hold up. I think I've got one more Scramble this year. That will be on Thursday, Sept. 16.

BOB HELPS CELEBRATE THE "I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH" 47 YEARS AGO TODAY!

Round 47 for the year was a Stinker!

I played Iroquois GC today and shot a 43 - 45 = 88. I shot a 78 last week. Hmmm......10 shots worse. Not so good. I did feel like I putted better today, made a couple of long putts, and the putts I missed I felt like they were good efforts. I miss-hit several iron shots today that really cost me, and let a couple of drives get away to the right that cost me. But, overall, I feel like I played better than I scored. I walked the front 9 and rented a cart for the back 9. The weather was nice and I could have walked the whole 18, but I knew I would be really tired the final few holes so I thought riding would help me to enjoy the round a little more. And, I was right. It was fun, just wish I could have scored better.

Poor Putting brings about high Scores!

I played Shawnee GC today, the first time in several weeks. The weather was pretty nice today so I decided to walk. Whew! Several weeks without walking 18 holes gets you out of walking shape! I really got tired the last several holes. I finished double bogey, triple bogey, bogey and shot a 41 - 46 = 87. Hit one OB on #17. I really putted bad today. Missed several short putts I should have made, and even the medium long putts weren't very good efforts. I need to be a little bolder on my putts. I've been concentrating on hitting them the right distance and not putting 'through' the ball. Well, I needed to get my handicap up a little anyway. Round 46 for the Year!

A little Laundry Money

When I do laundry, every once in awhile I'll find a penny, dime, or maybe even several coins. When that happens I feel like "Wow, doing laundry really pays well". But today I hit the jackpot! While taking clothes out of the washer I found a wadded up bill, then another, and another. All together I came up with $55! I knew this would happen, Mary Lynn is trying to claim it was hers. "I put it in my pocket when I went to yard sales Saturday!". Yea, Right! I know the rule. "Finders keepers, losers weepers!"

Round 45 FTY, Weissinger Hills GC

I played Weissinger Hills GC today and shot a 42 - 43 = 85. I played fairly well, had trouble on a couple of holes that cost me. I really feel good about my tee shots. I've hit the ball well, my fairway shots have been improving. My putting is the main culprit. I've been putting well, overall, but have these holes where I 3 putt. Usually, after making a pretty good first putt, but maybe running it by the hole about 3 feet, then missing the short one to finish. There were several holes today that I had a long putt, 20-30 feet, and rolled it up to have it stop just short of the hole. To me, that's a good putt, but I need to be a little bolder. But, then, that's when I tend to run it by a couple of feet, then miss the short putt. Anyway, I don't feel like my putting is very far off, but it has been costing me a lot of shots lately. I gave Greg Lynn one stroke a side today. I beat him on the front, he beat me on the back, and we tied the 18. So, we broke even. Can't complain about that.

Thursday Golf at Iroquois GC

Thursday golf at Iroquois GC today. I played pretty good today, but I look back at all the short putts I missed and think about how much better it could have been. I'm still misssing those short 3-5 foot putts. But, I made better putts today, I think I just read them wrong. Two short putts were missed, even though I made a good stroke on them, but they broke out of the hole and I lipped them out. I really didn't think there would be very little if any break, but I was wrong. So, I was pleased with the putt, but the read was bad. I shot a 37 - 41 = 78. It was good enough to win low man with handicap. My 12 handicap netted me a 66. That won me $12! Our team came in 2nd by 5 strokes, but ahead of 3rd place by 14 strokes. Let's see, I think this was round 44 for the year.

Cramming for the Finals

We draft Sunday night for our 12 team Fantasy Football League. I have 7th pick out of 12 in a 'Snake' draft. This means that after the 12th person picks, they pick first to start the 2nd round and it goes back to #1, who then has last pick in the 2nd round, but picks first to start off the 3rd round. Does this make sense to all you who are not familiar with the draft? Anyway, in this system I will have pick #7, #18, #31, #42, and so on Until our teams our filled.

Having 7th pick makes for a tough decision. I know the top few running backs (RB's) will be gone and a couple of the top Quarterbacks (QB's) will be gone. I believe the top Wide Receiver (WR) will still be there. Should I take him? Or, a 4th or 5th ranked RB or 3rd or 4th ranked QB? A real dilemma. Or, it would be. But, this past Christmas Julie gave me this hand-dandy answer all questions book that I've been studying. Now I know what to do. I bet the other people in the league wish they had this handy reference book at their side with the draft looming on the horizon. Thanks Julie! It's like money in the bank!

Round 43 FTY, Weissinger GC

I played Weissinger Hills today for 43 of the Year. It was hot, but not as hot as it has been. I shot a 46 - 45 = 91. Not a very good score, but I was close to playing really well. Just a little off here and there, a lack of concentration mostly, and I could be down in the low 80's. Also, I've been putting terrible. Mostly on short 4-5 footers. I just can't make myself hit it firm. But, I'll work out of that. Like I said, I'm close to playing well, but just can't quiet get it together. It would have been nice to sit on a block of ice today like these lady golfers. We had a pretty good breeze for most of the day, but around hole number 14 it got calm and hot! No breeze and the clouds cleared so the sun beat down. It was fun, and I'm getting close to having a good round.

Enough is Enough is Enough!

I think everybody is getting tired of this heat. Last night we had dinner at Jerry and Kathy Norrenbrock's with the two other couples. Everybody seemed to be getting fed up! Judy said it was starting to make her mad!

When this heat wave first started, I tried to get along with it. I still tried to walk 18 holes...tried to go out to cut the grass.....tried to just keep living a normal summer existence. But I've given up. I've resigned myself to stay inside and wait it out. My grass can take care of itself until the weather breaks. The only time I'll be outside during the day is for short trips to and from the car and to keep my birdbath and bird feeders full. Any outside work can wait. I'm commited to playing golf on certain days, but I'm riding.

Round 42 for the year, and it was HOT!

I'm not putting a picture with this post today. Couldn't find one to adequately show how hot it was. I even rode a cart and it was really hot. This heat just keeps golf from being fun. Well, anyway, I shot a 45 - 41 = 85 today. I didn't play to bad, but my putting was terrible. I missed a lot of short putts, 3-4 feet. When you're that close, you expect to make it. I missed so bad I couldn't even lip out any putts. I did make a couple of nice 10 - 15 foot breaking putts, but the short ones killed my game. My chipping wasn't great, but when I did chip one up close, I couldn't convert it by making the putt! Let's hope this heat wave breaks soon. I'm not asking for much, just keep the temperature below 90 degrees!
ADDENDUM: We played at Iroquois GC. My team did win the team bet so I won $6. We were the first group off, played in 3 and half hours. I sat in the clubhouse for 45 minutes waiting for the next group, right behind us, to finish. I finally said "That's enough, I'm leaving". So I didn't find out who won until I got a call around 5:00 p.m. They finished one hour after we did. Now that's too slow with no one in front of you.

Louisville Mega Cavern

Mary Lynn and I went on a tour of the Louisville Mega Cavern today. We've been wanting to do that for some time now and finally got around to doing it.

It was very interesting. I was surprised at the amount of people that went on the tour. I would guess that there were around 35 - 40 people on our tour, and they have tours every hour on the hour from 10:00 to 5:00.

There are several experiments going on in the Cavern, raising crops, worm farms, and I'm sure others they didn't mention. They say they are the state's largest recycler. Old asphalt, concrete , tiles and such are hauled there and used to build the roads inside and fill in the spaces raising the floor so that the ceilings aren't so high. They use the cavern for many things. Mostly storage. People store boats and cars there. Many companies use the place to store their products. Some companies are actually putting in their production facilities there.

It maintains a constant 58 degrees temperature. They say that offices there would not ever need to heat or cool their rooms. The office machines that are always on, computers, etc., would provide enough heat to keep the temperature around 70 degrees.

There was even a movie on the tour. The screen was a concrete pillar put in an area where not enough natural pillars were left to support the roof. It was a short movie, from the early 60's, about a nuclear attack. This place would have been one of the shelters. But, only certain people would have been allowed. It would hold 50,000 people, but they would be specifically picked for their contribution to rebuild a new society when they could return to the surface. I'm sure I wouldn't have been one picked. One of the pictures above shows the area that would have been inhabited, with a lot of dummies set up. They picked this area because of the steady supply of water filtering down from the surface.

It was interesting.

Golf Scramble at Cherokee GC

I played another Scramble at Cherokee GC today. We played the same way we always do. Can't get it close to the hole from about 50 yards out! We always have a 20 -30 foot putt no matter how close we are hitting to the green. We finished -3, bogeying one hole. We went to the 'brotherhood' clubhouse after the tournament, located on Winter Ave., just a few blocks from my house. They had a nice lunch, pork chop sandwiches and bratwurst, plus a bunch of different salads along with baked beans. They gave away door prizes. They didn't have a lot, but they had two big white Teddy bears. They were still there when they drew my name. There was a little girl, about 5 years old, standing around with the crowd. I could see her really eyeing those Teddy Bears. So, even though I have to lovely granddaughters, I asked her which Teddy Bear she liked best and gave it to her. I didn't want Erin and Jill to have to share one. She seemed VERY PLEASED. So, that was my door prize.

Boo Weekly?

Computer Paintings by Erin and Jill

Erin and Jill did a painting on the computer. Erin's painting, left, is of a horse in the field with a setting sun.

Jill just wanted to do a 'design' painting with lots of colors! They're both pretty good artists!

Another Opossum removed.

Every morning I've been finding my squirrel traps set off and rolled around the yard and the peanuts missing. I knew something bigger than squirrels was rolling them around the yard. So I set my big trap last night to find out what it was. I'll take him down on Mellwood by the river and let him go. There's no way it could cross that many street's safely to get back here!

Golf at Eagle Creek

I played round 41 for the year today and shot a 43 - 42 = 85. We played at Eagle Creek GC in LaGrange, and I didn't win any money, but thought I played OK. I had one really bad hole, a par 3 that I tripled. Other than that I played pretty steady. I couldn't make any long putts. I made all my short putts, putts that can easily be missed but you expect to make. If I could have made a few putts and just bogeyed that par 3 I'd be looking at an 80. So, overall, I was pleased with the round. By the way, I know that picture looks like me and my swing, but it's not me.

Fun time at Willow Park Again!

Another fun night at Willow Park. I know this video will take me a long time to download onto my blog, but I believe my readers will want to see it. Jill is really fun to watch getting 'Jiggy' with the music. They had a pretty decent crowd, a little fewer than normal, and the dance floor was really empty. Especially compared to last week. Most songs last night had 4 to 6 couples on the dance floor at one time. These next two weeks should be good dance music. Sunday will be the 'Lost Boys', old time Rock'n Roll. The following week, Aug 15, will be 'Nervous Melvin and the Mistakes'. I haven't heard them for 20 years, but I remember they played a lot of Rock'n Roll, too. Sunday night 7:00-9:00. Be There!

Pine Mountain Golf Trip

14 of us went on a golf trip this past weekend to Pine Mountain State Resort Park. The golf course there was Wasioto Winds GC. It was a nice course, but the fairways were in poor shape. They were wet and burned out. Most drives plugged. With my short drives, with no roll, I was lucky to hit it 165 yards. That meant par 4's, most of them around 365 yards, I was around 200 yards away after my drive. Hard to par them when you can't reach them in 2. We got rained on Saturday Morning and had to stop for about a half hour.

We played one round Friday afternoon, playing our own ball. We played our own ball Saturday morning, then Saturday afternoon had a scramble. Sunday morning we played a 'Shamble'. We each hit our drives, picked the best one, and played our own ball from there. So, my scores were:

42 - 48 = 90, 50 - 50 = 100, 2 under and 3rd place out of 4 teams in the scramble, and 40 - 42 = 82 in the Shamble. Those longer drives I got to use really helped me on Sunday. So, the rounds I played my own ball was rounds 39 & 40 for the year.

I almost ran out of golf balls. I took 20 balls with me and after Saturday's rounds I had 4 left! The course had a lot of water, each one surrounded by cat-tails and high weeds. No retrieving balls from the water. Usually I find more balls than I lose, but on this course you didn't find any balls. Lost balls, usually in the water, stayed lost. But, Sunday I only lost one ball and that was on the 18th hole. I put my drive in the water. I couldn't stand the pressure.

We stayed at the lodge and the food was great. Order off the menu in the mornings and a large Buffet in the evenings. I had fun, now back to the grind of being retired!