Golf at Iroquois GC, Round 63 for the Year

Well, the game wasn't bad today, but the leaves were beautiful! I shot a 43 - 40 = 83. Not good enough to win low score, but our team won, so I came out $1 ahead. Just about every tee box, I was amazed when I looked around at how pretty the trees were. Right now is prime viewing time! But, back to golf. I played decent today. A few muffed shots here and there that fattened my score up. Once again I didn't have a round with no more than a bogey. But, I didn't have any more than a double bogey!A few bad shots changed here and there and I could have been in the mid-70's.

Golf round 62 for the year

It was a very wet round today. It started drizzling about halfway through the front nine and steadily rained harder as time went on. By the time we finished 18 it was a light, steady rain. I was very glad to get done. It was a Jekyll and Hyde round. I shot a 39 - 50 = 89. I'm not a mudder!. I really didn't play that poorly on the back nine, but a few errant shots made for 3 blow-up holes. A ball out of bounds on 10 and one OB on 16, and that will boost a score pretty high! I did get $15 for winning one of the nines in an earlier round. I'm sure it wasn't last week, so it must have been 2 weeks ago.

Coincidence? I think not.

Two different story angles here:
Story 1: I was metal detecting at St. Matthias Field today. I've never found a real silver quarter. I found my first real silver dime Saturday. Today I dug a hole and found this horseshoe. The very next hole I dug I found this silver quarter! Believe me, I'm keeping the horseshoe! I think I'll mount it to the side of my wooden box I keep all metal detecting tools in.
Story 2: Brian came by to visit yesterday. I know Brian has found a silver dime. Mark and I have never found a silver coin. I found my first silver dime Saturday. When I told Brian I was now even with him he informed me that he's also found a silver quarter! I didn't know that. Well, Mr. Brian smarty pants, now we're even!!!
Check out the 2 quarters. One is a 2001, lost for maybe 8 years at the most. Then check the 'real' silver quarter, 1964, probably lost for 40 years. What a difference in the coins!

MY FIRST SILVER COIN!!!!

I found my first real silver coin! A 1942 mercury head dime! There is no mistaking it. It's the shiny one in the middle. I also found another ring. This one is marked "sterling" on the inside so I know it's silver. I also found a game token and a boy scout tie clasp.
I've mention before about the new pennies. Check out the 'half penny' on the right. It's only a 1991 and already eaten half gone.
I found the tie clasp in Clarksville along with $1.12. The rest of the finds were at Audubon Elem. School.

Round 61 for the Year

I played Iroquois GC today. Played pretty good overall, a few bad shots, but I hit a lot of good shots. I shot a 41 - 38 = 79. I have to admit though, that on 3 of the par 5 holes they had the yellow tees moved up to the ladies tees. So they were shortened up a bit. I won the money for low round with handicap. My handicap has climbed back up to 14, so my 79 netted to a 65. My foursome also won the team bet, so I ended up winning $12. The last two rounds I've hit the best drives of the season. I don't know why, but I've been hitting them longer. Not all of them, but I've really gotten ahold of a few drives that even impressed me. Of course, I'm talking long drives for ME.

Finding more "Bling"

I found this batch at St. Matthias, beside the basketball court. The small piece, I don't know if it's off an earring or necklace. The large $ sign I'm sure came off a necklace. I also don't have any idea if they are silver. I didn't find any old coins. I consider 'old' as either silver coins or wheat back pennies. Even though, if you look closely, the middle top penny is a 1959. That penny is 50 years old.Some people might call that an 'old' coin. But, I call 'good' pennies 1982 or earlier. After 1982 they changed the composition to 99% zinc and the pennies start to corrode as soon as they're in the ground. Check out the difference in the pennies on the left side of the photo and the pennies on the right side of the photo. The pennies on the right are all newer, but look a whole lot worse!

Another Milestone reached, round 60 for the Year.

I don't know what this picture has to do with my golf, but I thought it was funny so I put it in. Anyway, I played round 60 for the year at Shawnee GC yesterday. I shot a 38 - 45 = 83. The front side 38 came close to being a great round for me. I double bogeyed the 9th hole. Just couldn't stand the pressure. I think I started falling apart on the 8th hole when I dubbed a chip, causing me to bogey. I still think my 38 could be good enough to win the front 9 with my handicap, which I think is now an 11 or 12. The back nine, was my usual inconsistant golf. I hit a lot of good shots and mis-hit enough balls to fatten my score. I hit some of my best drives of the year during the round though. I was pleased with that. Overall, I was very happy walking 18 holes, playing with friends, and the weather was perfect.

Cowgirls Riding the Open Range

Mary Lynn and I attended Chance School's Fall Festival yesterday. Erin and Jill got to ride the horses. The had 2 ponies and 2 horses. The girls, being the fine horsewomen that they are, rode the horses. Don't they look comfortable in the saddle? Just because their feet aren't reaching the stirrups doesn't mean they can't handle these fiery steeds!
The only disappointment was that Erin didn't get to do the Cake Walk. They were out of cakes and closed down before we got to it. I'm sure Erin envisioned something a little better than it actually is, or she wouldn't have been so disappointed.

Metal Detecting First for Me

I found a Dollar Coin today. The first one of those I've found. I also found another ring. It was similar to the ring I found the other day, but this one is better quality, 10k Gold. It has the initials GF in the inside, but on the top of the ring is the letter "O". I also found an earring. Don't know if it's gold or not. It was underground and wasn't tarnished at all. So, I'm thinking it's pretty good quality.
All of this was found at Audubon Elem. School, off of Hess Lane.

More Treasure

These wonderful treasures were found at Audubon Elem School grounds. The little brass colored ring has the initial 'B' on it. It's a cheap ring and was starting to corrode. The other 'ring' I believe is not a piece of jewelry. It's too light weight. Just not much substance to it. I think it might be a ring off a ball point or fountain pen. That type of ring, anyway. They were pretty exciting to find, anyway, until I had a chance to examine them. That's the fun of metal detecting, you never know what you'll be digging up next!

Round 59 for the Year

I think I've had enough golf this week. In the past 8 days I've played 8 rounds of golf and 1 scramble. I played Shawnee GC today in my normal Tuesday Golf day. I shot a 42 - 41 = 83. Not bad, but again, not good enough to win the money. I triple bogied two holes in a row, # 2 and #3, and still shot a 42. Again, I can't seem to keep those big holes from popping up. That's what happened in Tennessee. I play steady golf and then all of a sudden, BAM! A big 7, 8, or 9 jumps on my card ruining a pretty good round. I've gotta work to get that under control. My next scheduled round is Saturday at Weissinger Hill GC. It's going to be cold. My goal is no more than a bogey. We'll see.

Tennessee Golf Trip Scores.....

Well, I got my scores from the golf trip. I said I'd post them, even though I'm not proud of them. I played from the white tees, and all the courses were very soggy. You got 'NO' role on any shot, so any par 4 over 340 yards I couldn't reach in two. I think I tried to overswing to compensate for the fact I wasn't able to reach greens in regulation even with good shots. Well anyway:

Monday - 52 - 39 = 91

Tuesday - 48 - 48 = 96 Second round rained out

Wednesday - 51 - 48 = 99 ...........47 - 52 = 99

Thursday - 44 - 46 = 90 ............. 47 - 45 = 92

Friday - 46 - 45 = 91

Overall, I was pretty consistant. Each day we played a different course, so the two rounds I played on the same day were pretty close. Well, my blog is 'BobsBadGolf'.

Lurking at the Bird Feeder

This hawk was sitting on the fence by the bird feeders today. I assume he was looking to feed on what feed's at the bird feeder. I took several pictures of him, stepping a bit closer each time, until he flew away. Several hours later I looked and he was back. I checked my bird book and I think he's a Cooper's Hawk. But I've never been very good at identifying birds.

It's not the Hat...

I wear a hat. I don't like wearing a hat. I don't look good in a hat. But I wear one because I need to keep the sun off my face, ears, and neck. The girls wanted to try my hat on. As I said, I don't look good in a hat. But, as you can see, it's not the hat.

Back from Tennessee

We got back from Crossville, Tennessee last night about 6:30. It was a nice trip. We played 7 of our scheduled 8 rounds, getting rained out on the 2nd round Tuesday.

The picture is the 1st green at Dorchester G. C. We played that course Friday before heading back.This was the only course that we were allowed to take the cart off the paths. Even at this course there were 5 holes we had to stay on the path. All the courses were very soggy. None of the drives got any roll at all. Most of the time the ball hit and bounced back a couple of inches. Needless to say, it did not play well for a short hitter like me. I came in tied for 3rd, with Donnie Middleton. Brian came in second, and the tournament was won by Donnie "Rughead" Dolson. If I get some of the pictures emailed to me, I'll post them at a later date.

The courses were very hilly. The type of courses it would be impossible to walk. On one course, when you left one green, the cart path went almost straight up a mountainside to the next tee. If you tried to walk it it would take every bit of 20 minutes to get to the next tee. That's if you could get there at all. I'm sure you couldn't pull a pull-cart up that path. And carrying your clubs, some parts of the cart path were so steep you would almost be on your hands and knees just to make it up. So, I'm pretty sure a person couldn't really walk the course. Most of the holes you could not see the next tee from the green you just left.

Brian has all the score cards. I'll get my scores from him at post them on my next blog entry. I averaged 94 per round.

A woman's work is never done...

That's the conclusion we've come up with!

I'm leaving on a golf trip so I thought I'd post something that would keep people busy commenting on for a week.

Iroquois Golf, Round 51

I played my 51st round of the year today. It was better than the 50th round. I shot a 45 - 40 = 85. I feel a little better about my game now. I hated playing terrible Sunday and even worse, I hated the way I acted Sunday. I was very depressed and was dreading the upcoming trip to Tennessee. I hate to be going on a golf trip, a vacation, and dreading it. It's supposed to be fun.

I play from the yellow tees. Sunday I played from the white tees. I think that extra distance intimidated me and threw me off my game. I need to have my head on staight on this road trip if I expect to play better.

We leave Monday morning about 7:30 a.m. headed to Crossville, Tenn. We play 18 when we get there, 36 holes on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Then play 18 Friday morning and drive back. I lobbyed for a shorter trip. We're going to Tennessee instead of Florida. That works. But I also wanted a 'shorter' trip, 3 days instead of 5. Oh well, you can't win them all.