Duke Golf League - August 29, 2006

Last night my partner and I played what turned out to be out last round. We are out of the playoffs but we paid for 16 weeks and we are planning to play all sixteen rounds. However rain caused us to miss one week and the final week my partner had to have a Cardio-light test so we missed the final week also.

Since we had no pressure we both had good rounds. I tied my best round of the season - 55 - with a 9 and a 10 on the two par fives. I started off with a bogey 5 and followed that with a 10 (two lost balls) then a 6 with another lost ball. I bogeyed the 4th hole and followed that with a 9. My fourth shot landed against the lip of a trap and it took me two shots to get out and three putts to finish the hole. I finished out with a par 3, bogey 5 and two double bogeys on 410 yard and 395 yard par fours to finish.

Duke Golf League - 8/22/06

The last round of the regular season. My teammate and I need 9 points to make the playoffs. It started off nice but rained for the first two holes and became very humid for the remaining 7.

I was getting 7 strokes and my partner was giving 2. I took 2 of the first three holes and thought I had a chance to help my team make the playoffs. From that point forward I lost every hole going 8-8-6 (par 3) 8-8-7 while my opponent shot his best round of the season. We lost 13-8 and ended up only one point shy of making the playoffs. Now I have three weeks of league golf with no prize so I will probally shoot my best rounds of the year. It was a fun season, all golf is fun but with no reward it is also disappointing.

I started the year setting new goals for practice and scoring and meet none of them so I am right where I started year.

The Lakes at Boiling Springs - 8/20/06

Sunday Wayne, Trish, Susan and I played at The Lakes at Boiling Springs. It was a warm day 88 and sunny.

It was an odd round that had a bad stretch in the middle of the front nine (7,10,8) and one bad hole on the back nine, the 10th hole - 9 otherwise it was a pretty good round with a final score of 102.

St James Plantation Founders Club 8/18/06

Saturday Wayne and I played at St James Plantation Founders Club. It was a warm day 88 and sunny.

It was a good round that fell apart at the end with 5 lost balls in the last 5 holes. Otherwise I played decently with only one 8, five 7's (three on par 5's), seven 6's, two 5's and three 4's. which added up to 5 bogeys, 10 double bogeys, 2 triple bogeys and 1 quad bogey. Putting was consistent with 16 2 putts and 2 three putts.

Duke Golf League - August 15, 2006

Today I played in the golf league. It was not too hot compared with recent weeks with the temp only 90 and the heat index at 92. I brought 4 bottles of Propel Fitness Water but only drank 3 of them. The course was dry again and we were allowed to drive everywhere which was good.

I played better than last week with my worst hole being a nine, an eight, a seven, four sixes, a five and a four. I totaled a 57 for the round. I still have not played a good round for me at Duke (50 or lower) in the league this year with my best being a 55 so far. We have only 1 week left for the regular season before the league playoffs begin and we are 4 points out of last place and still will make the playoffs if we can win 8.5 points against the last place team in next weeks match.

Duke Golf League - August 8, 2006

We played in the golf league. It was rather hot with the temp only got up to 99 and the heat index was mild at 105. I brought 6 bottles of Propel Fitness Water but only drank 4 of them. The course was dry again and we were allowed to drive everywhere which was good. I sweat a lot but not as much as the week before.

Again I played almost as bad as last week with an eleven, three sevens, three sixes, a five and a four. I totaled a 58 for the round. I have not played a decent round (50 or lower) in the league this year with my best being a 55 so far. We have 2 weeks left for the regular season before the league playoffs begin and we are 2.5 points out of last place and still will make the playoffs.

Duke Golf League - August 1, 2006

We played in the golf league. It was rather hot with the temp at 101 and the heat index at 115. I brought and drank 6 bottles of Propel Fitness Water and refilled two of them with water from the water fountain at the fourth hole and still was not fully recovered until Thursday morning. The course was dry and we were allowed to drive everywhere which was good. I sweat through my cloths with sweat dripping off my shorts by the 7th hole. I also soaked 4 golf towels I bring with me to wipe of sweat of dirt/grass off the club heads. by the ninth hole I had nothing dry to wipe my hands on. I had problems with clubs slipping in my sweatty hands all night.

I play almost as bad as last week with two snowman, two sevens, five sixes. I totaled a 60 for the round.