Monday, April 27, 2009

No golf on this beautiful weekend...

Me and Jane went to London this weekend, and we stopped and visited our friends Pat and Dawn. Golf was promised, but it was real wet Sunday morning and they were renovating their living room, so it didn't work out. Here is the course we were going to go to... http://www.bearcreekgolf.ca/

In any case, I went to the wonderful Golf Town in London and wow was it nice. I'm not good enough to spend $700 on a set of drivers (yet) but once I am I'm going back. I did pick up a nice set of tees for $2 though :) Also I checked out some golf shoes and I'm going to pick some up this week sometime.

We're potentially going golfing as a group on Thursday, weather permitting.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Bull Golf Tour

For the second year in a row, me and some people from work are going to take part in the "Bull Golf Tour"

http://www.945thebull.ca/events.php?area=spotlight&event_id=1159

The idea is that they let you do 18 holes for $9.45. I think it's a great idea as it let's you go to a bunch of courses you would normally never go to, and it's cheap :) I'm going to stick to the ones that are (relatively) close to Owen Sound, so no trips to Pike Lake or Listowel, but it still will be a lot of fun and a chance for me to go out regularly. I should get out to 8 or 10.

May 6/09- Listowel Golf Club
May 13/09- Pike Lake Golf & Country Club Resort, Outside Mount Forest
May 20/09- Woodlands Links Golf Course, Clinton
May 27/09- Seaforth Golf & Country Club
June 3/09- Scenic City Golf Course, Owen Sound
June 10/09- Sauble Golf & Country Club – Hepworth
June 17/09- Mt. Forest Golf Club
June 24/09- Walkerton Golf & Curling Club
July 1/09- Homestead Golf & Winter Resort, Durham
July 8/09- Pinewoods Golf Centre, Sauble
July 15/09- Northern Dunes Golf Club, Hepworth
July 22/09- Bucks Crossing Golf Course, Hanover
July 29/09- Listowel Golf Club
August 5/09- Chippewa Golf and Country Club, Southampton
August 12/09- Pike Lake Golf & Country Club Resort, Outside Mount Forest
August 19/09- Bluewater Golf Course & Campground, Bayfield
August 26/09- Wingham Golf & Curling Club
September 2/09- South Port Golf Course, Port Elgin
September 9/09- Ainsdale Golf Course, Kincardine
September 16/09- Chippewa Golf and Country Club, Southampton
September 23/09- Scenic City Golf Course, Owen Sound

Saturday, April 18, 2009

April 18, 2009 - Scenic City

Today, I golfed for the first time all year. I had previously been to the driving range, but this is the first time I did 9. It was kinda cold, but it felt good. I went with Keith. I was okay off the tee, nothing special. I was absolutely horrid with the hybrids, inconsistent with the irons and decent with the putter. I used my pitching wedge the most out of all my clubs which was good because i was worried that I'd be stuck using the hybrid most. Maybe I did better off the tee than I remebered :) I didn't keep score, but with the exception of the first hole I wasn't awful. I need more work with my irons and particularly my hybrid clubs. I got new clubs for Christmas (thanks honey) and Keith had almost the same set which was funny. I've got to go out on the driving range and work with the hybrid and my irons and slow down my swing. It's fine off the tee, but I've got to slow down. All in all a good day. My best shot of the day was probably on the 9th hole. I had hit it to the right off the tee with the 7 iron and it was almost behind a tree, but I hit it dead on with the pitching wedge and it went about 10 feet past the hole on the green. If I was a better putter I would've had par :) The only hazard I got into was the water on 6. It was a short par 3 and the water was well to the right, so I said to Keith "you'd really have to duff it to get in the water" and of course, the golf gods heard me and I put two into the water. Third shot was nice though :)