Nevada Bob's

went to the mall last night with the family and the Nevada Bob's Golf at Sportcheck opened up. They even had a net to hit the balls into. Didn't see anything I really liked or any great deals but it was nice to have somewhere in town i can go for golf stuff

one last round for the season

So after a month of parenting, working a second job and just enjoying life, i finally was able to do 9 holes today after work. Me, Blaine and Pam went to Scenic City (for the first time in a while as i had that pass). The golf wasn't great, my wrist is killing me, but it was a lot of fun. I was too passive with the irons...EVERYTHING was short...putts...irons...chips...something to keep in mind next year...i think i only had one chance for a par (which i missed). it was fun...course was in decent shape but some holes were really wet and some were really dry so it was hard to get a read for the greens...like i needed an excuse :) this is probably it for 2010 unless i win the million (please please please)


2010 Totals
Holes : 145
Yards : 46227
Pars : 2
Birdies : 1


i think i had a good year even with having two young babies. my lack of golf through the month of august was solely because i decided to keep my second job as opposed to anything that the kids or jane did or didn't do.

16 with Dale and Dad

Me, Dale and Dad went to Northern Dunes yesterday for a 7;32 tipoff time. I was terrible off the tee, which made for a lon day. My shots from 50 yards and in (including chipping) were the weakest part of my game. My 5 iron was good, my hybrid, 6 and 7 were decent. Rest not good. We had a lot of laughs...i think that may be my last trip to Northern Dunes this year...it's a tough course...i said partway through to Dad that I miss Scenic :)

Holes : 136
Yards : 43407
Pars : 2
Birdies : 1

another 9 at northern dunes

Played 9 more at Northern Dunes today with Roland. Golf was so-so, had some good conversation. I actually played pretty well. i got into some trouble with my chipping and my putting was bad, but all in all i played pretty good. consistently good with my driver and i gave my hybrid a chance. i had quite a few chances for pars...all of which i missed :) Hopefully going back on Friday with Dale and Dad

Holes : 120
Yards : 38226
Pars : 2
Birdies : 1

Did 9 with Dana and Dad

i got to use my free 18 hole pass tonight with Dad and Dana...we did 9 after work. they can't use them very often because the guy didn't know enough to give it back to me :) we walked and it was hot...dad played really well....he hit a lot of good iron shots that left him putting instead of short chipping...beat me by 10 strokes over 9 holes. dana hit some good ones, but needs shorter clubs! she was often an inch high on the ball. i hit some okay tee shots and some okay long irons...even hit some good ones with the hybrid (in all fairness, i gave the hybrid more use than i have in a long time)...my short game was *awful*. 3 times i overshot the green from within 100 yards...on the first hole i took 3 shots to get out of the bunker...there were lots of "too short" chips. all in all i think we all had a good time...i'm going to talk to Dale about golfing this weekend (Sunday maybe) and Dad said he would come with me and Dale next Friday. The course was in great shape, I just didn't play particularly well...and like i said dad played so well that it made it seem like i played even worse :) i didn't have any terrible holes (except the first but that's expected), and except for the short game there weren't too many bad shots...i just didn't have any great ones. i will say, despite carrying my bag for the first time in years, it didn't seem as long as it has some other times...must be getting used to it :)

Holes : 111
Yards : 35251
Par : 2
Birdies : 1

I actually won something...am I semi-professional now?

Went out and played a best ball tournament for the Knights of Columbus with Chrystelle, Brüno and his wife Kathy at Northern Dunes and we had a blast. The golf was very slow we did 18 holes in 5 hours. the dinner afterwards was good. I golfed okay. Same as always...did good off the tee...inconsistent with my irons. In my head I hit the 6 iron about 20-40 yards further than i actually do :) I putted decently, but with best ball it's hard to get a rhythm i find. But after dinner I was the champ. I won a free month's worth of golf at Northern Dunes, which i'm sure my wife with 3 month old kids will think is a great thing.

Note the spelling

Ironically before dinner I was thinking "I've played Northern Dunes enough for this year, this will probably be the last time I play". I also won three other random draws (golf club covers, golf balls and garden shears that I gave to Chrystelle since she won nothing). If my numbers were going to come up for the 649 it was last night. :) We played so badly that I'm amazed that I have ever been able to get a birdie or a par :) 14th hole was the "long drive" hole and I thought I did pretty good when i blasted it...past the marker...turns out it was the ladies marker and the men's was at least 40 or 50 yards past where mine ended up. good times...not sure if I'd do it again because of the best ball. think there will be more updates before august 16th :)

I'm golfing in Kincardine on Friday with Jane's dad, uncle and Aunt. I'm sure Jane will be ready to kill me by August 16th...i figure once a weekend I will go with either Jane's dad, my own dad or whatever in the morning for 9 and I'll pay half.

Holes : 102
Yards : 32276
Pars : 2
Birdies : 1

my sister has taken up golf as well

my sister has never golfed before but is going to Whistle Bear (where they had the 2005 Canadian Open) next week because she works for RIM and that is where they are doing their annual golf thing next week. So earlier in the year I bought her a used set of left golf clubs (for $10) and this week we went out twice to the driving range at Scenic City. This is what she looked like after the first day



the second time she wore a glove. she was pretty darn good! i told her just to try and get contact with the ball and we were aiming at the 100 sign. she consistently hit the ball. she had lots of questions, which was great...she wanted to know what the "little circle thing" was (gets balls out of the water). she was afraid we'd hit the lady that was collecting golf balls (i told her there's a cage on her so that's who we aim for). we had a good time. we may go out on sunday as well