i heart cobble beach

me, Chrystelle, Patricia and Bryan went to Cobble Beach this evening and ended up doing 9 holes for $50 (with gps cart) and it was unbelievable. i really felt like I was on Entourage. I will have a hard time going back to Scenic City. Everything was shiny and exquisite. We got out of the car and they took our clubs and put them in a cart and let us drive over to the club house. The GPS was wild...it told us how far we hit it, how far to go, it honked at us if we were speeding. I'm a little simple, but i thought it was great. The course was in great shape. It was challenging. On the 5th hole the marshall came up and told us to look for some turkeys on the right side. Patricia took some great pictures. I loved it and can't wait to go back. It was a deal today for $50 for 18 holes and a cart, but we only got 9 holes in and "regular price" after 4 for that is $45 so maybe I'll take Dad or Dale there next summer for 9.

When you drive in it's almost like a sales pitch because they have the beautiful houses and you drive by them all and everything's for sale. Before we started the guy warned us that the greens were fast and there were no straight greens and they all slanted towards the water. We thought he was exaggerating but he was right. I had a great time. I didn't play particularly well...my two best clubs were my driver and my pitching wedge. The last shot of the night was a 20 foot putt so it ended up good. No pars or birdies but I am getting better. I hope I get some pictures from Patricia it was spectacular.



Me and Chrystelle trying to get out of the sand trap at the same time. Check out how far it is above my head to shoot out :)




There were some really beautiful holes

Total Holes : 187
Total Yardage : 58845
Pars : 6
Birdies : 1

here comes the sun

This morning me, Dale and Blaine went to Wiarton Golf Club. it was a very difficult course i thought. some long holes, some big blind dog legs. and it was damn hot. i played okay but i didn't chip or putt very well. once again my 5 iron was my best club by far. dale got a birdie on the first hole...it was a par 4 and he hit his second shot 3 feet from the cup. blaine got a birdie on 6 i think. no pars of birdies for me. the view was beautiful but the course wasn't in great shape. nice warmup for cobble beach tomorrow. i didn't get into too much trouble so the round went okay...i hardly got into the bush and not into the sand at all

Total Holes : 178
Total Yards : 55765
Pars : 6
Birdies : 1

Two pars, one birdie and a partridge in a pear tree

Today for the Bull golf tour, me and Brüno went to Chippewa in Southampton, which I had never been to before. We were supposed to go with Chrystelle and Patricia but Chrystelle had to work late and we were supposed to meet Patricia at 10 to 4 but didn't end up getting there until 4:20 so I assume Patricia did the smart thing and left :)

It was a very nice course and although it sounds like a broken record, I had the best game of my life. It's good to see all the practice and lessons paying off. First hole I was on the green in 2 and missed a birdie putt (badly) and got a bogie. Parred the second hold on a 20 foot putt. Got a birdie (which I never thought I would do in my life) on hole #5...i hit a 6-iron off the grass...hit the green and tapped in a 15 foot putt. It was great. Then I got another par on #8 (par 5). I was off to the side on my first shot. Not a great second shot. Third shot put it over the green and into the bunker. Chipped out of the bunker 2 feet from the hole and parred it. I was okay off the drive...I hit some really good ones but i hit a few bad ones. I was pretty good with my irons...i'm figuring out the distance better. I was much better at chipping and putting than I have been the last few times out...Uncle Lorenz gave me a compliment yesterday that I hit the putts hard enough to "give it a chance to go in" as opposed to keeping it short which I used to always do. I was very happy with my round. i got a 47 on the front 9 which was +12 which doesn't sound great, but for me it was. I'm literally seeing improvement from week to week.

We did the 10th hole then which was a par 5 with the ladies tee being a par 3 on the other side of the water. The 9th hole was actually longer for the ladies (a par 4) then the men to mix it up a bit. It was a good 200 yards to the water and probably the water was 50 yards so I hit the 3 wood and didn't get it near far enough to get to the water and then hit the 5 iron good but not far enough and I landed in. All in all a good day...I got a birdie :)

I also got a buy one get one free at Chippewa so if anyone wants to golf at Chippewa let me know :)

Total Holes : 169
Total Yardage : 52790
Pars : 6
Birdies : 1!!!

Scenic City with Dad and Uncle Lorenz

Today me, my dad and Uncle Lorenz went to Scenic City. My aunt and uncle were up for a couple of days and he was interested in going out so we did. Man he can hit it. He didn't do fabulous off the tee (he did hit some good ones) but man he hit the 5 wood off the fairway fantastically! Also he hit some great shots from 80 to 100 yards right at the pin and was an excellent chipper. That's the kind of golfer I'd like to be.

Dad was easily the best driver tonight...he played really well. I played pretty good...we did the front 9 and I hit some bad shots but I hit some pretty good ones too. I am definitely getting better. I tried putting the tee down a little bit because I was getting them way in the air off the drive...not sure if it made a difference. I hit some good iron shots...got in the sand once and took 3 swings at it to get it out. I played pretty good and I had some fun.

Total Holes : 159
Total Yardage : 49474
Pars : 4
Birdies : 0

Scenic City with Dale

Me and Dale did 9 holes today at Scenic City. I hit decent with the driver, decent with the irons, inconsistent chipping and not good putting but I still did pretty good. Miles ahead of where I was a month ago.

Total Holes : 150
Total Yardage : 46457
Pars : 4
Birdies : 0

Ottawa trip

This past week my wife and I made our yearly trip down to Ottawa, to visit friends, family etc. We went to Golf Town with my aunt and I tried out some Callaway drivers. I didn't hit worth a crap (I was wearing sandals) but it was still a lot of fun. If I ever win the million I'll totally get a golf simulator...the guy said it cost like $50 grand.

Me, my buddy Kevin and my uncle were supposed to play on Monday. My uncle ended up rolling his ankle at the Bluesfest, which may or may not have been alcohol related but he was out. Me and Kevin were going to play at a course called Falcon Ridge but it was so wet that they had closed the 18 hole and it was Ladies night when we tried to go, so we ended up playing at Capital Golf which was about 5 minutes away from my buddy's house. It was a par 3 but a lot of fun. I still can't figure out which iron to hit to get it 108 yards :) I hit about 3 greens off the "tee" (i didn't use a tee just hit off the grass) but was mostly short with the irons. I did everything okay but nothing spectacular. My buddy played excellent on the first 4 holes but he is a terrible putter. And he gets mad at himself. And on the last hole (the "big one" of 165 yards) he tried a couple with his driver and everything was 45 degrees to the right. He says he loses at least one ball a hole. We did 12 holes and once again I didn't lose any...of course it was a little par 3 but a streak is a streak. It was a wet mess...in Ottawa they got like 23 days of rain in the month of July so I got a couple of soakers. It was fun though and I would play again.




Total Holes : 141
Total Yardage : 43957
Pars : 4
Birdies : 0

"You guys are pros"

Me and Dad went to Scenic City and did 14 holes on a dreary, rainy evening but we had a good time. It took us 2½ hours which is pretty good i think. I easily had the best round of my life (thanks Andy if you're reading). My irons were superb...i used Dad's 3 iron instead of my hybrid and it went pretty good. My chipping was pretty good, not perfect but significantly better. My drives were much straighter...i didn't even lose a ball which is some kind of record for me. My putting was not great, but all in all it was a good round. I don't think I had anything worse than a double bogie. No pars, but most holes I had a long putt for par (which I missed) but I definitely struck the ball very well. Dad played a lot better too...we raced through. We did the back 9 first then did 1 and 2 and cut across to 7 instead of playing #3. We butted in front of these guys who were out for the first time ever and we both hit decent tee shots (Dad almost killed the group in front of us) and it caused the drunkest guy behind us to exclaim "you guys are pros"...it must have been their first day (ha!). I was on the whole extremely pleased...i doubt i even hit 4 bad shots out of 14 holes (not counting putts). We're heading down to Ottawa for a couple of days and hopefully will get a chance to do some golfing with Kevin and Dave. We'll see.

Total Holes : 129
Total Yardage : 42648
Pars : 3
Birdies : 0