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

1 step forward, 2 steps back

did not have a good round of golf today at Northern Dunes with Blaine and Dale. I may have drank too much beer but even before that I was terrible. My irons and my hybrid are back in the doghouse. I got the sh*nks on hole 3 and they basically didn't go away. Live and learn! We had a good time but I definitely didn't play very well. They gave us a sleeve of 3 balls each but i bet we each lost that in the first 4 holes :)

Holes : 84
Yards : 26267
Par : 2
Birdies : 1

i hope golf genes come from the mother's side

regular followers of my blog may notice that the posts have gone down recently...with good reason! on may 3rd my wife gave birth to twins - Sophie and Liam.



i went out golfing with my father in law to Northern Dunes in Hepworth yesterday. he pounded me. i had forgotten what a difficult course it was...we did get all 18 in not like last year with Keith there was lots of bush and the greens were very big. i did feel rusty but i limited my terrible shots. my driver was my best club, then probably chipping and putting. my irons were terrible..my short irons were bad and my long irons were worse. i bet i hit better with my hybrid than i did my 5 iron and my hybrid wasn't great. there were a bunch of long par 4s which were made a lot longer since i couldn't hit it more than 100 yards with an iron.....grr. we had fun though. i got a par on #6 i think. in any case we both had a great time...thanks a lot Dale!

p.s. the northerndunes.com website is much improved! check it out!


Total Holes : 45
Yards : 14332
Pars : 2
Birdies : 0

Northern Dunes It Is!

Today, me and Keith went to Northern Dunes in Hepworth. It was a lot of fun. Keith had a hamstring issue so we took a cart and went and tried to do 18 holes (for $60/piece...yikes...a far cry from the $10 golf "tours" i'm used to playing). We played for almost 5 hours...it was slow on the front 9 and faster on the back, but Keith only brought 3 balls so on hole 16 we had to quit because we ran out of balls (!) Of course, we were both zonked...i need to find more balls...off to Walmart I go tomorrow. I was consistently a little better...fewer "worse" shots. I still need to work on my irons and particularly shots from 50 feet and in...so when I get lessons I will ask about that. I drove fairly well but I did duff a couple. We both lost quite a few balls (see above). My shot of the day was on 8 I believe. I hit a 6-iron out of the sand trap at least 150 yars and within 10 feet of the hole. It was a great shot. We had a lot of laughs...I started getting low around hole 10 so I grabbed a sandwich and I was fine. Keith picked up some guy's ball when we were coming down the back 9 and denied it up and down. It was good for a laugh. We decided when we go again it will be to the small golf course on the other side of Sauble Golf and Country Club...I figure it will be cheaper. Note to anyone who goes to Northern Dunes...wait until 1 to start...it cost us more because we started at noon. I relaxed tonight in my parent's hot tub to ease my shoulders and legs. Can't wait until I get out on the course again.


Total Holes : 65
Total Yardage : 20139
Pars : 1
Birdies : 0