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

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

16 holes and a birdie...

Went to the Mix 106 tour tonight at Scenic City with a couple of people from work. I played very well if i may say so. I drove as well as I have all year. I have never shot as well with my hybrid. I shot consistently well with my irons. I was not a great chipper or a putter, but i did okay for me. I even got a birdie on a par 4. It was the 15th hole, where I got my first ever par for the record. I blasted off the tee, was about 100 yards from the pin. Got my 9 iron out and shot it less than 4 feet from the pin. I tapped it in. No other pars...we didn't keep score but i don't think i had any other holes more than 6, except maybe #6 where i chipped it back and forth. A good effort all in all and i had a great time. good conversation too!


Holes : 71
Yards : 22386
Pars : 2
Birdies : 1

Like holding a dead bird

before i go any further...thank you Alice Cooper. I was reading his book that my brother got me for my birthday and he advised when hitting the irons to hold the club with your right hand like you were holding a bird (when i told this to dad i said "dead bird" hence the title). i tried it today and i'll be damned i hit better with the irons. we did 10 holes in 2 hours, so Jane, if you're reading this, technically i could change the twins' diapers and feed them, play 10 holes, and be back in time for the next feeding. i hit a 60 over 10 holes which wasn't so bad...works out to a 108 over 18 which is pretty good if you think about it. mostly 5s and a couple of 9s. dad played pretty good (got a par on a par 5) but did a lot of three putts. my drives were a little more all over the place than in the past, but my iron play (which a couple of exceptions) was much, much better. i used my driver, my 5 iron and my pitching wedge, basically the whole game. my putting was okay. my pitching wedge and my 5 iron were my best clubs. i consistently hit it good with the little irons...didn't have to do a quarter swing and pray that it didn't go through the green into the bush. didn't hit one sandtrap all day. took dad out for father's day and had a lot of fun

Total Holes : 55
Yards : 17670
Pars : 2
Birdies : 0

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