Current Hot Streak…
What better is there to blog (brag) about than a current hot streak!I played last night in a four man skins game at my home course, the Par-3 nine-hole Green Caye. I was playing bogey golf and the...
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-Flashback- The Hot Streak Continues...I played in a three-man nine-hole skins game last night and my five bogeys and four pars were good enough to win eight holes for 16 skins. My confidence was high...
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Look Back, Review, and Learn...
Tenth Month at Green Caye…I recently completed my tenth one-month membership at Green Caye. I did good in some areas and worse in others. I’m learning that like the ball, you chase your problems. By...
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Ramblings…I’ve been struggling for the past few weeks. What initially seemed like a simple swing change from very flat to somewhat steep has proved more difficult than it initially appeared. It has...
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I’ve been golfing for two years now…I didn’t play as much this year as I did last year, logging just 36 regulation rounds. My hcp was 23.86 at the start of my second year, is currently 17.06, and...
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The New Guy...Once a month my department has a little bowling tournament. My group was holding the top spot somewhat handily. Then, out of nowhere, another group wins three in a row. Now we're tied in...
View ArticleYeah, I'm still here...
I'd like to post my second year review, but there's not that much to write about. I suppose it could be summed up by saying I've become an average golfer in just two years. I generally shoot in the low...
View ArticleEnough with the Rain Already...
We have had 39 rainy days since June 1st. The last four of five rounds I've played ended with a rain check. Today is nice and sunny with a 20% chance of rain... And I'm in the office. I might sneak out...
View ArticleIt's Raining, Again...
It's raining today but I'm all smiles. I managed to play Beacon Lakes in between storms last night. I played from the tips again (72.8/126) and carded another 86 (44/42). I lost three balls on the...
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September Update...
Recap of Wilderness…Robert, Martin, Dad, and I played The Wilderness at Lake Jackson on August ninth. Luckily, this was in the middle of a 10-day dry spell and it was HOT! The Wilderness is a very nice...
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Crazy Idea...
Who among my readers have played golf in in a Tropical Depression?It's headed right for my house... Looks like it'll be on top of us by 8AM tomorrow morning. If the rains not too bad I may just give it...
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Better GIRs = More Birdies...
I recently completed my fourteenth one-month membership at Green Caye. Here are the results (click to enlarge):Here are the long-term per-loop statistics (click to enlarge):While fourteen loops per...
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A Short Story...Last time I mentioned that I played a course in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I also mentioned my friend, Bill, who has recently taken up golfing. The back-story here is somewhat...
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15th Month at Green Caye Completed...
I finished out the month at Green Caye playing 27 holes. I shot 35/30/32, made 12 pars and 1 birdie, hit 10 GIRs, and managed only 3 up and downs. In the crap department I suffered one triple bogey,...
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Golf is Mental…
It's All in My Mind...I was reviewing my statistics and I have determined that Golf is Mental. Previously I had concluded that my recent rash of three-putting was due to two primary causes. One of...
View ArticleGreat Putting Streak...
I've updated my sidebar to show my best putting streak - recently went sixty holes without a three putt. Then I three-putted three times in eighteen holes (33 total putts, so not too bad). The funny...
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16th Month at Green Caye Completed...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road…Another progress report - that’s what I do here.If some of the stuff here has been said somewhere else in this blog it’s only because it’s heavily on my mind. I think...
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Last Update for the Year...
I didn’t expect to play much till after the holidays, but at my wife’s urging (and because Green Caye is easy on the budget), I went down and signed up on the 21st. The first evening I played I had...
View ArticleEven Par…
I played four loops last night at Green Caye, and the second loop I shot even par, tying my course record there. I made a nice string of pars through the fourth hole, and birdied both five and six. I...
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Catching Up...Wow, a seven month hiatus from blog posting. What have I been doing? For starters, I stopped keeping track of my stats at Green Caye for three months of membership. I played in a couple...
View ArticleExpanding My Horizons...
Update…It’s now been three years and three months since I started playing golf. My current handicap is moving down through 11.29 at the moment. I feel I’m kind of hanging on to that because I generally...
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Can't find a Tee Time...
Or a Hotel...We decided to hunker down and ride this one out. It's heading right for us. I called a few courses to see if there were any tee times available for tomorrow and no one even answered the...
View ArticleLet there be Light...
...and air conditioning.We're okay. Power was out for about 62 hours. We sustained minor damage. There are many in much worse shape.Businesses are slowly opening. There are lines for everything. We...
View ArticleKids Logic...
The Boy...So we're doing a lot of clean up after the storm and for the first time in our kids lives, my wife is giving them TV dinners. After hearing this the kids get real excited. My six-year-old...
View ArticleFirst Ace...
WooHoo...Scored my first Ace last night at Green Caye Golf Course..- 150yds, 9-Iron -..Taken from http://golf.about.com/od/faqs/f/holeinoneodds.htm...In 1999, Golf Digest reported, "One insurance...
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