A Day of Golf

Took the day off yesterday and got in my first round of golf for the season. Michael and I play at Unicorn Golf Course, a fairly easy 9 hole course just up the road in Stoneham. Nothing too challenging, but a nice course to play. We try to get out every Tuesday morning before work, so if we hit the links by 6am, we're done by 8:30 or so. It works out pretty nicely. But yesterday was forecast to be such a gorgeous day, I thought I would take the day off and play some golf. I tried to talk Michael into playing 18 somewhere, but he wisely counseled that we should just play 9, it being our first day out.

So the end result wasn't too bad. As you can see, we're both pretty much the very definition of "duffer". We'll do better as the season goes on, but even at our best a score in the low 40s for 9 holes would be a great score for either of us. I can get some good distance with my drives, but they are not always accurate. And my second shots are usually too erratic. I can wield a pretty mean sand wedge from within 80 yards or so of the green, and I can usually putt pretty well. But the fact that neither of us got a "snowman" (an 8) counts this as a good 9 holes of golf.

Then I went and got the girls from Grammie's and we splashed around in the pool for a bit. I lasted about an hour, but they only got out when pizza showed up 90 minutes later. I think they're enjoying it so far! And given predicted temperatures up near or past the 90 degree mark today and tomorrow, I'm sure we'll be spending lots more time in it. Then I'm going to tear it down and try to get it more level and smoother.

Technorati Tags: golf