Wenatchee Golf & Country Club Spring Fling

Today I played in the 49th annual Wenatchee Golf & Country Club Spring Fling. "Flail" (not fling) would be a better description of my golf today. I actually putted very well, but the rest of my game left a lot to be desired.

My playing buddies today were, from left to right: Gerrie Holfeldt (member of the hosting Wenatchee Golf & Country Club), Gail Bender (member at Lake Chelan Municipal Golf Course), and Chips Hulett (member at my home course of Three Lakes Public Golf Course). I took this photo early in the round while everyone was still smiling. :-) Remember, you can always click on the blog photos to enlarge them.

The rough at the Country Club is not particularly long, but very thick. When you get in there, you've just got to take your medicine, waste a shot, and punch out... and it's not always that simple. With low hanging tree limbs, it's not always easy to get the ball high enough to get into the fairway without risk of catching the tree branches. You just have to stay in the fairway to score well on this course. I did not do that today.

95 was the number of the day! 95 was the recorded temperature, a record for this date in history for Wenatchee. It is unbeieveable that we are getting temperatures this high in May. The rest of the week is forecast to continue warm but not quite as hot. 95 was also my final score. Baaaad.

I've come to the conclusion that I must play at least 2 times per week to achieve and maintain my expected scores in the 80's. I haven't checked the calendar, but I can't be averaging over 1 game per week, if that. So, guess I need to figure out how to play more... or get used to (and accept) the higher scores.

Next game: Not sure (maybe Thursday for Ladies league)

AVWGA At Beautiful Lake Chelan

Today we played our May event at the beautiful Lake Chelan Course. My foursome today was, from left to right: Betty Gilmore, Paula Williams, and Ruth Toler.

As a reminder, the Apple Valley Women's Golf Association is a group of 8 ladies clubs from around the region that gets together each month for two-person best ball competition.

I love match play because it is a hole-by-hole competition and individual score is essentially irrelevant. In two-person best ball only one player needs to do well on each hole. One person can have a terrible hole, but if their partner does well no damage is done. If you're having a bad hole, you can literally pick up your ball and let your partner finish out. There is 1 gross and 1 net point at stake per hole.

This month my club (Three Lakes) played against Apple Tree from Yakima. Apple Tree is the best team in the group and it can be intimidating playing against their very low handicappers. Ruth (22 handicap) and I (13 handicap) played against Paula Williams & Betty Gilmore who have an 8 and 9 handicap respectively. This gives them a significant advantage for gross points, but we would have the advantage with net points IF we played well.

As it turns out, Betty was having a bad day and allowed it to negatively affect her and, ultimately, her partner. Ruth & I managed to be a good team and took 24.5 points out of a total of 36 (10.5 gross and 14 net). I've had bad days like this... and it seems the harder you try the worse it gets. You've just got to give in and put it all in perspectve with real tragedy. We should all be so grateful to have the opportunity to be out on such a beautiful day.

When it was all said and done my score card read 90... but it doesn't matter because we did well in the overall point category. That's what match play is all about.

Paula... if you're out there reading this I want you to know I enjoyed playing with you (and thanks for the glass of wine). I don't think I got to know the real Betty today but, perhaps, we can play together again sometime and she can enjoy the day too.

Next game: Tuesday for the Wenatchee Golf & Country Club's annual Spring Fling.

2006 Golden Apple Tournament

Today was the annual Three Lakes Ladies club Golden Apple Tournament. We always get lots of gals from other clubs to come play and it's a lot of fun. The organizers always do a great job and everyone has a good time.

In spite of 3 out-of-bounds drives and an unplayable lie (which is equivalent to 8 strokes in penalties), I shot a 91. It didn't put me in contention for any of the scoring prizes, but I did win long drive on #8... a beauty smack tab down the middle of the fairway. It was probably my best drive of the day, and it came at just the right time. The ironic thing is, since I'd been having so much trouble with my driver, I narrowed my stance and shorted my back swing considerably to just keep it in the fairway. I also won a little money for being one of only 7 people in the field (of 88) who drove the green on #7.

Regardless of the scores, I enjoyed the group I was playing with (from left to right): Olive Ruff from the Yakima Elks Club, Ruth Collins from Lake Chelan Golf Club and Sue Chin from the Wenatchee Country Club. Remember, you can always click on images in this blog to enlarge.

Next game: Tomorrow at Lake Chelan (monthly AVWGA team event).

We Are Das Puttermeisters

Saturday I had the pleasure of playing with my Puttermeister team mates. The sad news is, teammate Barb Keeler is retiring to Arizona (with her husband Leonard) and our chances to play together will be few and far between. But, as usual we all had a good time being together.

I'm a little behind on my blog posting and I was hoping (with the delay) my last score card would get buried and lost under all the paperwork on my desk. It was my worst game of the season so far. I broke 90 but not in a good way. I shot a 93 (net 80). There is very little I want to remember about the game because I don't believe in dwelling on the negative. Tomorrow is another day, blah, blah, blah

I need a massage!

No Time For Golf Lately

No, I haven't forgotten to post any rounds. Max and I were called away late last week for the memorial service of a dear Aunt in Springfield, Oregon. We didn't arrive back home until about 7:30 Monday evening so I've spent most Tuesday and Wednesday catching up (and keeping up) with work related stuff.

I didn't play golf yesterday due to some unexpected work for an estate sale. I was contacted Wednesday afternoon by an attorney in Olympia that needed some quick action, including a little amateur investigative work, so I stayed home and worked instead of golfing with the Thursday ladies group today. Somehow I let it slip to the attorney that it was my regular golf day (and fabulous Spring weather). She said she appreciated the great sacrifice!

The next scheduled game is for 9:30 Saturday morning with "Das Puttermeisters".

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