Great Success

So the inaugural golf round of "DRIVING: With An Open Container" was a great success. We had a good time, everyone pretty much had average scores, and we all spent the day just enjoying life.

Golf tends to be one of those things that can be viewed so many different ways by the people that are playing it. Of course, the first thought is that you are playing everyone else, and that the best score wins. But there is so much more to it than that. I think that in our group, nobody gave a damn about having the best score. It was more a matter of seeing everyone have a good time, and wanting everyone to play well. So then it became more of a game where we were competing against ourselves. Trying to force a better performance from yourself on every hole...

This is why there are three more golf balls at the bottom of the lake on 16, one in the pond on 9, two in the woods off of the cliff on 15 (yes, 15's tee box is at the top of what can only be described as a cliff, with a 100+ foot drop), and thanks to TimmyTim, two in somebody's yard just off of 12.


Best shots of the day?

Adams had a beautiful drive on 3 that faded perfectly around the turn in the course. It could not have played any better.

TimmyTim was the only guy to clear the water on 16, and put the damn thing right on the green with his first shot. Adams and I had both already put a ball a piece into the water, and he steps up and just hits it perfect.

And Stormin? My tee shot on 12 was the most perfect shot I have ever hit in my entire life. A 3 iron, hit with a left to right cross wind. 210 yards, and I timed the shot with the wind so that it just started off left, and came back ever so slightly to the center of the fairway. One of those shots that keep you coming back because it was so fun.


We will be back to the course soon, and next time someone will remember a damn camera!