The Fat Lady is Getting Ready

Sunday was beautiful -- sunny, dry, not too hot .... and on the 'rare occasion' that we would hit a fairway shot that landed on the green - we'd see the splash. Some sand traps were lakes and there were enough geese on the course to feed the hungry for a long time to come.

We are heading into the 'home stretch' - with only two weeks to go in the season - and since both weeks coincide with Jewish Holidays, it's conceivable that the Fat Lady has already started to sing. Barry didn't play this week -- he was doing some trivial stuff - delivering food to shut in Jewish Elderly so they could celebrate Rosh Hashana -- and we picked up a fourth - Mr. Mike. Mr. Mike was a nice enough guy -- but he should learn that only 'real golfers' hit from the Blues. On the very first tee - he dribbled the ball .... to be repeated more often than he'd like to remember. Otherwise, he was good at finding balls and kept the game moving.

There were some true disappointments. Richie's front 9 and my back 9 would add up to be a perfect score - if we were bowling. (I'm thinking of inventing a game called Gowling -- only play 9 holes and the person with the highest score wins.)

Another disappointment was Cart Girl. First of all - we didn't see her until the 17th hole -- and worse -- it was a new Cart Girl who obviously didn't pay attention to the dress code. I'm sure her long baggy blue jeans and long sleeve sweat shirt would be helpful if she was doing some other activity -- but it wasn't going to generate much in the way of sales.

Les played well and hit the shot of his season on the last hole - after a modest drive - he took a 5 wood and put the ball on the green - positioning himself for a Birdie. (Remember how Barry was shooting for an Eagle the week before -- Les had the same results.)

We finished in a barely satisfactory 4 hrs and 50 minutes.

I did not get the number of comments about last week's blog that I had requested. The only thing that saved me from going into the 'blog blues' was the Captain's telling me that he was out to dinner with a couple who 'confessed' that they were regular blog readers but just too 'shy' to comment. To that couple I say: your comments will only make the blog BETTER, so don't hesitate.

The gym continues to be the 'highpoint' of the day --- haven't had problems getting either a bike or the elliptical. Jody and I have worked out an arrangement where we divide and conquer -- The lines to get in at 5 am are getting longer and we now need to get their 20 minutes earlier - a small price to pay.

A quick shout out to my favorite teacher in Arkansas who has the flu --- school budget doesn't allow for soap in the bathrooms ... and to the Big Guy - go NY football.

This may be the last blog of the season (and depending on whether we get a BETTER response, possible forever.)

I wish you more success than I had this season - since too often my putts were longer than my drives -

Chipster out!