Saturday was a great day. I started out by mowing the lawn and doing all the edging. The edging needed to be done since it hasn't been done since George did it at least 2 years ago. It looks really good and now that I know how to do it with the weed whipper (taught by neighbor Brian Gagne) I will do it monthly.
At noon my brother Ryan came out and brought my mom to spend the day. We played golf and my mom rode along on the cart. It was a hot/humid day but the wind was strong enough to keep us cool enough. I had an interesting thing happen to me during our round. I made a birdie on hole number 11, and then I made an eagle on hole number 12. That birdie on hole number 11 was very close to a hole in one, which would have been perfect because by this time my friend and teacher Brent had joined our group. It would have been the perfect hole in one for me, with Nicole, Brent, my brother Ryan and my mom. So, I went 3 under in the first 3 holes on the back nine. I made par on 13, 14, and then 15 so now it was getting serious, 3 under through 6 holes on the back. Then I came back to reality with the tee ball on 16. I hit it out of bounds right, then pulled the next one into the water, so when I finally tapped in for a 9 I was back to 1 over par after 1 stupid hole. I finished with a double bogey at 17 and a par at 18 for a 38, oh what could have been.
After golf we went to the Wilson's for some horseshoes and drinks. Then back to our house for dinner. We grilled mini burgers and corn on the cob for Ryan, Kari, mom, Jeb and Kaylan. After dinner my mom and Kari went back to my brother's (Kari was working all weekend) so she didn't want to stay over. So Ryan, Jeb, Kaylan, Nicole and I went over to Matt and Lindsay Quinn's for the UFC fight and "more drinks". Brock Lesnar was defending his title that night and it was a great fight. We had a lot of friends/neighbors there for the fight/party.
Sunday:
Jeb and I had a meeting with Dave Tentis in the morning (3 hours) to finalize some of our tournament details. Our big tournament is coming up July 15th, 16th, and 17th. After our meeting we went for brunch at Pier 500 with the Wilson's and joined by Mark and Karen Schultz. After brunch we played 9 holes of golf.
Then after golf we went to a pool party at our friends Brian and Shelly Thompson. It was a fun, low key evening with friends and fireworks.
Monday:
We both had the day off so we slept in. I had some work to do for the development today so I took care of that in a few hours this morning. Then we had a tee time at 10:50, just the two of us today. It was very nice, we can both just concentrate on our own games, helping each other read putts and talk through each shot. It is a true joy for both of us to just be together on the golf course working as a team. We had our best rounds ever today, me my best 18 hole score of 75. I have shot lower scores at Springfield and other courses, but never at Troy Burne. Now, Nicole struggled a little on the front with a triple bogey on the "home hole" and shot a 44. Then she caught fire on the back 9, and by caught fire I mean absolue lights out golf. She was 1 under par through 15. She bogeyed 16 and 17, both very tough holes and then she parred 18 for a 36 on the back 9. Her 18 hole score was 80 so she scored her best 18 hole round and best 9 hole round. She beat the two guys we were playing with by 10 shots each on the back 9. I find it hilarious when she beats all the guys she plays against, they don't handle it quite as well as I do (I'm used to it). She beat my brother Ryan on Saturday as well. She just needs to keep working on her short game and she's going to be very good.
Nicole and I after our record rounds!
A beautiful sky off the deck
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