Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend: Golf

We had a fantastic long weekend, and in fact we extended it a little by taking off half day on Friday. We figured we'd knock off early so we could get a round of golf in.

We recently acquired a new gadget that we were excited to try out. Andy got us the Sky Caddie GPS that tells you all the yardages on the golf course. Now instead of relying on faulty yardage markers on the course, we have actual real time data that tells you everything from how many yards to lay up to the creek to how many yards you need to carry the creek and land on the back of the green. Pretty great and makes club selection so much more accurate.

Andy and I were amazed at how long some of our greens are, and when the pin is in the back, you don't realize how many yards that really adds to your shot. With this new gadget we both hit different clubs than we normally would to get to the pin, and look how close our shots got...now, this doesn't mean we had record breaking rounds, but we did cut a few strokes off our play as a result!



Sunday we hoped to take the success we had on Friday and build on it for the annual Sunday Couples' Tournament, but alas, we did not have such good fortune. I'd blame part of that on the torrential down pour we experienced in the middle of the round--and poor Andy was walking and didn't have an umbrella. Needless to say, we fell apart a bit after that and had a hard time getting back into the groove. We later drowned our sorrows in some awesome Chinese food and all was well!

Despite our performance, we had a great time playing with each other and for the most part enjoyed the great weather and got some color to show for it. Every time we play together we are reminded how lucky we are that we are able to enjoy this activity together and soon we'll have a third person to add to our group! :)

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