I played a mid-summer round with my dad and a real nice guy we got paired with. At the time, my dad was probably around 80, still walking the course, and still shooting in the mid 80s.
I was in such a good zone that day and we were playing one of my favorite courses, Simi Hills. Pretty much every hole moves a little right to left.
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| The 18th green at Simi Hills |
But on the first tee I hit this hard fade with the driver.
Weird...
I hit that same hard fade on 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 with driver and by the time we putted out on 9 I was 2 over and not made a putt.
Back 9 and more hard fades.
Finally, after my drive on 18 the guy we're paired with says, "What I wouldn't give for your 5 yard fade!"
I said, "I've never seen that ball flight before and I'm pretty sure I'll never see it again. But it's been fun while it lasted."
Anyway, I shot 75 and didn't make a putt on the back 9 either (My putting sucked in those days).
My dad had tallied my round and told me that I only missed one green and one fairway. All I remember was that the game seemed so damn easy and way that fade looked in the air.
Future:
I've been trying to set up a long golf weekend with a cousin of mine from the midwest for years. He's a software engineer for Cummins back in Indiana but we grew up playing on munys in Iowa and Illinois when the humidity was off the charts. Most of my dad's family lived in the Quad Cities and we visited a lot when I was a kid.
I loved it...
Anyway, we have a plan to meet in Vegas for 3-4 days of golf, hanging out and drinking iced tea this September.
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| Golf in Vegas |
Vegas? Scotland?
it won't matter where we meet or what we shoot, I promise you.
It'll just be great to have some time with my favorite cousin.
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| The Old Gray Town |
