“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.” – Arnold Plamer

Well the last couple of days have not been my better games of the year. In fact I would have to say that they have been the two worse back to back games I have had this year.

Friday Dave H., AL J. and I went to Rivershore. The day was perfect, the course was perfect and my game was perfect until the 5th hole. Where I proceeded to slice the ball out of bounds ended up with a triple and then the wheels really fell off……… I ended up shooting a 45 on the front nine. Anyway I walk up to the 10th tee box with hopes of salvaging the round and hooked my drive into the water hazard,  dropped a second ball and topped it into the water hazard, dropped a third ball and hit it into another water hazard about 180 yards away and then quit playing on that hole. 3 Pro V1’s into the water gets expensive. After that I stopped counting so I really do not know what I scored at the end of the round. The really good news is that Al J. had one of his better games and shot an 85 which is great for that course.

Today Ley Mc. and I went to Eagle point and after a duck hook on the first hole and 3 putts once I got to the green I took a double. On the second hole I hooked my ball O/B and took a double, I recovered on the 3rd hole only to 3 putt for a bogie and after a few holes stopped counting. The back nine was very slow and we jumped ahead a couple holes to speed up our round since neither of us was playing well. Actually after we stopped counting the round got very enjoyable, we were hitting a couple balls, trying shots we don’t normally try and made a good day out of it.