What a great day for golf yesterday. I woke up to do some work early in the morning and it looked like it was going to rain, however by 8:30 when we teed off it was turning into a gorgeous day. Low 70s by the time we finished. It was a scramble format, which is usually nice for me since I am not a great golfer, however I was hitting the ball so well yesterday that I was bummed because I think I would have pretty easily broken 100.
I always play with Lady iQ 180 Pink balls, in fact last year I ordered about 3 dozen with my name on them. It helps me stay calm and not get to upset about things while playing, and has worked pretty well as a mental trick to slow myself down and keep composure. However I often get ribbed for it, which is fine.
Yesterday my foursome started on 16 and I was just killing the ball, and could tell it was going to be a good day. When we made the turn and teed off on #1 they took out group picture (I played with the people that own the IHOP in town and the local sports radio guy) I was last on the rotation to tee off. My group all hit pretty good drives and then I teed up. One of the people behind made a joke about a pink golf ball, I followed with probably the best drive of my entire life about 285 right down the middle leaving about 80 yards to a back pin. One of the IHOP owners said "Can we use your drive or did we use it last time?" The guy that made the pink ball joke then said "He must be a good golfer to not care what color ball he uses." That was a good golf moment for me.
One last fun moment yesterday for me. Jonathan Stewart and Dennis Dixon were going around taking pictures with people and then you could pay $10 to have the photo signed and pick it up at the end of your round. They got out of the cart they were riding in and just started shaking hands, we were among the last groups and you could tell they were pretty bored and just going through the motions. As Stewart came up to me he went to shake my hand then did a double take and nearly tripped over his own feet as he said to me "Damn you have a big beard!" So I an out of shape, roll of toilet paper nearly brought a first round pick down with nothing but my beard. Great day.
Slightly creepy stalker picture I took of Dixon and Stewart after the round as I was debating getting another picture taken with them, then I realized I was not going to look any less fat than I did in the one taken 45 minutes previously.
