Golf 2010

The week started off with Fathers' Day; and a great start it was. My children provided a round of golf (to be played later) at Predator Ridge near Vernon, BC. That is now scheduled for this coming Friday. They also provided funding to upgrade my golf equipment! You can see how much they have learned about golf—elite courses must be played from time to time; some new piece of equipment will surely be the missing ingredient in my golf game!! Anyway, it is a wonderful set of gifts. Thank you, my dear children, for your thoughtfulness. I have been agonizing a bit over how to rationalize the exorbitant green fees that Predator Ridge commands, and now the issue is solved! And as for better clubs, well, that's another challenge. I have had some clubs targetted for several years, but I have been unable to get my brother, Tom, to pass them along! However, I shall wait until after the Family Reunion to actually make a purchase. I know my brothers and nephews will have clubs I can try out, and I wouldn't be able to make such a buy with out consulting my nephew, Jon, since he was my main source of support when I bought my current clubs twenty years ago!

I have been practicing between rain showers here in Regina. I even got out for a round on Thursday. I managed to complete fifteen holes dry, then it started raining a bit, and by the time I completed the sixteenth hole, they chased us off the course due to the lightning in the area. It was just as well; we had a deluge—twenty-seven millimetres of rain in half an hour. Yikes!

So, my golf game is not in prime shape, but my heart is full, and I am certain that the new equipment will lead to excellent golf very soon!