-Busy mornings the last two days with Wednesday morning breakfast with a couple of neighbors from our Shoals/Lost River days - Ron and Peggy Acuff. And then up to B-town yesterday morning for another dental check on my way to an implant. Afternoons and evenings have been spent at the golf course - what fun having summer like weather in mid March!
-Tuesday afternoon scramble: There were six of us who braved the near record warm temperatures. In the end the three birdies and zero bogeys of Lee Wininger, Kevin Byron and myself upended the four birdies and two bogeys of Tracy Rayhill, Curt Johnson and Tony Trambaugh. Putting was huge for the winners, each of them taking their turn at running in both birdie and par putts - there might have been a total of two gimmes.
-Weather permitting, we'll have a pre-Southport scramble tomorrow morning starting at 9am. Go Lions.
-Lots of golfers out with the nice and very unusual weather on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Not so many today with the threat of storms throughout the day and then their eventuality around 3:30 in the afternoon.
-The Ladies are playing down in Phoenix and have completed the first round of the Founders Cup. Hee Young Park (8 birdies and a single bogey) and Yani Tseng (an eagle, six birds and a single bogey) share the lead at -7 with Jiyai Shin one stroke back. Hee Kyung Seo and Na Yeon Choi are part of a foursome at -5. Btw, Golf Digest has a very positive article on the Wie Lass, The Education of Michelle Wie.
-The Men are in Palm Harbor, Florida, where Padraic Harrington had himself quite a day with ten birds and eight pars for a first day total of 61 and a three stroke lead over Will Claxton in the Transitions Championship. Seven golfers, including Kenny Perry, are five back. Big John Daly is at -2 and tied for 32nd.
-The Manning watch: Should be getting pretty close to decision time. The Titans? Sounds good to me. Would be kind of like returning home for Payton and he would get to face the Colts and their new QB twice during the season for the next several years.
-March Madness: In my game bracket, had all the top seeds with the exception of UCon winning the first games. #5 Wichita State lost to #12 VCU, and #8 UCon lost to #9 Iowa State. IU looked good in dispatching New Mexico State. Expect the Irish will have their hands full against Xavier tonight at 9:45 though have them advancing to take on Duke on Sunday. #1 seed Notre Dame Women play #16 seed Liberty on their home court on Sunday (2:30 on one of the espn channels) in the Women's first round (should have no problem advancing).
-More golf weather and golf at Lakeview today.
-Tuesday afternoon scramble: There were six of us who braved the near record warm temperatures. In the end the three birdies and zero bogeys of Lee Wininger, Kevin Byron and myself upended the four birdies and two bogeys of Tracy Rayhill, Curt Johnson and Tony Trambaugh. Putting was huge for the winners, each of them taking their turn at running in both birdie and par putts - there might have been a total of two gimmes.
-Weather permitting, we'll have a pre-Southport scramble tomorrow morning starting at 9am. Go Lions.
-Lots of golfers out with the nice and very unusual weather on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Not so many today with the threat of storms throughout the day and then their eventuality around 3:30 in the afternoon.
-The Ladies are playing down in Phoenix and have completed the first round of the Founders Cup. Hee Young Park (8 birdies and a single bogey) and Yani Tseng (an eagle, six birds and a single bogey) share the lead at -7 with Jiyai Shin one stroke back. Hee Kyung Seo and Na Yeon Choi are part of a foursome at -5. Btw, Golf Digest has a very positive article on the Wie Lass, The Education of Michelle Wie.
-The Men are in Palm Harbor, Florida, where Padraic Harrington had himself quite a day with ten birds and eight pars for a first day total of 61 and a three stroke lead over Will Claxton in the Transitions Championship. Seven golfers, including Kenny Perry, are five back. Big John Daly is at -2 and tied for 32nd.
-The Manning watch: Should be getting pretty close to decision time. The Titans? Sounds good to me. Would be kind of like returning home for Payton and he would get to face the Colts and their new QB twice during the season for the next several years.
-March Madness: In my game bracket, had all the top seeds with the exception of UCon winning the first games. #5 Wichita State lost to #12 VCU, and #8 UCon lost to #9 Iowa State. IU looked good in dispatching New Mexico State. Expect the Irish will have their hands full against Xavier tonight at 9:45 though have them advancing to take on Duke on Sunday. #1 seed Notre Dame Women play #16 seed Liberty on their home court on Sunday (2:30 on one of the espn channels) in the Women's first round (should have no problem advancing).
-More golf weather and golf at Lakeview today.
