Thursday, July 5, 2012

Thursday Match Players - Come on Down!

We have a scheduled start of 9 this morning but if you and your playing partners get out there earlier, by all means start if you are ready.  The weather people are predicting 9 o'clock temps at 81 degrees (lovely) and 11 o'clock temps at 94 (kind of cool when put next to the 105's we've been experiencing).  So, another hot day in store for us.  Have you hydrated already?  Best to come to the course with your water tank full - I can't get mine full as evidenced by sleepy-time leg twitches and aches and pains bordering on cramps.  (Taking extra potassium helps, pills and in the form of real food, like bananas.)

The team leaders, Ken Hudson and Junior Byron, have Tony Wease and Charlie Sheetz to contend with today.  Should be a good test of their ability to stay at the top.  The second place team, Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson, take on the girls, Pam Byron and Anna Mosby.  With six weeks of team competition to go after today's play, there's plenty of time for the pretenders (teams from 3rd place to 12th place) to get their act together and make a move on the current contenders.

Today's results will determine who you play next week in the July Match Play Tournament - will post the schedule later today.

Tip of the day:  Keep your concentration level at a high level, especially on the putting surface.  Those two and three footers, even if you've been making ten footers all day long, need just as much attention as the longer putts.  (Two such missed short putts got away from me in Tuesday League play.)

See some of you in a short while.