On Wednesday, July 30th, we had some good scores come in. Steve Richardson shot a 69. rich Lyons shot even par 70. Ken Hagan shot a 72.
Jimbo took buck-buck-buck from Steve Kann. I think Steve shot a 93. Not sure what Jimbo shot. I know he had a 45 on the front and very good back - with 21 horserace points. I think Rich had 22 points. So Rich was under par on the back.
After struggling at Northern Hills last Saturday, Andy Larsen shot an 80 at Soldiers Field on Wednesday. Just missing shooting his age by missing a putt on 18.
Oakie shot a 72 Wednesday. Keith Peterson went the other direction posting a 86. One day at a time buddy!
Eastwood today for round 2.
Tom Bernstorf parred every hole on the back nine at Northern Hills on Saturday. His team swept. Gerry, Tom, Steve Greseth and Tim Dunlap.
Feat of the week? How about Ken Hagan getting a par on #16 at Soldiers last Wednesday with a lost ball! Lost ball. Back to the tee. Drives the green and makes the putt for a smooth 4. Well done. By the way, Gerry got a skin on that hole with a net two.
Good one Jimbo!
Jim got me twice last night after our round at Soldiers Field. First he mentioned that he took a 10 on hole 13 and "the club never left my hands". I had mentioned earlier that I'd lightly tossed a six iron on 13. He asked me what I got on the hole and I fessed up to a bogey - 5.
The second instance was during a discussion of Carlos Gomez, the centerfielder for the Twins, I said I had underwear older than him. Jim quickly responded "and browner than him".
I've given Jim a couple of cd's over the past year to try out. I'm thinking he's tossing them out the window on the way home. Although he did mention he doesn't like Yonder Mountain String Band. A few weeks back I gave him a Wilco cd. Haven't heard his review on that one yet.
That's it for today. Remember the dress code Jimbo!
jake
As I get older I'm generally slow to respond. Lack ambition to do shit I don't want to do. Yard work, painting, cleaning. All I really enjoy is golfing, drinking, watching the Twins and playing poker. Well....and sex - but even that is a coin toss some nights.
I do a good job of watering flowers and keeping the garage pretty clean.
I know where to find my 5 iron (Golf Headquarters) on south broadway. Garth called last night and it's finally ready. I've missed it.
No more club tosses. I'm done!
jake
Two years in a row - we've found the weather to be crappy on our annual trip to Chillicothe. The trip started with 18 holes at The Legacy in Norwolk Iowa - just outside of Des Moines. Tim Smyrk shot even par. Eric "new guy" Korsan made money but I'm not sure what he shot.
I have a Jimbo story. I shared a cart with Jimbo at The Legacy. It was great. We shared in looking for our golf balls and seemed to be bonding well. We each took our turn in moving the cart up the paths as needed. Jim was struggling but his mood was good. Throughout the round, I found a half dozen golf balls scattered in the rough and trees. I threw them in the cart. One was a Titliest Pro V the others were "also rans". Top Flite, Nike, etc...
On 17 tee (short par 3 over water) Jim hit his tee shot in the water. Jim was playing a Top Flite all day. Jim walks over to the cart and grabs a golf ball we had scavenged throughout the day. Tees up and hits that ball....into the water also.
While walking back to the cart, I jokingly suggested that I hope he hadn't hit my Pro V. He laughed and said he had. Think of that logic! All day long he plays Top Flite. Then on a water hole - after already dumping one in - take a Pro V I found in pristine condition and dumps that in! Incredible! He said that the Pro V's are nothing special - "they go in the water too!"
The cool part was that we spent the first three rounds of the trip in the same cart. And on the same team in the big game. I just know I'll be drawing the same card on Wednesday.
On another note, I owe Steve Richardson a six-pack. I lost the bet. Extra Pale Ale Summit coming right up. Thought i was going to make it. I felt calm and in control the whole time. Then preceded to top two drives in a row. That was the trigger. The whole time I was looking at my putter suspiciously - damn driver...
Gerry raked in about $32 on Saturday. I believe Gerry is an 18 handicap. He shot a 79. Congrats Gerry!! His memorable quote on Saturday after finishing at the bottom of the money list last year "I'm nobody's bitch this year!"
Again Rodney did some fancy math to make some money in team and horserace. We should probably ask Rod to give us his totals first....
Kann was happy shooting a 95 - until he found out he lost $2 to Jimbo. Note to Steve: If you're a 17 handicap, a 95 is not going keep you in fine wines. Kann tried to poison me with an old cigar left over from 1998. Jerk! He did drive 16 green. First time ever driving a par 4 green. Congrats on that!
Welcome back Gene Frey!
Let's see who the biggest baggers are from last years Chillicothe trip to this years....
The most improved:
Keith Peterson - lowered his handicap index 4.4 strokes over last year.
Bob Pomerenke - lowered his handicap index 1.9 strokes over last year.
Steve Jacobson - lowered his handicap index 1.8 strokes over last years Chillicothe trip.
Most improved bagger:
Bob Monahan - increased his index from 8.1 to 11.6 = an additional 3.5 strokes!
Jeff Anderson - increased his handicap index 2.4 strokes over last year.
Jim Williams - increased his index from 17.7 to 20.0. a 2.3 stroke difference.
If I was Bob Monahan, I'd be asking for strokes from Keith. No more even up games.
Hit'em straight!
jake
I know Keith is a range rat on occasion. Anyone else find any value in hitting a bunch of balls on the range? Sometime I'll hit a bucket before a round at Northern Hills. I think it's mostly because I get up around 4 or 5 in the morning and can't stay quiet in the house. I wander around and scratch myself. The house is so quiet any little fart sounds like a bugle at revelry. So off to the range I go.
I try and hit mostly wedges at the hundred yard sign. Or I'll take an 8 iron and try knock down shots. That usually lasts about 1/2 bucket. Then the stupid part starts. I pull out my driver and TRY and hook the ball or TRY and slice the ball.
Remember, you can only get better with practice - so "be careful"!
After totally abandoning the Dostal Blog for 6 months - I'm back!
Horse walks into a bar.....
Bartender says "Why the long face?"
Observations.....
I'll be completely surprised if Rusty makes the trip to Chillicothe in April. He was always hit and miss when living in Stewartville and playing golf at Soldiers Field.
