AFTER A DAY OF RAIN AND WALKING THROUGH HISTORY (WITH PRESIDENT JACKSON), SATURDAY ARRIVED WITH BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND MILDER TEMPERATURES...ARRIVED AT THE GOLF COURSE AROUND A HALF HOUR BEFORE TEE TIME AND WALKED AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE ABSORBING THE ATMOSPHERE...(BEAUTIFUL LINKS COURSE, LOTS OF WATER AROUND, VERY CLOSE TO THE HOTEL)...
PLAYED WITH A FATHER AND HIS TWO SONS FROM INDIANA...THE BOYS WERE A JUNIOR AND SOPHMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD DRIVEN DOWN TO PLAY SOME GOLF FOR THE WEEKEND...I WAS THE SHORTEST GUY IN THE GROUP AT 6'1'' AND THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD GOLFERS. I HAD A ROCKY START (3 PUTTED THE FIRST THREE HOLES) BUT I CAUGHT FIRE LATER IN THE ROUND (PLAYED A STRETCH FROM 9 THROUGH 14 AT 2 UNDER PAR) BUT RAN OUT OF GAS AND FINISHED WITH 81...MATT, MY CART PARTNER AND I, WON THE BRAGGING RIGHTS MATCH 3 AND 2... AFTER THE ROUND I WENT INSIDE FOR LUNCH AND TALKED WITH THE BARTENDER IN THE GRILLE ROOM FOR 2 HOURS (AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, SHE HAD A DRAWL AND HAD NEVER BEEN NORTH OF TENNESSEE)...
I WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL AND TOURED THE COMPLEX... I THOUGHT I WALKED A LOT ON THE COURSE BUT THIS PLACE IS HUGE! I DECIDED TO HANG OUT AND WATCH THE GAMES ON TV... THERE WERE A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED TENNESSEE FANS (THEY LOST TO ALABAMA) AND THE WORLD SERIES GAME STARTED LATE...WAS SITTING WITH A GROUP FROM WISCONSIN WHO WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT NEW YORK CITY (THEY WERE PLANNING A TRIP) SO I REGALED THEM WITH SOME LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND POSSIBLE PLACES TO VISIT...WENT BACK TO THE ROOM AND FELL ASLEEP WITH THE GAME ON...(TOO MUCH FRESH AIR FOR THIS OLD MAN)...
GOLF AGAIN ON SUNDAY...SAME COURSE SO I AM LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON YESTERDAY'S ROUND...I HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS IS A TRIP I MUST MAKE AGAIN... THERE IS TOO MUCH TO DO AND I DON'T WANT TO TRY TO CRAM EVERYTHING IN...COULDN'T GET TICKETS TO THE OPRY...SO THIS WILL BE A GOLFING HOLIDAY AND I'LL DO THE TOURIST THING ON MY NEXT VISIT...BESIDES I NEED TO REST UP FOR THE NEXT LEG TOMORROW...OFF TO ST. LOUIS ON MONDAY (GLAD I PACKED SOME WARM CLOTHES...HIGH OF 51 HERE TOMORROW...BUT IT WILL BE IN 70'S TODAY)...
THIS IS A HUGE WEEKEND AT THE OPRYLAND (ACCORDING TO THE BELL HOP)... THE REGISTRATION DESK HAS BEEN PACKED SINCE I GOT HERE ON FRIDAY AND THERE ARE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE... MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE CONVENTION CENTER...
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