Wednesday, November 12, 2008

TAKING IT UP A NOTCH

ANOTHER EARLY ROUND OF GOLF TUESDAY AT LA PALOMA (THE DOVE)... MORE OF THE SAME: BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND CHALLENGING LAYOUT... I PLAYED WITH ALVY FROM RENO, NV. AND 2 MEMBERS OF THE CLUB WHO SHARED SOME LOCAL KNOWLEDGE WITH US ABOUT THE COURSES... SHOT 84 (STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TEE SHOTS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL WHEN YOU PLAY A DESERT COURSE)...

WE FINISHED AROUND 12:30 AND ALVY ASKED IF I WANTED TO DO A REPLAY...(MOST COURSES OFFER ANOTHER ROUND AT A DISCOUNTED RATE)... WE WENT TO THE CLUBHOUSE AND INQUIRED ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD SET US BACK... THEY TOLD US JUST GO AND PLAY! (FREE REPLAY!)...I WAS IN HOG HEAVEN... WE PLAYED THE 3RD NINE AT LA PALOMA AND THEN REPLAYED THE HILL NINE... SHOT 78 THIS TIME BY PLAYING THE COURSE AND TAKING WHAT I COULD GET (REMINDED ME A LOT OF PINE BARRENS IN LAKEWOOD NEW JERSEY)... SO THE GOLF WHORE PLAYED 36 HOLES AND CAME BACK TO THE CONDO A TIRED BUT HAPPY MAN...

STARTED PACKING UP THE CAR FOR THE TRIP TO MY NEW CITY... AFTER GOLF AGAIN AT ARIZONA NATIONAL ON WEDNESDAY, I AM DRIVING UP TO CHANDLER (THE NEXT TO LAST LEG OF THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY)... I AM STAYING IN CHANDLER THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL MOVE IN DAY SATURDAY...(NEED TO COLLECT FORWARDED MAIL, DO SOME BANKING, GET SOME POSTAL MONEY ORDERS FOR THE PARTIAL RENT AND THE REST OF THE MOVER'S FEES, ETC.)....

THE COURSE I'M PLAYING ON WEDNESDAY IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST OF THE 3 I WILL PLAY...(CAN'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE-BUT I WILL)... THE BACK HAS HELD UP NICELY AND HOPEFULLY SO WILL MY GAME...

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