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| Village Club, Lake Success, Long Island, NY |
Monday,
July 26, 2010 |
Highlights: Hank and Drew played in favor of the Jewish Children's Museum of Brooklyn at the 4th annual fundraising golf outing. It was the first time the pair enjoyed the services of a professional golf caddy, who was terrific and who made the day a very special golf experience. The format was to use the best drive of the foursome and then each to play their own way to the finish from there on each hole. So, the scores do not reflect the actual score that each golfer would have accomplished on their own. But, it does give an idea of the day. The course was beautiful. The weather was perfect. Drew had 6 bogies and a par, even if they were in some cases aided. Hank was struggling but still had a few moments of brilliance. |
| Bethpage
State Park Golf Course - Blue Golf Course |
Saturday,
November 7, 2009 |
Highlights: We joined up with Tom L. from Garden City and played Skins just squeezing in the 18 before the sun set around 4:30 PM. . |
| Bethpage
State Park Golf Course - Yellow Golf Course |
Saturday,
October 22, 2009 |
Highlights: Played the back 9 on the Yellow Course. |
| Sunken
Meadow State Park - Blue |
Saturday,
October 10, 2009 |
Highlights:
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| Eisenhower
Blue Course,
East Meadow, NY |
Saturday,
October 11, 2008 |
Highlights:
The big story of this round was when Don noticed a golfer to the right
of and behind Drew's vision, who hit right into them while they were seated
in their golf cart. Don warned Drew telling him to look out and Drew ducked
while Don turned away. The ball apparently just missed hitting Drew in
the head and instead hit Don on his shoulder blade knocking him out of
the golf card on to the ground. Don was able to complete the round. He
scored a 113 over all while Drew, who had tied Don by the 17th hole, chipped
into a trap at the end to loose by 2 strokes. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course,
East Meadow, NY |
Sunday,
September 28, 2008 |
Highlights:
Steve was off his game. Phil was on his game. Don played his game and
Drew gave Don a run until he ran out of holes. Don ended wit ha 105 to
Drew's 111. Don was driving exceeding well and was making saving shots
when needed. |
| Middle
Island Country Club, Middle Island, NY |
Saturday,
September 20, 2008 |
Highlights:
Phil seems to set the pace for everyone. He had to ride solo since Steve
had to work, but he caddied for himself and gave himself the best advice,
since he was able to go around the revamped Spruce to Dogwood layouts
in just 104 strokes. Don and Drew continued their Titanic rivalry with
having a slightly better score on a hole-by-hole overview going out over
the Spruce 9, and only one hole where he picked up 4 strokes to give him
an 8 stroke lead at the turn. Drew kept up the pressure through the 5th
hole on Dogwood (the 14th hole of the day) and increased his lead to 13
strokes. Don stopped the bleeding by winning back two strokes each on
the 6th and seventh holes. They split the 8th and then Don brought the
tally back to 7 stokes by winning the 9th by 2 strokes. Don attributed
his slide to his putting and the short game being off. Drew's short game
and his putting was very strong seeing him chip one in for the only par
of the round on the Spruce 2nd hole and making a few long 20 plus foot
put on the Dogwood 3rd, 5th and 6th. |
| Long
Island National Golf Club,
Riverhead, NY |
Sunday,
September 14, 2008 |
Highlights:
Whose idea was this any way? Long Island National Golf Club voted by our
foursome the course least likely to which we will return to play a round
of golf. We go through it. Ugh. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course,
East Meadow, NY |
Monday,
September 1, 2008 |
Highlights:
Labor Day was a beautiful day weather-wise and set the scene for a dramatic
golf challenge on two levels. The Cardiac Boys, Steve and Phil against
Don and Drew, and the on-going struggle between Don and Drew for who is
Arnold Palmer and who is Jack Nicholas. The Cardiac Boys won hands down.
The battle between Don and Drew was an up and down one with Drew zooming
out to a one stroke lead but which he lost on the very next hole to Don's
par. He got even and stayed that way through the 5th hole but one on the
6th and another on the 8th to end the outward 9 down 2 strokes. The back
nine again saw Drew fighting to gain ground, which he did on the 111th
and a gain on the 13th and yet again on the 17th with his first bogie
of the day to trail Don by 2 strokes going into the final hole. The par
5 last hole was Don's undoing. He had his troubles and came in with a
quadruple bogie 9, while Drew put together 5 nice shots to get on and
one medium length putt to make his second bogie in a row and for the day
and for a win against Don by just 1 stroke. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course,
East Meadow, NY |
Saturday,
August 23, 2008 |
Highlights:
The weather was terrific and the playing duo who joined us was a wonderful
pair of friends from childhood from the Island of Jamaica who live and
work in the Bronx; Ivan an accountant with a hospital and France, a nurse
at Beth Israel. They both hit the long ball and helped make the round
as enjoyable as it could have been. Early on Don received a phone message
about the death of a dear family friend from his youth, which was distressing
for him. But, the game went on and the score card speaks for itself. Don
managed to get 6 bogies and Drew had 4. There were no pars. Drew's rocky
start was hard for him to overcome and left him 7 stokes behind Don at
the turn. He just about evened the match by the end of the 15th hole drawing
to just one stroke behind Don. But, that was the end of his march to success.
He gave up 2 strokes to Don on the 16th and another 3 strokes on the 17th
putting him 6 being going into the final hole. They tied with 7 each on
the 18th giving Drew a 55 for the back nine and Don a 56 with their totals
being Don 108 and Drew 114. It was a battle and tons of fun even in the
shadow of Don's distressing news. |
| Eisenhower
Red Course, East Meadow, NY |
Sunday,
August 17, 2008 |
Highlights:
The weather was great and, though there were quite a few golfers who chose
to play the Eisenhower Red Course, if anyone slowed our play is was more
often us than anyone in front of us. Don and Drew, who had played the
Red back on July 12, found it somewhat more difficult to navigate this
time, while their playing partners, Phil K. and Steve Z. were somehow
much less intimidated by it. Phil was able "negotiate" his way
to a 109 for the 18 holes. Steve had a 50 going out with a par 4 on the
8th hole and bogies on the 3rd, 5th, and 9th for a 51 coming in with bogies
on the 12th and 13th, for a round total of 101. Drew had bogie on the
2nd, 7th and 9th holes but with his putting a bit off and flubbing several
drives, he went out in 57. Don chipped one in to save bogie on the 2nd
and bogied again on the 6th and the 9th for an out bound total of 60.
Inbound for Drew saw better drives and fairway woods but his putting and
chipping were still off and he came in in 62 for a round total of 119.
Don got bogie on the 11th and 12th and came in in 58 for a total of 118
edging Drew by one stroke. (Note Please: The score
card includes several holes with an "upper" and a "lower"
score included. The upper scores are the actual strokes taken and the
lower score are the maximum score counted for that hole based on double
par. It is our understanding that the idea of recording a maximum score
as opposed to the actual strokes taken is an element of determining a
golfer's handicap. But, that practice is not supposed to shield a golfer
from counting the strokes he actually took to hole out on each hole. In
match play or in stroke play, all the strokes count. Only in the computation
of a golfer's handicap are "maximum" strokes for a give hole
to be computed. In future we will record actual strokes taken an leave
the "maximum" of twice par rto be used for computation of handicaps).
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| Sunken
Meadow State Park - Blue |
Sunday,
August 3, 2008 |
Highlights:
Hank wanted a "tune up" just be fore the American Kidney Fund
Golf Outing scheduled for the next day, so Drew and joined him for nine
holes at Sunken Meadow where they played the Blue Course. They were teamed
up with a young couple, Linda and Paul, who were congenial and fairly
good player but the foursome suffered greatly from an annoying threesome
in front of them who slowed play terribly and were horsing around to further
cause an extend round making what could have been a pleasure into a less
than enjoyable round. Hank was able to bogy the par 4 5th and 8th holes,
but otherwise struggled to control his new clubs and may have over emphasized
the upper body part of his swing to where he was feeling first discomfort,
then distress and a last outright pain in his arms. He still got a 58,
which was a big improvement over past such rounds, so things seem to be
looking even while progress is in modest steps forward. Drew started his
round with a bogy on the 1st, then another on the 3rd and a final one
on the 7th. But, he was at double bogie or worse on the others. He 2-putted
6 of the 9 green and 3-putted the others, which accounted for some of
the "bleeding". It was a round where one could certainly practice
distraction avoidance methods. |
| Sunken
Meadow State Park - Blue
to Red
Courses |
Saturday,
July 26, 2008 |
Highlights:
Drew could not find a playing partner and decided to take his chances
at Sunken Meadow on his own and got paired up with Richard and Pete from
the Huntington area. They drove and Drew walked playing from the Red to
the Blue. It took Drew until around the 7th or 8th hole on the Red to
learn that he had been walking too fast as he had no way to gauge his
pace since the others drove at will and, though they were hitting all
over the place, they could run rings around him. So, he was more tired
and needed time to calm down before hitting, which he felt was slowing
things down. But, as he slowed down his play, his game picked up. He had
one very nice hole on the Red; the Per 3 third hole, which he struggled
to get on to the green but one-putted for a bogie. His total of 64 strokes
with 17 putts on the Red had hidden among the many strokes enough good
ones that he felt he was doing fine and the beauty of the course was delightful
to see and walk through. The Blue Course was more familiar to him and
though his total was still over 50; 55 to be exact with 19 putts, he was
playing better to where Richard commented near the end that "you
are really getting good at those chip shots". Drew had hit the stick
in one attempt form off the green and landed several other very close,
which made things come together better. His bogie on the par 5 fourth
hole, which is rated the hardest hole on the Blue Course, particularly
rewarding and demonstrated to him the type of performance results of which
he is becoming more and more capable of delivering. The idea of playing
with strangers when ever time permits is easier for him now and will hopefully
present him with more opportunities to play. The advantages of walking
the 18 as opposed to riding became clearer as well. The time between shots
is more natural; the observation of things relating to the current hole
and conditions on the upcoming holes is more meaningful and helpful; the
distractions, which are an inevitable result of playing one's game so
closely integrated with that of one's playing partner, were almost completely
gone, save for when the threesome came together on each teeing ground;
and, of course, the exercise benifits to the mind and the body if not
to the spirit are far greater when walking. |
| Christopher
Morley Golf Course |
Tuesday,
July 22, 2008 |
Highlights:
This was a very special round to celebrate and inaugurate Hank's brand
new golf clubs by taking them out for a spin on a familiar course. We
agreed that we would just play for kicks and let the clubs work their
magic. As it happened, we saw some very good things happen with hanks
new sticks. The first 2 holes for Hank were like driving a car with very
loose steering; he just wasn't able to fine tune them. Then, he got the
feeling and hit bogies on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th holes. And on the
6th he was shooting at birdie but 3 putted. That must have jarred him
to where he blew up on the 300 yard par 4 seventh hole with an 8. But,
he got it back together with a bogie on the 8th and then used his nifty
new putter to putt one in from off the green for a birdie and a round
total of 45, which is his lowest round to date on the Morley nine. Drew
kept up his string of better results for the most part but did seem to
loose some of his concentration and focus with his interest in how Hank
was fairing with his new clubs. He bogied 1, 2 and 4 but triple bogied
the 3rd and 5th. He double bogied the 6th and 7th and finally got it together
again to par the 8th just coming up short of birdie by a smidge and then
bogied the 9th for a round total of 44. There was a light rain from the
tee on the 7th to the end of the round that had to be considered, but
given the way the game picked up for both Drew and Hank from that point
forward, the rain may have helped. |
| Eisenhower
Red Course, East Meadow, NY |
Saturday,
July 12, 2008 |
Highlights:
The Eisenhower Red Course is the course on which is played the Commerce
Bank Senior Tour Championship. It features a rough that is really rough,
length, though more from the Blue Championship Tees than from the White
Tees, but still it is long, some challengingly narrow fairways with some
encroaching woods. Don and Drew were up for the test. Though the first
hole made a kind of statement causing Drew to post an 8 and Don to take
the maximum 10, things got better for both challengers. Don was the only
one to make a par, which he did on the 490 yard par 5 3rd hole. He bogied
the 5th, 7th and 9th going out and the 11th and 18 coming in. But, when
the course fought back it took back his gains in spades. Drew bogied the
3rd, 12th and 16th but was able to double bogie 9 holes where Don double-bogied
just 4. They each had their moments with Drew's putting some what more
on target. They each scored a round total of 115, which was felt to be
a bit of a triumph since neither had played the Red before. |
| Oyster
Bay Golff Course,
Woodbury, NY |
Sunday,
June 29, 2008 |
Highlights:
Oyster Bay Town Golf Course is rated 69.0 from the White tees with a 126
Slope and a yardage total of 5,831. It is fairly straight forward with
some holes that require threading the needle with very narrow fairways
and some threatening and foreboding woods, rough and a few with lateral
water hazards. The day was hot but playable and reports of storms that
were supposed to find their way to us by late in the round, which came
true, but which did not keep us from completing the 18-holes though with
some learning experiences with regard to needing a way to dry off the
golf club grips before hitting away and taking the change in the greens
and terrain in general due to the sudden soaking rains. Drew had gone
out to an early lead with a bogie in the first hole and a couple of double
bogies while Don was getting his stride. Don bogied 5 and 6 to catch up
and when Drew parred the 8th hole Don was one stroke ahead and they remained
that way at the turn; 55 to 54. Drew evened up the score on the 10th with
another bogie and Don pulled ahead by 2 with a par on the 12th. Getting
a par would normally be a rather glorious moment but it was overshadowed
by Drew's chip in to save double bogie. Go figure. They traded holes and
stayed even through the 16th when, on the 17th Drew bettered Don by 2
strokes to tie the match and they both scored the same on the 18th giving
Don a 60 coming in and Drew a 59, which gave them both a 114 total for
the round. The last 3 or 4 holes were played in the rain or the remnants
of the rain, which had its effect, but did not dampen the feelings that
the game was a positive experience for both players. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course,
East Meadow, NY |
Saturday,
June 21, 2008 |
Highlights:
It may be an omen that both score cards got lost to our record keeping.
Drew's card got laundered and Don's was left on the golf cart. Don was
stalking the 100 mark again this week. He came "this" close.
Right on 100. He played so well. Steady, except for the occasional flubbed
shot. His putting was not as on as it had been of late and he got stuck
in a sand trap or two that had their way with him, but for the most part
his game was solid. Drew was getting off the tee this week is much better
fashion. He was not hitting far, but he was getting it out there to where
he could make better use of his fairway woods and irons. His results at
the 18th were particularly memorable getting on with a nice hit with his
rescue club to inches off the green and then up and down in 2 from there.
He 113 chopped 10 strokes off his last week's round and this on a longer
more difficult course over all. |
| Eisenhower
White Course,
East Meadow, NY |
Saturday,
June 14, 2008 |
Highlights:
Don was flirting with breaking 100 all game long and his pars on holes
5 and 7 with bogies on holes 2, 3, 4 and 9 on the front nine and a par
on 12 and bogies on 14 and 18 on the back nine were what did it for him.
He still got to visit parts of Eisenhower Park that few people get to
see and that is what kept him from breaking 100. Drew simply could not
hit a tee shot and, though his irons were some what better and his putting
was in regulation or better except for a 3 putt on holes 14, and 16. He
had 14 putts going out and 20 putts coming back. His 123 for the day might
have been more disheartening were he not convinced that when he gains
control of his driver, which is new to him this season, he should be able
to join Don in threatening the 100 mark. |
| Swan
Lake Golf Club, Manorville, NY |
Saturday,
May 31, 2008 |
Highlights:
Swan Lake Golf Club is very nice and well maintained. The promised rain
came as we were to tee off on the 17th driving us instead into the club
house until the rain stopped after under an hour. We finished the last
to holes and called it a day. Steve, who had to work, had Jerry fill in
for him. It was a tough day for Jerry, who had been sidelined for a few
years and who was struggling to hit it on the sweet spot from beginning
to end. There were moments of promise that will bring him back for sure,
but it was a less that glorious return to the game though hopefully there
was some fun in it for him. Phil and Don battled mightily with only one
stroke separating them at the turn and Phil besting Don by but 2 stroke
at the end of play; 105 to 107. Phil had a Par on the 3rd and a bogie
on 5, 6 and 16. Don bogied 2 and 7 and shot par on 9 and 16, which had
to be extremely satisfying. Drew showed Phil a part of his game that he
was unable to display last week at Middle Island. His putting in particular
was extremely consistent. He only had 4 hole where he putted in more than
regulation with 10 holes down in 2 and 4 holes down in 1 put. His puts
were set up by much better iron play in his approaches to the greens.
He hit a bogie on 5 and a par on 13 giving him a 60 at the turn and a
59 on the back 9 for a 119 total. |
| Middle
Island Country Club, Middle Island, NY |
Saturday,
May 24, 2008 |
Highlights:
Middle Island Country Club is undergoing a make over. The entire Spruce,
or the West Course, is being worked on and promises to be a fabulous golfing
experience in the near future. We played from Dogwood, the South Course,
to Oak Tree, the Northeast Course, and used gas golf carts to introduce
the course to Drew and to welcome back Don, Steve and Phil, who had time
on this course some years back. Phil was playing his first round since
his heart operation nearly two years ago. It seems he has not lost much
since he shot the low score of the day, a 113. He had a nice par on Hole
3 and a bogie on 6 of Dogwood and bogies on holes 1, 4 and 7of Oak Tree.
Steve was right on his tale with a 114 overall score with bogies on 6
going out and on holes 4, 5, and 7 coming in. Don had a left tendency
going out but managed to bogie holes 5 and 6 going out but struggled the
rest of the way around for a total of 122 over all. Drew flubbed more
tee shots than he would care to remember on Dogwood but managed to get
a bogie on holes 3 and 6 for 64 going out. His return leg began in a similar
way but then he chipped in for par on the Oak Tree 5th hole hit double
bogie on 6 and 7 and bogie on 8 and 9 for a 55 total for that 9 and a
grand total of 119 for the day. He will not forget the chip in and it
cemented his commitment to his ides to have golf greens surrounded by
wireless video cams to capture such moments for golfers to enjoy forever. |
| The
Hamlet Golf and Country Club, Commack, NY |
Monday,
August 6, 2007 |
Highlights:
This round of golf was played in favor and support of the good works of
the American Kidney Fund. Drew serves as a Vice Chairperson of the Fund's
Northeast Regional Council. Some 90 plus golfers played on what promised
to be a story day, but which turned out to be a very nice day weather-wise.
The good fellowship among the players was exemplified by that experienced
among the threesome of Don, Drew and Ron. Ron was playing his very first
round of golf with a set of borrowed clubs and new golf duds (he look
pretty swell too) and used mostly the 5-iron all through the day, which
served him quite well. The best ball format takes the best individual
score on each hole and adds it as part of the team's aggregate. Our team
scored a 99 for the round. We have highlighted the best-ball scores on
each hole. Where two players scored the same, we highlighted both their
scores. Ron, the absolute newcomer, contributed 8 of the best ball scores,
so much for beginner's luck. He scored a par 3 on the 165 yard 4th hole
a bogie on the 5th hole and consistently showed the advantages of good
iron play. Don had the low score by one stroke; 112, and that coming by
way of visiting virtually every hill on the entire course. Don parred
the 8th and the 11th holes and contributed to ten of the best ball scores.
Drew's total of 113 was the result of some unusually long ball strikes,
some nifty chipping and some moderately good putting. His best ball scores
totaled 9. We all enjoyed the round and relished in the lunch that was
served at all the right moments. |
| Butternut
Farm Golf Club, Stow, MA |
Saturday,
July 7, 2007 |
Highlights:
Drew was pleased to return to the rustic and well cared for Butternut
Farms Golf Club with now completed club house where dozens of weddings
and other festive celebrations are held during the year. Malcolm gets
to play Butternut more often, being a local to the area, and he always
serves as a leader of the way as to the ins and outs of the always challenging
course. Malcolm’s round of 89 was dotted with 5 pars and a spectacular
chip-in birdie on the par 3 fourth hole. Drew struggled to get the ball
off the T most of the round and lived a good deal of the time in the woods.
But, he did have his moments four bogies and with a nice par on the eleventh
hole. His round of 112 had some nice putting folded into it and a number
of trees that some how got in the way. |
| Bethpage
State Park Golf Course - Blue Golf Course |
Saturday,
June 30, 2007 |
Highlights:
As well as we have been playing on other courses, we were brought up sharply
by the Blue Course at Bethpage. It must have been a combination of the
hills, the rougher rough, the longer hole lengths, the challenging design
and that we are used to a milder gentler golfing experience. Tough there
are no water hazards, there were still many an area that placed before
us a valley, gulch or swale that required that we cross them all as well
and completely as if there had been a body of water stretched out before
us. To fail to make the valley is to then require a shot or even a series
of shots that will require a tough up hill grind and trajectory. To miss
both short and either right or left is to then be faced with punishing
undergrowths, steadfast trees and daunting bunkers or outright unplayable
lies. All this added up to stroke upon stroke whether actually taken or
marked down due to penalties. Both Don and Drew struggled from the get
go. Don finally got on track with bogies at 8 and 9. Drew had four double
bogies on the front nine each of which were either threatening to be bogies
or pars with his putting being in the "so-close-but-yet-so-far"
category. We left after the 15th hole due to the slowness of play and
found the back 9 to be significantly more hospitable with Drew scoring
3 bogies, one of which was nearly a par had that put not missed by just
that much, and Don scoring 2 bogies. The course record of 65 is still
intact. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course |
Saturday,
June 23, 2007 |
Highlights:The
first 18-hole round for the season is back at the Eisenhower Blue, which
was in very good shape even if it was some what truncated and overlooked
in favor of the famous Red course, which would be the field of play for
the Commerce Bank Open Senior Tour Event that coming week. It was a day
of feast or famine. It seemed that both Don and Drew would either do very
well on a hole or blow up completely on that hole. Don enjoyed a Par and
6 bogies and struggled on many of the other holes for a total of 108.
. Drew parred the 3rd, 6th and 11th holes a par 4 and two par 5's with
some very good golf shots, but save for three bogies he also struggled
and totaled a 117. It was hot; we walked where we usually would ride and
Drew, for one, skipped lunch, which for him is not a good idea. But, there
was a lot of learning going on and the good shots were harbingers of more
such shots as we go forward. |
| Heartland
Golf Park |
Saturday,
June 9, 2007 |
Highlights:
Don could lead the way on this unusual golfing experience as he had played
Heartland before. Just a small amount of imagination allowed us to feel
as if we were standing on and playing these famous Par 3 holes from 9
of the most exclusive courses on the planet. Neither of us really blew
up on any one hole never exceeding triple boggie. And, we each enjoyed
making a Par. |
| Sunken
Meadow State Park - Green Course |
Sunday,
October 26, 2006 |
Highlights:
Drew and Hank were joined by Al and picked up Lou who plays the Sunken
Meadow courses often to round out their foursome for the day. The course
was in very nice shape. Lou led the way and was he only one of the group
to score a par, which he did on the tough hole number 7. Drew having,
trouble with his putter on the first few hole and his irons on the last
few hole and with his woods on some of the in between holes, resulting
in a 64 for the round. Al had a bogie on the 2nd and struggled to stay
under 60 with a 58 by round's end. Hank said, "I like the course,
but I hate the course”, which summed up his round. He had some brilliant
moments that make him feel his future is on the long courses, because
now he can really hit without holding back. |
| Sunken
Meadow State Park - Blue
to Red
Courses |
Sunday,
October 22, 2006 |
Highlights:
Don and Drew were joined by Norman and his brother-in-law Howie at Sunken
Meadow to play the Blue through the Red courses. (By the way, see Drew's
Review of the Sunken Meadow Blue Course on GolfLink.com). |
| Sunken
Meadow State Park - Blue Course |
Sunday,
October 16, 2006 |
Highlights:
Don and Drew ventured out to Sunken Meadow State Park on a beautiful crisp
fall day with leaves turning color. Drew started off well with a par on
1 and 3 and bogie on 4 and 5. He finished with a 54 for the round 6 ahead
of Don who struggled on the greens with his putter, which did not behave
as it usually does. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course |
Saturday,
September 30, 2006 |
Highlights:
Don played well. Drew could hardly see the ball on the tee. He kept miss-hitting
it, ecept for sometimes. Don had 3 pars on 1, 15 and 18 with bogies on
3, 7, 8, 12 and 17 for a round of 106. Not his best, but in there. Drew
bogied the 8th and the 17th and struggled the rest of the day. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course |
Saturday,
September 9, 2006 |
Highlights:
Don and Drew joined up at Eisenhower Park with Mike and his wife Meesu
who apparently enjoy playing on this Robert Trent Jones designed course
on a regular basis. Don parred the 1st, 4th and 17th holes and hit some
excellent shots, but Drew was able to keep the score close and actually
held the lead from the 8th through the 16th hole, when Don pointed out
that a 3 stroke lead would be hard for him to over come. Drew said, “There
are lots of holes to go and you never know what can happen”, which
is surely where he lost it. Don won one stroke back on the 16th and then
proceeded to par the 3-par 118 yard 17th, which allowed him to make back
the two remaining strokes he had been down and go up one on Drew who triple
boggied it. Though Don had a rough finish on the 18th with a double bogie,
Drew had an even rougher one, even with a nice shot here and there he
triple-boggied the 18th putting Don 2 strokes up at the finish. Drew will
be fitted with new choke-resistant underwear before their next golf outing. |
| Eisenhower
Blue Course |
Saturday,
September 16, 2006 |
Highlights:
Don and Drew joined up with two brothers from Great Neck and North Hills
for a round played on the morning after a soaking rain the day and night
before and with Drew still feeling the effects of a bad cold. The weather
was fine and though the course was feeling the effects of the deep wetness,
it was in good condition with a lushness that made the rough rougher and
the fairway heavy with water such that divots seemed to weigh a ton, which
may have had an effect on shot results. The greens, which had been aerated
last week had grown back to a degree and were not as "sandy"
as they had been, but the putting surface still gave the ball a bumpy
ride. Though Drew had the only par on the front nine, on the 8th hole,
Don posted bogies on the 7th and 9th and kept his hole totals even with
or better than Drew's on every other hole than the 8th giving him an 8
stroke lead at the turn. Drew kept loosing one or two per hole through
the 13th when Don shot par on the 296 yard par 4. They stayed even on
the 14th when Drew hit a long put to tie Don's triple bogie 7. That little
positive result must have given Drew a lift. He pared the 172 yard 15th
bettering Don's bogie 4 and then posted a 7 on the toughest hole on the
course, the 16th, a 387 dog leg right hole that took its toll on Don's
big lead to the toll of 2 more strokes for a total of 13 down from a high
of 16 strokes. The 17th hoe, a par 3, is only 129 yards from tee to green,
so most use 5 iron or shorter to clear the two large traps in front of
the flag. Drew hit 3 iron to about 8 feet from the pin and, after the
others outside his lie putted closer, he putted his ball on a fairly smooth
route with just a slight bend to the left at the end directly into the
cup for a birdie 2, which reduces the deficit to 11 stroke. Don fought
back and got his fifth bogie for the back 9 on the par 5 finishing hole
giving him a total of 8 bogies and one par for the round and total of
105 for round, 5 strokes better than his effort last week and 12 strokes
better than Drew's total of 117 for the day. There were a lot of "come
back" shots for both players; meaning "they're coming back for
more golf on the Eisenhower Blue Course. |
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