Golfing With Reid

Fun dinner party Friday night at the Rices, with the Halls and Hongs. Dan grilled two types of boneless chicken. Lots of fixins: Ceil made two types of rice. There were three salads, all good. Noelle made strawberry shortcake for dessert. Got home at 11 pm.

Up early to play golf with my other friend Reid. Teed off at 615 am. Played one ball. Was able to take several pictures of Reid along the way. Beautiful morning.

1. Fair hybrid off the tee. Like this shot, I would fail to get almost all my hybrid shots off the ground all morning. Flubbed my next shot, which had been buried in the rough. But I hit a great 6 iron to the back fringe, one of my best ever approach shots on this hole. Two putt for bogey. Then I took a picture of the sunrise.

2. Flubbed a 6 iron off the tee. Fair 8 iron. Okay chip, Two putt for a double.

3. Hooked my tee shot left. Chipped over the green. Took three chips to get on the green. Two putt. A seven on a par three.

4. Decent 8 iron to the left rough. Good chip onto the green. Two putt for bogey.

5. Tee shot was just okay. Certainly not pretty. Chip didn’t make the green. Poor first putt, then two more. Triple.

6. Decent tee shot. Flubbed the second but got a good roll. Meanwhile Reid hit a great long approach to the left fringe (below).

I flubbed my approach way right, but then executed a great chip onto the green. Two putt for a double.

7. Worm burner off the tee. Flub out of the rough. Then another worm burner, but it rolled up the hill. Took a photo of Reid's fairway shot.

Another fairway shot, then a nice chip onto the green. Two putt for a triple.

8. Another worm burner that got a decent roll, but then a great 9 iron down to the fringe. Three putt for bogey. Reid broke his driver on his tee shot (below).

9. Hooked my tee shot left, but followed with a good low 6 iron under the tree branches to the front fringe. Terrible lag putt and bad comebacker. Took two more putts on the rough green to finish. Triple.

Finished at 805. I joked like I was headed to the parking lot without picking up my bag. Then inexplicably Reid’s push cart was no where to be found. We could see the tracks in the dew where he had pushed it past the green. We looked down the 9th fairway - not there. The bag had disappeared. Finally we found it – it had rolled down the hill onto the 8th fairway - some 50 yards away.

Worked around the house all day. Later drove Ceil on some errands. Had to go in my car because hers wouldn’t start. Picked up a pie from Pizzeria Lucca on the Roswell Square for sup.

Saw the Indiana / Chicago game Sunday afternoon. If Angel Reese played Caitlin Clark every game, Reese would be an all-star. 25 points 16 rebounds much higher than her average 13 & 11, and 2 assists per game. Clark averages 16.3 - 5.4 - 6.6, with a recent 7 point game lowering her stats. Clark has only taken an average of 11-1/2 shots in her past 5 games.

Did you see clip where they were talking about Caitlin leading the league in turnovers, while showing clips of Clark hitting her teammates in the hands with passes, but the teammate dropped the pass? They’re saying there is a Caitlin / Angel rivalry similar to Bird and Magic – but Angel is far from being a Magic Johnson. Not saying Caitlin is Larry Bird, but the fans are lining up to see her.

Scottie Scheffler won again in Hartford. The season isn’t halfway over and he has already broken the season money-earning record. He’s chasing Tiger’s all-time record. When those protesters stormed the green, they were lucky the ex-con Scottie didn’t just take them all out by himself.  

Braves take 2 or 3 in Yankee Stadium this weekend, thanks to Fried and Sale. They’ve won 8 of their last ten.

Players who were walked intentionally at least four times in a game https://stathead.com/tiny/Vg1A

Player      4 IBB Date       Opp Mgr

Baker.......... 1943-09-28(2)......Leo Durocher

Bonds..........23-Apr-2004.......Jim Tracy

.................... 01-May-2004......Jack McKeon

.................... 2004-Jun-12(2)...Lee Mazzilli

.................... 22-Sep-2004.......Phil Garner

Dawson.......22-May-1990*.....Lou Piniella

Heath...........14-Jul-1941........Joe Cronin

Klu.............. 07-Sep-1951.......Phil Cavarretta

Maris........... 22-May-1962......Bill Rigney

Ramirez.......05-Jun-2001.......Phil Garner

Templeton...05-Jul-1985........Chuck Tanner

DENISON: should a Christian attend a same sex wedding? Not an easy answer to this question.

https://www.denisonforum.org/biblical-living/should-i-attend-a-same-sex-wedding/