The first day of the tournament was a scramble format, which means that you and your partner tee off and then both of you play from the same spot after that. So, if I were to drive the ball into the trees or out of bounds and Henry drove his ball in the middle of the fairway we would obviously play from his location and not worry about my drive. That is actually what happened most of the day too. The weather was horrible, winds were probably 20-30 miles an hour, it snowed a bit here and there and it was pretty dang cold. Henry and I knew that we would have an advantage golfing in those conditions because we always golf in that poor weather anyway. When others are in their homes hiding and waiting for warmer weather to golf in Henry and I are out on the course freezing our butts off. That was a main reason that I agreed to golf with him. He has been golfing pretty good this year so far. He didn't disappoint on day one either. I bailed him out only a few times, but either than that he held me up. We had a 4 shot lead going into the final day.
Day two wasn't much better as far as the weather but it was about 10 degrees warmer. Still pretty windy and again we had a snow flurry or two. There were three teams that shot a 2 over score of 74 on day one and we had a great day of golf and came in with the lead of a 2 under 70. We knew that we would be paired up with one of the teams that were tied for second. I love pressure and competition. I figured that the group we would be paired up with would be better than us and probably stuck up. I can't stand people that think they are better than others and I treat them the same way that they probably treat everyone. To begin the day I could tell that one of the guys was this way and wasn't sure about his partner. This second day of golf was a best ball format. This means that both people play their own balls during the entire hole. Thus if I score a 6 on a hole and Henry scores a 4 we would take the 4 and again my score wouldn't matter. We extended our lead on this team by one on the very first hole because Henry and I both parred and both of them bogeyed. The second hole I had an eagle putt and so did the other guy who was the stuck up one on their team. Henry drained a 50 footer from off the green for birdie and gave me a go ahead and make sure I get my eagle putt to the hole. I missed the eagle and birdied the hole as well. This other guy on their team missed his eagle putt as well. We kept extending our lead on these guys all day and they only beat us 1 hole out of 18. The one guy that I wasn't sure if he was going to be stuck up ended up being an alright fellow, his partner the one that I sensed thought he was better than us seemed to keep that demeanor the whole day even though we kicked his butt. After hole 16 we were even par on the day and I felt that we had the tournament in the bag. We ended up bogeying the last two holes to shoot a 74 and a total score of 144. We get back to the clubhouse and see that there isn't another team that was in our flight that was under 150. There was however a few scores that hadn't been posted yet. Come to find out that one of the other teams that was tied for second to begin the day shot a 69 to go along with their 74 and beat us 143 to 144. It seemed a little fishy that their score wasn't posted until our score was figured? We won credit in the pro shop and only lost out on $50 a piece for not getting first and maybe a trophy. I found out as well that after this tournament was over that one of the gentleman on the winning team was re-rated, which means that during tournaments his score is substantially better than that of his scores that he is posting to establish a handicap, so he isn't allowed to golf in that same flight anymore. It is basically a way to say that he is a sand bagger and cheats to win. He still gets this win and we lose out on a tournament that we should have won so who cares right? Maybe not! It is nice to know that Henry and I deserved first even though we didn't win. True we could have parred the last two holes and still won, but we know that we didn't cheat like their team did.
Henry golfed really great like I mentioned he held me up most of the time. After we teed off on a short par 3 on hole 16 Henry said that he was shaking. It wasn't extremely cold and he isn't one to shiver because of cold anyway so I asked him why? He said that he couldn't handle the pressure like I could and he was nervous. He must have tapped into something to golf as good as he did because it was the best I have ever seen him golf. In the past I mentioned that he is so lucky it isn't even funny. That weekend he didn't really have any lucky bounces or anything like that. He just golfed good and also took home money for closest to the pin and a couple of other extra money pots. I shot an 84 on day two and he shot an 80 and this is on a par 72 course. We golfed this last weekend a week after the tournament at an easier course and he shot over 100! I told everyone that I was glad he held it together for the tournament and won me some money! I am getting a new putter with the money that I won, it supposedly has been ordered and I can't wait to have it in my bag. It is so pretty that I might have to sleep next to it a few nights to begin with to let it know that it has a new loving home! I need a new driver but I can't stand woods so it was basically get a new driver or a new putter. I figured that 70 percent of the game is putting anyway so I went with the putter. I need a new bag as well but I have wanted this style of putter forever. A new bag and driver will have to hold on until I can first of all hit a wood with some consistency and win more money in another tournament to get a new bag and a new driver.
This is my new putter!!Okay enough golf. Quinn is doing great and a little less than a week after being born she had her first doctor's visit. She had already gained 6 ounces and the doctor said that is basically unheard of. She isn't a good sleeper at night! During the day she sleeps pretty good and even with the television blaring she sleeps right though it. At night when it is quiet is when she wakes up tossing and turning! It is frustrating and Sheri is having a hard time with it. I just came back to work tonight and Sheri is dreading being home alone for so long with no back up parent to help at night. I hope and pray that she will do fine and I will help her out a ton on the nights that I don't work. Quinn had better sleep through the night before Triton did that is for sure! We tended to him throughout just about every night for 9 months. He was out first and of course we were worried with any little noise that he made so we would jump at his every whimper. We finally tired of it and decided to let him cry himself back to sleep one night and since then he has been a great sleeper. I am thinking that Quinn isn't going to get the same treatment, but for right now with her being so small and needing eat every 4 hours we can hold out for awhile.
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