Match Play and Pterodactyls

In the spirit of the Accenture Match Play event going on in the PGA Tour, Brian and I decided that Saturday was going to be a match play event between the two of us. Earlier in the morning we had gotten in about 3 hours of practice out at Shingle Creek. The wildlife out at Shingle Creek was incredible. We had a visit from a bald eagle earlier. I didn't have a chance to get a picture of it as I was caught up in the splendor of the size and beauty. I did however get a picture of a slighter slower blue heron.

Because of the NBA All Star game in town the course was pretty much packed with golfers. Because of the NBA All-Star game in town pretty much all local course's tee times were filled. We were able to find a tee time at a course that Brian had actually played a few months earlier (and played well with a T7) at Harmony Golf Preserve. I was going to as ready as I could be to play.

Being the nice guy Brian is he gave me 3 strokes a side. I gladly took that bit of charity and promptly made a sweet sandie (up and down from the bunker) on the first hole to go 1up. The lead increased to 2up after 3 holes with a solid par by me. It was a bit of déjà vous for Brian back to his final round in November when he double bogeyed the same par 3 before putting down 6 birdies the rest of the way in for that tournament. Nonetheless I was trying not to let the fact I had this big early lead get to my head but the enviable was coming. A couple less than stellar chips kept me from getting up and down and my lead was gone just like that.

The pterodactyl sightings were our find friends pictured below. It was rather humorous to see these creatures. And they were loud too. If you could imagine being immersed in Jurassic Park then you could have sworn these crazy things were there!

I can't say I really played poorly just more like someone having not played in 3-4 months. Some things were already improving in my game. However, it was a slow leak the rest of the round and Brian eventually closed me out on the 15th hole. Couldn't have played a nicer course though. It's kind of out in the boonies so they don't have a lot of golfers clogging up the course. Well except for the drunk 4some ahead of us. Figures, right?

All round we'd been jonesing for pizza. As luck would have it we had a flyer slipped under the door. We figured it was worthy. Well... nothing more disappointing then waiting over 90 minutes for a piece of cardboard with some cheese and toppings on it. Sort of a sour end to the day. I'm sure it was good when it was warm at some point on its journey. But on any return trip Romano's Pizza will not be on the menu. If that's the worst thing on this trip I think we'll be ok.

Another night in the books. Sunday was a travel day. No real news other than the jam and karaoke sessions in the car. Pretty funny stuff really but that gets filed under the player/caddy confidentiality agreement!

Good night all! I'm only a day behind now on the blog. We're out early on Tuesday morning for a practice round. Will catch up tomorrow night. Something says I'll have a little to say. With that, I'll leave you with this quote:

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness - James Thurber.