WNMLF Golf Banquet

Earlier this month as we completed our latest round of Golf I (5th or 6th attempt, depending on how you count), we decided we should celebrate with a WNMLF Golf League Banquet.

So we did.

Cheers!   May your summer rounds be filled with blue skies, moderate temperatures, straight tee shots, and friendly greens.
 
 

Approximate Golf

So here are the options as we see them—you can go crazy trying to count strokes, keep track of rules, and write everything down correctly on the little card with the mysterious numbers on it. In our observation, this can lead to frustration, cursing, and giving up on the game altogether.


OR you can have fun, try to hit the ball toward the hole, and when you get there turn in the approximate number of strokes it took you to complete this task. With this method, no clubs, greens, or small animals get hurt. And—not an insignificant point—those of us who choose this second option are still playing.

We understand that we won’t make an LPGA handicap with the second method, but we do have a good time on the golf course.

Certainly that must count for something.

We Fall Behind on Reporting Important Developments

A Blessed Event at Civitan Lake a few weeks ago—baby geese arrived to our family of Golf Course Geese.


During this season, there are Goose Crossing Days on Hole # 5 next to the lake when Civitan Golfer Ethics dictate that we wait to tee off until the family has completed their waddle across the fairway.

We are so tardy in reporting this news, that already these babies have grown to look quite gawky and adolescent.


WNMLF Golfer Joan has some excellent footage of the bigger goose-lets (goslings? geese-itos?) crossing the abovementioned fairway during another delay-of-play round.

Film at eleven (or ask Joan if you can see it).

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Golf Course

We never did see Tiger out there, but with the help of Google maps, we managed to find the Hidden Valley Golf Course that claims to be in Aztec, New Mexico.


WNMLF league players Katie, Joan, and Vicki had a lovely morning exploring the first 9 holes of this course. The weather was beautiful, the mountains in the distance were still snowcapped, and by way of the miracle of Scramble, we had a pretty good round.

We had a little trouble finding hole #2, but were able to locate it before accidentally teeing off at hole #3.

Later, as we were headed toward the clubhouse, focused on lunch, we sailed right by the tee box on hole #9. Vicki was ready to put down the ball and start whacking away in the middle of the fairway on the long par 5 hole, but a sense of Golf Propriety in the persons of Joan and Katie shamed her into turning the cart around and looking again for the tee box. We discovered that they had hidden it on the other side of the cart path.

After a dip in the sand trap on #9 (aka a WNMLF beach party), we finished the hole, gave back the golf carts, and beelined for the snack bar.

We can recommend the grilled cheese on wheat, the patty melt, and the view from the patio.

It was an excellent day on the hidden links, even without a Tiger-sighting.