A Game for Optimists

Some of our faithful readers may snicker at the fact that we are now attempting Golf I for the sixth time (or maybe fifth or maybe seventh—we’ve lost count.)


We would like to point out that this unfailing faith of ours that our game might get better could be viewed in a different light.

It seems to us an act of optimism to keep getting out there with a bag of metal clubs and expect to improve in hitting a tiny ball into a small hole hundreds of yards away.

Miracles happen. The Cubs will rise again some year. Golf games can improve. We just keep at it.

Another Idea for a More Satisfying Score

It has come to our attention that if you quit playing once you have reached an acceptable score, you will have far fewer strokes to record on your score card.


For example, if one thinks that 35 is a good score for 9 holes, one can keep track of the cumulative score and know that if one has reached 35 strokes by hole #7, it’s a great time to leave the course and head for the iced coffee that comes at hole #10.

Always seeking ways to improve that score, we remain your faithful WNMLF blogging team.

Lightning Round

WNMLF golfers Katie and Vicki began league practice at Civitan Golf Course this morning with a slight breeze and some dark clouds forming on the western horizon.


By the time they got to hole #3, Vicki saw a lightning bolt off in the distance and recommended abandonment of play.

Gilbert, one of our favorite groundskeepers, said, “You are holding lightning rods in your hands.”

A golf round when lightning is present?

Not recommended.

Breaking News--Sensation of the Day at Hidden Valley

Vicki sank a putt from about 40 feet out on #15 during WNMLF league play at Hidden Valley Golf Course in Aztec.


This putt was witnessed by WNMLF colleagues Joan and Katie.

In an exclusive for the WNMLF blog, the golfer said, “The ball was out in the rough next to the fringe. I knew I was supposed to pitch, but I was too lazy to walk back to the cart and get my pitching wedge. So I putted.”

See????

Miracles DO happen.