Library Golf

On a tour of the college library with her class the other day, this blogger found herself quite unintentionally stopped in the golf section. She looked up and GV 979.P75 R65 1996 was trying to jump off the shelf.

And there it was—advice from Dr. Bob Rotella, sports psychologist and golf philosopher,

GOLF IS A GAME OF CONFIDENCE.

Among the Pearls from Dr. Bob:

“The right choice is the decisive choice.”

“It’s not very important where you’ve been. Life is about where you’re going.”

“If you can win the battle with your mind and emotions and play your best game, then you really can’t lose.”

“Most dreams are attainable if the dreamer is ready to devote consistent, intelligent effort to them.”

…and a few other pearls scribbled in now undecipherable handwriting.

Then life pressed in and this reader had to press on with the rest of her day.

She walked out of the library with some good advice to ponder, maybe even some golf tips.

Snow in October

In this high desert country, we are having (even for us) a dry year. And so, we should be grateful for three inches of snow on October 28, a month when we are still normally high and dry.

And yet we must observe that this has caused serious interference with WNMLF league practice time.

We might be willing to get out there and give it our best shots, but the golf courses are CLOSED.

Serious interruption of the important business of WNMLF golf.

Autumn Golf

BEWARE the dead leaves hazard on the fall golf course.


Collections of bright yellow leaves on the ground all over the fairways, roughs, and greens can make just about any golf ball disappear—yellow, white, even pink.

During Sunday’s round at Civitan we lost a few golf balls, eaten by collections of the bright yellow dead leaves that otherwise look so festive.

Early Halloween hobgoblins at play? Perhaps.

Tuesdays and Thursdays with the Coach

This round of Golf I (4th time for most of us) has, alas, come to an end. Last Thursday we closed out our season with 6 beautiful holes on the front 9 at Pinon Hills Golf Course.

From the golf cart path high above town, we could see the yellow cottonwoods lining the riverbank, and the sunlight on the bluffs south of town. We were almost too dazzled to remember to hit the golf ball.

The miracle of the game of Scramble once again gave us a good round. It also didn’t hurt that Coach K played two holes with us. Vicki was excited to contribute one good putt on green #5 to the team cause and did a happy dance (allowable in the rules of golf, we discovered during this run-through of Golf I.)

Our round was finally called due to darkness. We found our way back to the clubhouse on the shadowy cart paths, and parked the golf carts for one last time this semester.

Coach K is our WNMLF nominee to the Coaching Hall of Fame.