First Weekend in May

I played at Virginia Oaks last Friday morning.  Went off early so that I could be finished in time to leave for Apple Blossom in Winchester.  I was paired with a guy who claims the most rounds ever at Virginia Oaks with more than 1700.  He said he plays five days a week.  I told him that he was in for a long day playing with me.  It turned out that we weren’t that far apart in ability.  The course is getting in pretty decent shape but the rough is long.  In fact it was the longest I’ve seen there.  That really put a premium on keeping the ball in the fairway, which I didn’t do consistently.

Friday night we went to Apple Blossom’s Beach House on the Bloom.  It’s a pretty fun event but I think next year we’ll just tailgate and forget the band.  Inside the tent it’s exactly the same every year.  Saturday we went to the parade.  I’m not a fan of crowds or parades so I was in for a real treat.  It didn’t turn out so bad since we arranged to have rum.  Unfortunately the rum got the better of me.  No sense going into the details about this on the internet.

I played in a tournament Monday afternoon down at The Osprey in Woodbridge with a good friend.  This one was the usual captain’s choice four person teams.  Our team only had two people so they let us have a ghost putt.  That put us at a distinct disadvantage over the other teams that had four shots each time.  Even so we shot a 2-over 72.  Under those circumstances I thought we did well.  We weren’t in last place but we weren’t anywhere near the three leading teams who each shot a 61.  I did walk away with the closest to the pin on one hole (9′ 0″).  I really didn’t think it would hold up and almost left early.  Glad I didn’t.