The Weekend

So obviously there have been no recaps of the games this weekend, Saturday because my out of town guest and I watched most of it at a bar, and Sunday because I didn't see much of the game due to playing in a golf tournament with said out of town guest. A breakdown of my weekend:

Saturday:

• Early morning - drive to airport to pick up out of town guest.
• Late morning - watch TV
• Early afternoon - get lunch, head to Golfsmith to kill some time
• Late afternoon - go back to Golfsmith so that out of town guest can buy a new driver
• Night - head to bar to get dinner and beer

Sunday:

• Early early morning: Wake up about 10 times during the night due to mystery illness
• Early morning: throw up about three times with what appears to be food poisoning
• Late early morning: throw up in my car as we arrive at the golf course, painfully hit golf balls on the driving range in a brave effort to soldier on despite illness
• Late morning: Despite illness, lack of glycogen, and severe lack of sleep, drill a three wood about 240 yards to about 15 feet on the 6th hole of the day to set up a birdie, getting us to -5 through 6 holes (it was scramble format*).
• Noon or so: We birdie our eigth hole of the day, getting us to -7 through 8.
• Couple hours later: Birdie our 15th, 17th, and 18th holes to finish -12 on the day.
• Hour or so later: Celebrate our first victory in three years of playing in this tournament, try to eat solid food. Go home, fall asleep watching Masters.

So that's kinda why I didn't post anything yesterday. I was pretty out of it, yet still managed to hit the ball fairly well.

As for our team, well, it was a total team effort. You win scrambles one of two ways: 1) Everyone on the team is playing well, or 2) everyone is playing OK, but someone always steps up to hit a clutch shot when you need it. We won the second way. Whenever we needed someone to put us in the fairway, or knock one tight on the green, or to make a big putt, someone always came through. It's very satisfying to win a tournament like that when everyone on the team makes major contributions. Two years ago we shot -6 in decent conditions and finished in the top half of 36 teams. Last year we played in brutally cold weather, shot -6, and finished somewhere in the top ten. Yesterday, conditions were terrific. Sunny all day, in the mid 50s most of the day. Under those conditions, I'm a little surprised that -12 held up, but as it turns out, we won by two shots. The $100 gift certificate will come in handy, seeing as how I spent $150 on new pants and new windshirt after throwing up on myself.

Anyway, enough about this for now. There will be plenty of golf talk as the amateur events start to roll around (I try and qualify for the Illinois State Mid-Amateur in two weeks). Back to Angels blogging beginning tonight.