Thursday Shot of the Day

Pictures: DeLong, Swayze, Sheetz and Wallace after play this morning. Wayne Pearl displaying his 'Oh-my-good-golly-with-a-hop-and-a-hope' swing in #5 fairway. Morris Cornelius' grip measure demonstration - see story below.

Seniors are up to bat. Who's going to have that great shot or two today? The low net round? The trouncing of their opponents? Today is also week one of the Individual Handicapped Tournament which will conclude next week - reminder: next week chipping and putting contest at 8:30 followed by nine holes of golf (tournament week two and regular season event) and that all followed by our first pitch-in luncheon. But first things first and that means all that good stroking and cheers and hurrahs of today. Lets get on with it. See you at the golf course, if not in person then in spirit.

Another reminder: looking for teenage and 20 something pictures of you guys and gals to enter in the Mystery Golfer contest.

Update 1:30pm:
-Charlie Sheetz told me yesterday that he now knows how to score a whole lot better. Today he went out there and shot a net 27, a gross 51, ten strokes better than last week. He is willing to share his new knowledge or you can ask Dale DeLong or Vic Wallace. Has something to do with visualization, I think. Charlie also vaulted into first place in the individual standings.
-Junior Byron gets the low round or the day, a 37. The Cannelburg guys, Mike and Albert, each had 39's.
-Dave Brown gets #7 hole prize. For some reason, Ray Shaw, his partner, thought they were the last group through and thus it would be a help to bring in the hole prize markers. Actually two more groups followed them to #7 - we figured out where the marker was. Dave still got the prize.
-George Foster and Wayne Pearl, my playing partners, each had some very nice shots. In fact, more than enough to take me to the cleaners. My own triple bogey on #1 didn't help and it didn't feel very good either.
-Morris Cornelius and Leroy Streepy each shot 44's, good enough to stomp Rex Hudson and Jack Butcher. Then they went out for the Commuity League and shot 49's. They were none too happy about that though Morris got a smile back on his face when he heard that his shot on #3 got him a hole prize.
-Morris also reported new research data that lets you know after a simple test whether or not you should use oversize grips. If you look at the picture above, the one of Morris's hands, well you just do that and if your thumb gets on back to the wrist on your other hand, well then you are a good candidate for oversize grips for your clubs. This is as reported by Morris to me; Morris says he heard that from Dave Strange. Hmmm...
-Kenny Hudson got close enough on #9 to get that prize while Bob Norris sank the longest first putt on #8 today.
-low net team for the day: Swayze and Sheetz with a 62.
-Tom McAtee did stellar work as a sub for Walt Bowens: net 30 for second in that category.
-Individual Handicapped Tournament: lots in contention.