A Good Day

Since my last post, the new clubhouse is open and we now have beer on tap and a burger in the clubhouse if we want it. Unfortunately, there haven't been a lot of days when we can get together and enjoy it. Joe is working too hard, Steve and Glenn and I are traveling too much. In fact, I am writing this post from a Holiday Inn Express in Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  Don't ask.

The good news is that, after a number of mediocre rounds, I finally played well for a change on Sunday.  My friends wimped out after 9 (a little lightning, a little rain).  I kept playing only because I was playing well.  With a set of late 80s Wilson Staff fluid Feel blades, my father-in-law's Ping Anser, and a Wood Brothers AT2000 driver, I managed a 72! 27 putts helped a lot, as did 4 birdies.  The Wood Brothers driver sent most balls about 20 feet off the ground, but most stayed in the fairway and rolled out to respectable yardages. Not great, but OK.  Just goes to show you how little the driver matters as long as it keeps the ball in play.

I think Royal Dornoch likes my idea of leaving a set of vintage clubs there when I leave this summer and setting up a blog to record peoples' experiences playing Dornoch with persimmons and blades. I have a set of regular flex, brand new Wilson Staff fluid feel blades like I used Sunday.  I think I will bring them.  I'm not sure about the woods yet- or the putter.Only two months to go.

I picked up a number of refinished persimmons that my sister had picked up for me at Steve's golf shop in Lenoir, North Carolina.  He does a great job refinishing woods. I have tried using a number of drivers with steel shafts, but find myself going back to graphite shafted drivers. I want to remain competitive and the graphite shaft seems to matter for me, but only with the driver.  I also just bought an old Wilson "Indestructo" vintage bag for $10. What's next- plaid pants?