On Tuesday afternoon, I got a call from one of my friends up at Mount Snow asking if I could make a foursome on Thursday in a charity golf tournament for a fellow ski instructor who passed away in an auto accident long. Of course I said yes! So, Thursday morning I calmly left my house at 10 o'clock and drove only 1.5 hours to a wonderful course in central Vermont. The pictures in the show are not really capturing EXACTLY what happened, but while the course was wonderful, the weather was less than ideal. You'll notice that the weather goes from sunny and gorgeous to dark and gloomy. Imagine that when it is dark and gloomy it is also POURING! I have never played in such weather. In fact, the mountain across the valley from us (Okemo Ski resort) ended the day with a dusting of snow on the top! WOOHOO! Only fitting for a bunch of ski instructors to be out playing in such weather.
This is a picture of my winning drive. You can see two yellow markers: the one closes to you, the viewer, is the men's drive, and the one about 15 ft back is marking where mine stopped. In scramble tournaments, if you don't know, there are contests within contests, and I think we missed the closest to the pin shot, but this one we didn't, although the story is funny. I was walking down the fairway, thinking, WOW that was a beautiful shot, I might be the longest drive in my foursome. Sure I started about 30 feet in front of them, but wow, wouldn't that be cool. As I approached I was recognizing I was the longest ball in my group, so I was feeling pretty happy, especially because this had happened at one point when a strong, cold cell had moved in and it was so wet I could barely see. We all gathered around my ball when one of the guys said, hey, you have to mark that. Uh, with what, what are you talking about (still focused on the fact that my ball was being chosen for play on a LONG drive situation)...with the long ball stick. Oh, well it is up there about 10-15 feet already...no no, not that one, that one is the men's...you need to go back and get THAT ONE (he points rather dramatically). WAH! I had walked right passed it about 40-50 YARDS back! So, I went and got the WOMEN'S stick and marked my ball with pride :)! Turns out I won, and everyone after us had seen my mark and was VERY impressed. As were the other Mount Snow team, who won the tourney. So that means that 8 of us went and 5 of us left with goodies from the proshop (I got a $35 dollar coupon at the shop!). Hope I get to play next year...I'll mark my closest ball too, because I KNOW I was closer than the woman who won, I just wasn't paying attention! ;)
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