ONCE IN A LIFETIME

ON SATURDAY JULY 22ND, I DID SOMETHING THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. I RECEVIED MY FIRST EVER HOLE IN ONE ON THE GOLF COURSE. IT WAS IN WAUSEON OHIO AT IRONWOOD GOLF COURSE. IT WAS THE PAR 3 6TH HOLE. IT PLAYS 157 YARDS. I USED AN 8 IRON AND HIT A DRAW INTO A BACK LEFT PIN LOCATION. IT LANDED ABOUT 8-10 FEET IN FRONT OF THE HOLE AND ROLLLED ITS WAY INTO THE CUP. I WAS OF COURSE EXCITED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IF YOU PLAY A LOT OF GOLF, IT IS ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS IN THE WORLD. IT IS DEFINITELY A GREAT FEELING AND ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET, SINCE IT IS SO UNLIKELY THAT THIS WILL EVER HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN. I HOPE TO SOMEDAY BE ON THE COURSE WHEN MY DAD OR ONE OF MY BUDDIES GETS THEIR FIRST. HERE OF COURSE IS THE NIKE BALL THAT WAS USED. I PUT IT BACK IN THE BAG, AND REALLY I SHOULD HAVE QUIT AFTER HAT 6TH HOLE.

BALL AND SCORECARD

HERE IS THE SCORECARD AND BALL ONCE AGAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THAT CARD, THE CELEBRATION WAS SOON OVER AS I GOT A DOUBLE BOGEY ON THE PAR 5 8TH.

HOW SWEET IT IS!!!

TODAY TIGER WOODS TIED WALTER HAGEN FOR 2ND ON THE ALL TIME LIST OF MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH 11. HE IS NOW SITTING ONLY 7 MAJORS BEHIND THE GOLDEN BEAR. HE WON HIS THIRD OVERALL AND SECOND STRAIGHT BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. HE WAS ON FIRE ALL WEEK AS HE FINISHED -18, 2 SHOTS AHEAD OF CHRIS DIMARCO. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARENT TIGER FANS AND THEY DONT WANNA SEE HIM WIN ALL THE TIME, BUT I REALLY FELT FOR THE GUY TODAY. I WANNA SEE HIM WIN ALL THE TIME, BEING A FAN OF HIS, BUT YOU COULDNT HELP GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT. HIS FATHER RECENTLY PASSED AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND TIGER TOOK A BREAK FROM GOLF. HE THEN RETURNED TO NOT MAKE THE CUT AT THE US OPEN. NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE WHEN HE WOULD GET BACK TO HIS NORMAL FORM. HE PLAYED MUCH DIFFERENT THIS WEEK. WILL HE BE A DIFFERENT TIGER FROM NOW ON? I DONT KNOW. HE HIT DRIVER ONCE THIS WEEK OVER 72 HOLES. THATS RIGHT I SAID ONE TIME. HE USED HIS LONG IRONS, 3 WOOD, AND FAIRWAY METAL ALL WEEK LONG. HE LED IN DRIVING ACCURACY THIS WEEK AS WELL WHICH IS RARE FOR HIM. THE CRITICS SAY HE CAN ONLY WIN ON A BOMBERS STYLE COURSE. WELL HE PROVED THEM WRONG. HE PLAYED SHORT TEE SHOTS ALL WEEK AND USUALLT HIT LONG IRONS INTO THE GREEN AND THEN RELIED ON HIS PUTTER. IT DID NOT LET HIM DOWN. HE SHOT A 66 ON THIS FINAL DAY TO OUTLAST A CHARGING DIMARCO. DIMARCO WAS A SENTIMENTAL FAVORITE AS WELL SINCE HE RECENTLY LOST HIS MOTHER. IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH HIM FINISH AND THEN SIT WITH HIS SON AT 18 TO WATCH TIGER WIN THE OPEN. YOU KNOW THAT HE KNEW WHAT TIGER WAS GOING THROUGH AS WELL, SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE. TIGER WON FOR HIS DAD TODAY, EVEN THOUGH HE WILL SAY HE WAS JUST FOCUSED ON GOLF THIS WEEK. HIS EMOTIONS RAN WILD AT THE END AS HE HUGGED HIS CADDY. I WOULD SAY HE IS BACK ON TRACK TO WIN SOME MORE MAJORS. HE SHOULD EASILY BE THE FAVORITE TO NOW WIN THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT MEDINA COME AUGUST, WHERE HE HAS ALSO WON BEFORE IN 1999. CONGRATULATIONS TO TIGER ON HIS 11TH MAJOR. YOU TRULY ARE REMARKABLE TO WATCH. HE DID NOT HOWEVER HAVE A HOLE IN ONE THIS WEEKEND. I AM ONE UP ON HIM IN THAT DEPARTMENT.