Sunday 8/24 Game 15

I woke up this morning and wanted to play golf and I decided to play at County Land I had not played there, but it’s close to the house and the price is reasonable. I had standby, but was willing to take a chance that I wouldn’t get called and I worked the day before and I figured I needed a reward. The greatest hindrance seemed to be tropical storm Fay since the storm was moving north from central Florida and headed to metro Atlanta. I was constantly checking the weather reports and the rain on the radar appeared to be stalled to the west, so I took the dogs for a quick walk and decided to try and get through nine holes. Sharon was due back from a mini beach vacation and I wanted to get the game in and return home before she did. I found Country Land with out any trouble and was surprised to find some what of a crowd there. At the club house I discovered there isn’t a nine hole rate, so I paid for 18 and hoped to get the game in before the weather turned bad.

The design is a little funny, to me in my limited experience at least, but I found the first tee started hooking shots. The course is hilly and quite a few greens are up hill and surrounded by small hills and valleys, if the course were covered in snow the small hills would be moguls. Overall the fairways and greens were in good shape. Some of the views were stunning and the view from the green on 18 looking away from the clubhouse was postcard quality and even on a misty overcast day I could see for miles. The weather held until I was off the course and though there were three minor battles with rain, the rain was never hard and was over quickly; each time it quit raining before I could decide if I were going to go home or not.

I almost made my first birdie on ten, a par three, I landed on the green from the tee and was 15 or so feet from the hole and my first put skirted the cup and stopped just a few inches away. I made par easily, but my first birdie would have been fantastic.

I need to decide on a grip and stick with it. I went back to the interlock grip when I played with Chuck and Marty earlier in the week, but I think I have a tendency to hook shots with that grip. I need to spend some time at the range and concentrate on just one grip and I think it’s going to be the baseball grip.

Sharon dropped Suz at the airport and made it home safe and sound. It’s great to have her home again.

I’ll definitely play Country Land again.