King Par‘s annual tent sale ends tomorrow (Sunday), so we stopped by today. It was like being a kid in the candy store! You can’t even imagine how much golf equipment and clothing they had on sale. It was unreal. Boxes and boxes of gloves, irons, woods. Shelves packed full of shoes. Rows of tables stacked with golf balls.

I bought a new pair of Adidas golf shoes ($40) and a new driver. I’ve been interested in a new driver since a week ago with I hit someone else’s club during league. Sure enough, King Par had a whole box full of them. I bought a Wilson Deep Red II Maxx with 9.5 degrees of loft and a stiff shaft. Maybe it will be the cure to my driving woes. Or at least I hope it will! For $99, I couldn’t pass up the deal. Wilson’s site suggests $449.99 for the club and when I was doing some research I had found it for $150 on Ebay. It’s not very often you can find something cheaper than on Ebay, unless it’s used. Somehow I even managed to get the head cover for free when they had them marked as $5.

If it turns out that I don’t like the club, I can turn around and sell it for an easy profit. Dad and I golfed 18 today in some perfect weather. I shot a 42-49 and he shot 42-44. Out of 18 holes I hit one good drive with my 3-wood and the rest were shit, so those scores aren’t bad at all. I think we’re playing again tomorrow, but there will be none of this getting beat by the old man again! Actually…I was down by 3 strokes with 4 holes to play on the front 9 and parred the last 4 holes to even things up. On the back 9, I just couldn’t hit a tee shot. Tomorrow is another day.

Update: Dad and I shot 18 again at the same course, but started on the back 9 today. I shot 41-44 and Dad shot 47-45, so I made up for yesterday (as I said I would). I hit the new driver pretty good a few times, but my swing with the woods needs some work. We both started out with an 8 on the first hole of the day (#10), but then I played the next 8 holes in 1 over with 3 birdies. In fact, I birdied 3 of the par 4s on the day. It was a fun weekend, but I’m tired from walking 36 holes of golf and being out in the sun for 8 hours.