To The Left

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Somewhere in the past week or two I’ve started to hit everything off the tee to the left when I use a driver or fairway woods. Pulls, hooks, and duck hooks. It ain’t pretty. Ugly!

When I can’t hit decent drives, golf just isn’t fun and it gets awful frustrating having to make up for a shitty drive off the tee. It shouldn’t really be hard either; you get to place everything as you want, find your stance, and get the perfect lie on the tee box.

Yesterday in league on the front 9 at Twin Oaks I took a 10 on one hole after duck-hooking into a pond, then pulling a 3 wood into the heather and taking 3 shots to get out of that shit.

I’m going to have a long session at the driving range tonight with the driver, 3 wood, and 5 wood.

What really throws me off is I’m hitting my irons great. Last night I came the closest I’ve ever been to a hole-in-one, leaving it 6 inches to the back left of the pin. So close, but yet so far away. I also hit a 5 iron from 205 that rolled off the side of the green pin high.

Memorial Weekend Golf

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I played a lot of golf over the weekend with friends.

Friday @ Bay Valley — 48–47

Saturday @ Black Bear Golf Club — 45–45

Sunday @ Swan Valley Golf Course — 45–45

Sunday @ Crooked Creek Golf Course — 42–43

Had a lot of fun and overall I’m pretty happy with the way I played, especially since I had never played Black Bear or Crooked Creek.

I Hit A Brick Wall

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My golf game was finally starting to come around the past couple of weeks. I shot 43 last Thursday, 48-43 Friday, 39-45 Saturday, and 42 on Tuesday. Then today…a whopping 56 which equals my first 9 holes of the year out in Phoenix back in February. I took three penalty strokes, missed three 3 foot putts, and three putted I don’t know how many times. Never had a single one putt or a par the entire 9 holes. It was awful.

Hopefully I got it out of my system though because I’m playing 18 holes tomorrow (Friday) at Bay Valley, 27 holes on Saturday at Maple Leaf, and 18 holes on Sunday at Swan Valley. A couple of friends and I have been looking forward to this weekend for the past month when we first made plans. If I play golf like I did today it’s going to be a loooong weekend!

Tiger Woods Playing 2007 Buick Open

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I’ve been to the Buick Open probably 4 or 5 times, but missed the last couple of years because the dates conflicted with a festival in my hometown. This year the Buick Open was moved up to the end of June and I bought tickets over 4 months ago. It’s always a great time and Warwick Hills is a nice course for walking around. We also will hit up the big King Par tent sale and spend some money. I’m actually holding off on a new pair of golf shoes until then.

I heard on the radio the other day Tiger has committed to defending his title from 2006 as long as his wife isn’t having the baby that weekend. I’m crossing my fingers, because it’s always fun to watch the greatest golfer in the world, especially on a course with a couple of drivable par 4s.

Health Update

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Quick update on my health, after the scary trip to the emergency room…

I saw my family Doctor and he referred me to a neurologist. The neurologist figured it was either a really bad migraine or some type of “bug” in the brain. With the history of brain aneurysms in the family (grandparent on each side died from it), he wanted to do some tests to rule it out for me. I had a MRI and a MRA done on my brain a couple of weeks ago and am getting an EEG in a couple weeks, then a month later I go back to see the neurologist. When I had the MRI and MRA done the technician didn’t see anything jump out at him and the Doctor hasn’t called me, so I’m guessing everything looked fine there.

I haven’t had any further headaches and have been feeling great, so it looks like nothing serious.

I'm Losing 2 Teeth And Getting a Dental Implant

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Doesn’t it sound like fun?

I finally hooked up with a local dentist after visiting the one in my hometown for years. I’ve been having some problems on tooth #19 (lower back left area) and the decay is so bad it would be a miracle to save the tooth. So I’ve decided to go with a dental implant instead of spending the money on a root canal and everything and then I might still need the dental implant in a couple of years.

For a dental implant, basically what they do is pull the tooth and then put a titanium screw in the jaw bone where the roots of the tooth were. It can take 8-10 months for the bone to grown in and around the threads of the screw to form a solid foundation. Once that’s ready, a titanium cap it put on the screw where a crown can then be attached. (Photos of dental implants and steps involved.)

I’m also getting tooth #15 taken out because it’s nonfunctional, meaning it doesn’t bite against another tooth. Because of my under bite, this tooth had previously worked with the lower left wisdom tooth, which was removed last year. As long as I’m going to an oral surgeon to work on the left side of my mouth, might as well get this one taken care of as well.

Here’s a lesson folks…don’t get hooked on pop like I did when I was younger. Even though I quit drinking pop a couple of years ago, I’m paying for it now with dental work!

Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich

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“Pistol” Pete Maravich was the greatest college basketball player to ever play the game. The “Pistol” was a guard and he averaged over 40 points a game throughout college before there was ever a 3 point line. He had a great shot and actually made a lot of shots which would have easily been worth 3 points in today’s game. No one will ever come close to his scoring record.

Mark Kriegel did a great job writing this book as far as information goes, but his story telling left a little to be desired. I enjoyed reading the book because I learned a lot about “Pistol” Pete, but I felt as if I was struggling to get from page to page.

If you’re a basketball fan, I recommend reading this book to learn about one of the greatest players to play the game of basketball. Pete changed the way bball was played and is responsible for a lot of what we see today in games.