I don't want to pretend this is a sob story, because it is not. However, on paper, my birthday weekend this year seemed pretty good, but did not live up to expectations.
First, I was able to search the web and find a good "free golf on your birthday week" type deal at Elkins Ranch Golf Course, where I had not played since 1997 (see picture below). The deal was honored, but I also picked the first day this year where the dreaded Santa Ana winds blew strong: and they blew very strong. The course is located in an agricultural area and has mature trees as well, so let's just say that there was a crazy amount of debris on the greens and dust in the air, making for a long day of golf. The course itself was actually pretty solid, but my timing couldn't have been worse.
First, I was able to search the web and find a good "free golf on your birthday week" type deal at Elkins Ranch Golf Course, where I had not played since 1997 (see picture below). The deal was honored, but I also picked the first day this year where the dreaded Santa Ana winds blew strong: and they blew very strong. The course is located in an agricultural area and has mature trees as well, so let's just say that there was a crazy amount of debris on the greens and dust in the air, making for a long day of golf. The course itself was actually pretty solid, but my timing couldn't have been worse.
Then, on my actual birthday, I went out with my buddy and played the Desert Spring Palm Course in Palm Desert. After a torrid start where we were a combined 3 under after two holes, we ran into a wall of humanity and our scores began to suffer. I called the starter who told us the best course of action was to just start over after nine as the front was now "wide open". This could not have been farther from the truth. After playing 1 through 5 again (waiting for a group a head of us) we hit the same wall again with different people. So, we skipped ahead to #10 and then played a terribly slow back nine, skipping another hole along the way just to finish before our dinner reservation. I actually quite like the course, so it was too bad that the management doesn't have better control over the flow of traffic out there.
Anyway, if this was an isolated incident, i wouldn't have written the post, but over the last 4 years, i've played 6 rounds during my birthday week, and 5 of the six have yielded bad scores with strong winds on half of them and me even getting injured once. I'm beginning to wonder if I should spend my birthday weeks indoors!!
Anyway, if this was an isolated incident, i wouldn't have written the post, but over the last 4 years, i've played 6 rounds during my birthday week, and 5 of the six have yielded bad scores with strong winds on half of them and me even getting injured once. I'm beginning to wonder if I should spend my birthday weeks indoors!!
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