The Lonesome Duffer

Dateline:  Euless and the Great Texas Star Track                    March 29, 2015

After making the long journey down to Houston to help my son Bryan unpack after his U-Haul move from the Chicagoland area, I was able to get back to town in time to join the Lonesome Duffer - Mr. Kent Howard in a round of golf at Texas Star.

The two of us were joined by Dick and Rhonda (also from Euless) and off went.

It was a very close match - Kent played better than I did - we both shot 40's on the front, Kent shot a 49 on the back, I had a 48.  Kent recorded the dreaded 10 on his card - he definitely played better than a 89.

No funny moments to record from out match....on the other hand, in another round somewhere in the metroplex, the whiskey boys (Davie, Kevin and Tommy) added a few new terms to our every growing golf dictionary....

The Kangaroo court will no longer "marshmellow" a fellow golfer - we will now "mushroom" our comrades into bad shots....thanks for the refinement of a wornout phrase Tommy Boy!

And one of my "poor putting podsies" You too can be eligible for the P3 club - all you have to do is score greater than 40 putts in a round - I had 42 up at Middelton's course!  It's a new club I am forming and I welcome all shitty putters...but, I don't think K Ruck will ever be able to join because he has found the secret to better putting - after carding a birdie and when asked about his approach to the putt, Kevin said "it's simple, I WASN'T trying to make the putt"  I'm pissed - after all these years of sucking because I was TRYING TO MAKE the putt!  I'll try the Rucker approach on Friday at the A&M tourney.

Signing off, I was excited on Sunday evening because I thought the true commisoner (Johnny) was going to join us on Friday at the A&M scramble.  Unfortunately, John will be back in the hospital.  Let's all say a prayer for John and chip every shot close to the hole in tribute to his excellent short game!