PLAYING FOR LIFE

Friends who also play the Park City Playing for Life tournament.

Board members who put this who thing together. Some very hard working women. They did a fantastic job. Fun was had by one and all.

Two more of the hard working ladies.

Every year the Park City Ladies League hosts the Playing for Life golf tournament. They sponsor the tournament for The Susan B. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation. They raised this year from this tournament alone $200,000. It is a tournament that is well received by many of the ladies through out the state. They also draw ladies from out of state to play. Lucky for me and my partner Linda we took 2nd gross. We won $278.00 plus I won the longest drive and received another $50.o0. This money is redeemed in the pro shop at the golf course. I generally get golf balls and trade them in at a local golf shop and then purchase things that my husband would like.

It was a great week spend in Park City the weather was great the tournament was way too much fun. I had the shot of my life. I was 136 yards out behind several very tall trees and I took my 8 iron with nothing to lose I hit the ball up and over the tree and a pond landing on the green about 8 feet from the pin. The shot of my life.

That day was truly Life in Celebration.

2009 BEST BALL

GETTING READY FOR A RAINY DAY

MY PARTNER KIMMIE

STARTED OUT TO BE A GLORIOUS DAY

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO PLAY GOLF

Last Wednesday and Thursday was the Utah State Women's State 4ball Best Ball. We had 108 players and we played at two different courses. The first day we played at Wingpointe and the second day we played Mountain Dell the Lake Course. The photo's are taken at Mountain Dell. The day's started out really nice if not a little cool and as the day progressed and the solar heating heated up the already saturated air we got drenched. You see several golf carts with covers on them. Let me tell you if you are not familiar with playing in the rain then the cart cover is sent from God on a rainy day. A few friends of mine even call it the Pope Mobile cover. The first day Kimmie and me played okay not really well but well enough to keep us close to the top. You never really want to be at the top on the first day because you know the others in your flight are going to play better that second day and if you don't have a really good second day then you are out of the money. It is always better to have room for improvement. All I can say is it was a really good thing Kimmie came to play the second day as we ended up tied for First Gross. Way to go Kimmie you are the woman. We ham and egged very well and came out on top. 

Now we have to get ready for the State Am. in July. Then it is every women for themselves. 

Winning is a reason for Life in Celebration.

GETTING READY

GETTING READY FOR THE SPRING OPEN

This is Linda with her back to us, Sherry holding the GPS system, and Susan looking on. I am the one taking the photo.

Just some local scenery. 

The girls are down in Mesquite for a couple of day getting ready for the Utah Women's Golf Association's Spring Open Golf Tournament. We are playing the courses so we can decide where we will be placing the tee's for the tournament. We don't want to make the course that the low handicappers  (the big girls) are shooting ridiculously low scores or the high handicappers out on the course till dark just trying to finish the course. So far we have played one of the courses The Palms and today we will be playing the Casa Blanca. The Palms the ladies will be playing a Chapman ( this is were the team of two women will each hit a drive then switch and hit the others ball then decide which ball is best and finish with alternate shots until the ball is in the cup) then at the Casa Blanca they will play a Scramble. This tournament is generally the first tournament of the golf season. This year however we have move the tournament from April to May so we could have a little more dependable weather. Not sure if this is really going work or not. We may have to look at how if all played out this year and adjust so if work better if needed. 

Well I should be going it is about time for me to head over to the golf course. Did I tell you it was going to be around 97 degrees today. The trick is water water water. 

Remember live your Life in Celebration.

THE NOMAD'S GOLF LEAGUE

The Nomad's

This last week was the first day of play with the women's league I play with. We are called the Nomad's as we travel two times a month to different golf course as part of our league play. Our home course is The Course at Thanksgiving Point. The Course was designed by Johnny Miller and is one course that will eat you up and spit you out if you let it. For women the course is about 5600 yards from the front tees. If The Course does nothing else it will make you play better so when you do play other courses they feel much shorter and easier. Ninety five percent of the women all play local and state tournaments and we are often opponents out for the money. There are a few who play solely with one another put there are many of us who mix and match in partners. We all get along and wish each other well in our play. We often tease each other on our fantastic play and play which is less desirable or to put it mildly, come in last. It is a wonderful mix of women who range from their early  thirties to women who are in their seventies. 

Okay ladies let's have a fun year and kick some golf butt on our team play this year. Let's make the state play offs. 

We all love life and love golf. We all try to live our Life in Celebration.

FORE!!!!

  

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PICTURES?

The beautiful snow capped mountain.

The snow capped mountains surrounding the valley is a promise of water for the summer. The more the better for all concerned here in the high desert. The lakes, streams and aquifers are replenished from the snow melt. Some of the ski resorts are reporting of over 100 inches of snow. There has been enough snow in some recent years that they had ski days on the 4th of July. Not sure is this will be one of them. The resorts in some locations along the Wasatch Front is expecting over 30 inches of new snow by tomorrow morning. The powder hounds are frothing at the mouth itching to get up the canyons to make the first tracks in the powder. Life is good for some. 

The new golf bag and new irons?

Now  we have a different kind of joy. You remember my new golf bag which has be patiently waiting for its new golf clubs which came the other day. They club got their first swing out in the back yard with a few whiffle balls. They feel really nice and cut thru the grass like butter. Can't wait to get out this weekend to swing the clubs. Oh! Wait a minute that's right there is snow outside and I can't go out to even hit a few golf balls out onto the driving range. Dang it! I really think everyone who is not a skier is getting cabin fever. We are looking for sunshine and warmer breezes. The spring flowers have even stopped opening up. The ones that are open are started look like they regret coming up too soon. From what we are seeing from the weather reports it looks like spring will not be here until two days before summer. We will have two days of perfect weather then the blistering heat will set in for the summer. Okay I guess I have whined enough for one day. 

We all need to remember, mostly me today, to live your Life in Celebration.