Winter Golf

I like to play golf. Consuelo tried it and doesn't like it. As we travel, I look for opportunities to play.
I'm not likely to go play by myself. So I look for golfing buddies in the parks and nearby where we go. Several of the Escapees parks have enough golf interest to have a sigh-up sheet so folks can get together.

Last week was unusual in that I was able to play 3 times. When we got here to Sumter Oaks, I signed up on the golf sheet. On Thanksgiving, two of the other guys that had signed up found me (because of my name tag) and we made a date to play on Monday. Meanwhile, I had started a conversation with another friend who we met in Washington state and is now in Tampa, and had suggested playing when we arrived in Bushnell. That came together on Tuesday, and I drove to Tampa and played on the Air Force base there. Then, on Friday, one of the guys I played with on Monday wanted to play again. I had to work around some RV repairs and making Xmas presents, but I got the golf in on Friday, too.

Monday and Friday we played at Whispering Oaks GC in Dade City, FL. It's not the best course around but not the worst, either. The course is embedded in a residential development, which means that many of the fairways are lined with houses and back yards. If you know how I play golf, as much to the side as straight ahead, you know that all of these houses and back yards are targets for me. I got first hand knowledge of some of those back yards. And since they're all out of bounds, I had lots of strokes to accumulate, too. Besides the houses, the course is generally in fair condition. The greens had some damage, unrepaired, and even the good ones were pretty rough. A lot of the fairway area was dirt. I shot 112 and 105 respectively.

The course at McDill AFB was in better condition, and I played to a 47 on the front nine. Then my muscles started revolting from all this golf activity after not having played since September, and I shot a 52 on the back.

I had fun all three days. I'll probably play again during the next two weeks while we stay here, and not play again for 2 or three months. That's the way it goes in this lifestyle for me.