the preserve at jordan lake

just got back from a triangle seniors golf tournament at the preserve at jordan lake and had a blast. played with the cow farmer, puddin and another guy who i will just call the country western singer...if he ever reads this he will know why.

let me start by telling you about the tournament and the regular folks at triangle seniors golf and what a great job they did for all that turned out.

quite a few old dudes at this event and all were treated with some great hospitality. the tour director bill stone knows how to make you feel right at home and welcome. we even saw him on the course as he was driving around to all the golfers offering water and snacks...i was impressed.

i managed to leave my golf game at home for this event but was treated to some spectacular golf by the cow farmer, who shot a 75 to tie for first, only to be beaten by a score card playoff...pretty sure the cow farmer would have rather gone head to head with the other dude. puddin played but i think he was more concerned with his phone and text messages today...oh wait, that would be any day...if you ever get puddin as a partner you should take his  phone and make him play golf...cause the littler dude can play. but today was not his day as the cow farmer played 16 holes very well...the last two are the reason he did not win outright...which he certainly should have.

all this on a course that was probably not in its best shape. i know if they knew i was playing and relaying this information on to all my readers they would have tidied up a bit. in their defense they have received quite a bit of water over the last few days; so the fairways were soft and you got carry only, with lots of casual water...casual versus formal? i never did understand that term. how about water in a place where it is not supposed to be...guess casual is shorter...moving on! the greens had been punched recently so they are not rolling...more like dribbling, they also have quite a bit of common bermuda encroaching on the bent grass. to make a birdie today you had to be real good. Oh wait, I got a birdie...cow farmer got 3 and puddin got 1...birdie count out of the way.

                                                     cow farmer in purple.

                                                 lots of "junk" on this course

with all the issues, still pretty course

the course has lots of elevation changes and lots of uneven lies, it will certainly test your ability to hit shots. i think most of the par 4's were normal but two of them stretched out over 400 yds...and that is from the white tees. i think if the greens had more time to grow back in and the course had some time to dry out...it would be better.

i like the fact that the triangle seniors golf plays on monday's and tuesday's...i like to spend my weekends with the family, besides there are too many non regular guys on the course on weekends.

one last thing, we say this guy almost eat one of the cow farmers golf balls, then he just sat in the tree looking at us. if you look close it looks like he is wearing a checkered thong?

until next time! don't forget to golf your balls.