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2009 Club Championship Round One

The thing I want to win most every year is my club championship. I did manage to do that back in 2005. Back then it was match play, which is the best form of golf for this sort of thing…

Category: Hackers

Club championship starts tomorrow

My men’s club championship is a 36 hole stroke play event. One round tomorrow and one round next Tuesday. I’m coming off some awful golf rounds following my back injury, with a 74 thrown in just to make my head…

Category: Hackers

My game may have come out of summer hybernation

I felt some signs that my game would be close to returning to form. There are many factors involved in this transition from complete friggin’ hacker to decent amateur player. I just came off my two highest rounds of the…

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I’m SO happy today. I played golf.

If you’re reading my blog for the first time, you’re probably wondering why I’d post about being so happy to play golf. Well for the last 13 days, I’ve had back spasms from hell. Ever wonder what it would feel…

Category: Hackers, Life

First golf swings since back injury

My back recovery is coming along, but much slower than usual. This last tweak was very bad. I’ve had numerous occasions where stabbing pains and spasms literally caused me to yell or groan. Sitting is not fun. I get very…