Coffee Creek

Alright, like Travis said, we've been "living golf" since January. Before then, I played about once a month if I was lucky. I think Trav may have played a little more often, but not too much more. Either way, neither of us had played all that much. Things started getting serious after we played together in late January, at which time we decided we should be a lot better, that we had the potential to be better, and that we really just loved golf. I will do my best to write about what has happened since January (don't worry, not all in this post), but I know I will leave things out. Should have started the blog then I guess...

Our first round of golf as CDB (although we had no idea we were both CDB!) was at Coffee Creek in Edmond. We were going to play at one of the OKC courses, but because it has snowed during the week, most of the OKC courses were closed because they still had snow on the greens. I think CC was the fourth or fifth course we called. I know what you're thinking; snow on the greens and you want to play golf? You must be crazy!? Well, maybe. But we're also CDB (even though we didn't technically know, we knew). Plus, I think the temperature got into the 60s even. There was some snow on the ground and the pond was still mostly iced over, so that was kind of strange. On to the golf...

At this point, we weren't sure how serious we were going to be, so we didn't really keep score. We hit two or three balls, didn't give ourselves a penalty for drops, and often played the 'best' ball. This is pretty much the way we had played all through college and since. I don't remember what either of us shot (not that it would have been accurate at all), but I'm going to guess if we had really been keeping score it would have been well over 100. Probably close to 120 even. It was not pretty. At all. I had no short game whatsoever. Trav's short game, or as April said later, his "short hand," was pretty good actually. I do remember Travis having some trouble off the tee though. Now, when I say "some trouble off the tee," I'm sure you're thinking he was slicing the ball really badly, hitting moon-shots, or worm-burners. He may have done all those things, but what I really remember was that he had a horrible case of the sh*nks. (I don't even want to type it for fear of infecting him again and the possibility that I might acquire the "lateral shot" for some sort of twisted golf-retribution.) I had never seen anything like, and thankfully haven't since. I still don't know how he did it; hitting the ball directly to the left or right, but only five or ten feet in front of him. Again, I know what you're thinking. He probably just barely grazed the ball with the toe of his driver and knocked the ball off the tee a few feet. Not quite. I don't remember how far he was hitting this "lateral shot," but if there hadn't been tall grass on this particular hole, I'm guessing it would have made it 25 yards. Now, this didn't happen on every hole, I only remember it being this bad a couple times.

I really didn't mean for this post to be all about Travis's troubles off the tee, but that is the most vivid memory I have of that round, aside from the normal bad shots (which there were plenty of). I feel bad I didn't write anything too specific about my poor play, but I honestly don't remember. Maybe Travis does. Plus, I'm pretty sure I tried to forget everything once we finished. So, unless Trav remembers something you'll have to take my word for it that I sucked.

After the round, we picked up a bottle of Blanton's, Special Reserve, and Riesling before eating some sushi with April. After sushi, we went back to the house to have a few (or in this case, more than a few) drinks and listen to Frank. I brought my Minolta camera with me, and some of the pics turned out pretty good. April was kind enough to post them on Facebook for us if you're interested. Additionally, if I remember right, there was very little golf discussion that night. Or at least compared to later weekends.

All in all, it was a great weekend and a good starting point for CDB.

CDB history and info

CDB has been living golf since January of this year. We have played in all kinds of elements, from cold, windy, perfect, hot, and just recently a downpour (up until then, cdb had been rain proof). But we did always have rain gear (see glossary). We have played over 20 different courses this year, that would probably come close to 500 holes of golf...and it's just now July. We have gone from shooting in the 110 range to squeaking into the 80's. It's been a lot of fun and there is a lot of golf yet to be played.

CDB knows exactly what the other person should hit and can pretty much tell you exactly what is about to transpire. There is a definite pregame process that always takes place, we are a well oiled, efficient team. There is hardly a beer to be had on the course. Beer drinking and lolly gagging is now not desired and almost frowned upon. We are there for one reason.....improvement.

I look forward to posting more updates about our triumphs, our meltdowns, and everything in between.

Hit'em straight...

CDB blog = detailed scorecards

Yesterday, Travis and I were eating lunch at the Dilly Deli (if you go, try the Travesty or the Bo Derek) when I mentioned how much I enjoyed reading April's post on her blog from earlier that morning (really, if you haven't read it, it's fantastic). We continuted talking about how easy and convenient blogs are for keeping family and friends up to date; not to mention the fact that a blog might encourage one to write more. And, the blog will even store said writing! Needless to say, we both agreed that it might be a good idea to write some of our golf experiences down. It's like saving all of our scorecards, except in 10 years we will be able to read what happened during a particular round or weekend instead of having only our scores and a bunch of mismatched memories. So, that's what we hope to do, chronicle our countless games of golf and anything else we want to remember along the way.