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.
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