Have you ever had one of this hard to get at itches? You know the ones,they strategically place themselves in an area of your body that are neither reachable by hand or foot.You find an object to satisfy the itch, whether it's a wall or some obscure looking kitchen utensil that you swear to God was made for that very reason!!
I have an itch and this one can only be satisfied by a round of golf!!! I love living in Southwestern Alberta for one simple reason. While the rest of us Canadians are digging out the snowbanks or wearing their parkas because of bone chilling temps, we are loving our chinook powered climate and REELING in excitement because OUR SNOW IS ALL GONE - NA NA NA NA NA NA!!!! I liken the weather in Lethbridge to Vancouver MINUS the rain. For many golf enthusiasts living in my neck of the woods the desire to go away for a winter golf vacation isn't a high priority as say for someone in my home province of Saskatchewan. Fact is, we have one Par 3 course that only closes on Christmas Eve & Day. I've been to the driving range twice already and CAN'T wait to hit the links in the next couple weeks. To add to my excitement is my brand new driver, a Nike Sasquatch Sumo Squared!! This monster has a head the size of a small childs, man you could literally pick up a kid by his ankles and swing him like a club - this thing is MASSIVE!! The only problem I'll have now is finding courses long enough for my tee shots, maybe I should look at playing on AIRPORT RUNWAYS!! I'm kidding, but if you couldn't feel the excitement in my words here you better check your pulse.I played my first round last year around the middle of March and it looks like it will be the same again this year. I love calling back home after my first round and usually ask them if they had fun shovelling snow , and oh yeah, by the way, I shot 83 today!!! My golf buddy Ray and I will be hitting the range a little more often in the weeks to come and I'll take a picture of us on the first tee, with big 'ol grins on our faces! I liken myself to a bear, I go into hibernation mode for the winter and once the temps consistently hit +5 or better, I wake up my clubs and look forward to March.
My itch is being satisfied right now by Tiger Woods golf on my playstation and will be quickly relieved by the opening of our courses in the next few weeks!! Two more sleeps until March.
I look FOREward to showing my pics!!
Darren
