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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…

Category: Life, Site News

Mystery HOG reader and surprise revealed

The last couple of posts I was building up to announcing a big surprise for a special HOG reader. I’m now on the plane home at 33,000 feet, albeit a day later than I was supposed to be, from the…

Category: Life

Bi-Polar week so far

Yesterday I was thrilled to have played golf, and survived. Survived the back spasms and stabbing pain. I’m past that now, which makes me very happy. Today I had an issue arise which sucks, bad. My great van which hauls…