As of today, the 14th of March, the golf season is open in Colorado! And in order to fully celebrate the season I've booked the first Tee Time for the Wellshire Thursdays group. As noted to the right, I've got a tee time booked for 4:20pm on Thursday March 20th. The early time is necessary to avoid darkness. Sunset will come around 7:10pm. As always, the spots are first come first served, so if you want to play, get back to me as soon as possible. 2 ways to do that are either by entering a comment below this post, or e-mail me directly at n3xt@arrl.net .
The current forecast for next Thursday is a high of 57 with no precipitation currently expected. Obviously if the situation deteriorates significantly we'll have to change our plans.
I went out and hit balls at Park Hill on Tuesday and followed that up with some putting at Wellshire on Wednesday. The one thing for certain is that there is rust on my game, no telling how long it will take to get back into form, but the only way to do that is to start playing and keep practicing in between. At Wellshire I had the opportunity to talk some more with Bob the starter who confirmed that there are at least 4 leagues scheduled for Thursday nights, the good news is that 2 of them, the early league and late league, are every other week, so there should still be good opportunities for us to get on the course. He also stated he'd work with me to squeeze us in. I'm sure the leagues won't be starting up until at least May, so until then we don't have anything to worry about.
The pub changed its menu a little bit, for the worse I'm afraid, they took a number of items off the menu including the Burrito, and the Noonan, but the Nachos, and Burgers are still there. I talked with Ilona who indicated that this summer they will be having grill specials on the patio including 6.95 for burgers and 9.95 for ribs before 7:00pm, so eating early will always be a possiblity.
The practice greens, though not in their summer form, were running pretty fast, so no telling how they'll play on the course.
I was researching the other day on the proper way to fix ball marks as I don't think I'd ever really seen a demonstration, when I came across a new tool that is better for the green and heals the ball marks up to 3 times faster. Check out http://www.greenfixgolf.com/ for information and some videos. I've inquired with both the CGA and the City of Denver Golf courses as to whether they are looking into the system as a way of improving our greens, as well as cutting down maintenance costs required for existing greens, which the tool, if used, could save a ton of money. That and just being a good steward of our city golf courses seems to be a good thing to do.
Lets pray for some great weather next week and get hold of me if you want to play next Thursday!
David
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