Category: Golf Tips

sauna in the north

While I am basking in the sun and spring like weather in the north, the LaCopa group golfers are enjoying
the nice hot weather that we all go to Texas for.
They are playing golf and I am still cleaning up the snow.

The teams for todays golf were put together by picking tees,
this works well as you never know who you are going to golf with on any given day.

Sid Bina, Gerry Busch, Tracy Andrews and Keith Bess made up the red team and they did well,
taking the honors for the week with a team score of 30.

Sid Shot a 35, Gerry a 39, Tracy ( just started golfing lately) a 48 and Keith, the low score of the days golf.

The White Team, of Joyce Foy, Dianna Steward and her mate Howard along with Bill Stewart,
took second place in the team score with a 32.

Bill shot a 42 on the day ( his Winnipeg Jets won last night and he must have been excited).
Howard shot bogey golf with a 36, Dianna turned in a 40 and Joyce shot a 38.

Thanks to Joyce for keeping me up to date so I can pass on the trials and tribulations of the golfing world.
Gary Cook and Judy Bess, who are part of the group did not golf today.

George and Betty Coulson are on their way north, with a few side trips on the way. They will find the snow is still here when the arrive home.

march 13th
2015

Friday the 13th is a day which some people think is bad luck, the golfers from the LaCopa
did not seem to have much bad luck.

Eleven golfers took part in the regular League play this morning with a nice pleasant day.
This is in sharp contrast to the cool wet weather, we have had over the last couple of weeks.

The Red team had Dianna, Arthur and Sid. Since there were only three players, one player had and extra shot on each hole.
Dianna had her extra shot on holes numbers 1, 4 and 7, on those 3 holes she shot, 3, 4 and 3, One over par for those holes.
Sid had holes 3, 6 and 9, his total for those three holes was 9, even par on the mid length holes.
Arthur chose the longest holes, # 2, 5 and 8. on those holes of choice, he was 2 over with 11 strokes.
Arther’s score for the day was 34, Sid had a 31, the best round of the day, (just missing the magic 30). Diana’s total for the round was a 38.
The team score was even par 27, and bragging rights for the week.

The White team made up of Howard, Joyce, Gerry and Richard.
Gerry had a great round of 35, and on the way had a birdie on # 7.
Joyce could not buy a par on the day and turned in a 39.
Howard shot a 41, his chipper was not working well today. Richard Had 3 five’s on his round of 35.

Their team score was an even 30.

The Blue team of Tracy, George, Bill and Keith Turned in team score of 31,
George had three fives’ and two pars on his card with some four’s for a 36 on the day.
Tracy is a newcomer to golf and seems to like 6’s and 5’s , his total was forty something. :))
Bill is fonder if 5’s, with seven of them. They added up to a 43.
Keith’s score at the end of the day was 35. he had a bit of trouble on # 5 and 6 which did not help his score

The Blue’s team score totaled 31.

As we are at or near the end of the LaCopa group golf for the year,
it has been great fun to write about some of the highs and lows that we have shared this year.

I will be posting some more pictures to this site so come on back and check it out from time to time.
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March 7th Cottonwood

The Cottonwood Golf Course which is a 9 hole par 27 layout. If you are playing from the White tees,
you are looking at total yardage of 1245 yards. The holes range from 95 to 200 yards in length.
From the red tees it is 1060 yards, with the longest hole measuring 160 yards and the shortest is 85 yards.

The quest for the rest of the time we have here, is to try and shoot a 30 or better.

Today Richard had a run for a 30 as he was at 23 after 7 holes then took a 5 on #8 and a 4 on #9 for a 32.

George only had one 5 on his card, turning in a 34, for a nice solid round.

Sid had a bit of trouble with his chipping and took 5’s on l#7,8,and nine to finish with a 38.

Joyce Started out with a par on #1, then had 4’s and 5’s on the remainder of her round for a total of 41.
Putting on some of the greens is difficult as some are a bit rough.

March 4th. Cottonwood

With Time running short for some golfers, Three of the hardy golfers left the warm confines of the LaCopa Inn, to chalange the elements to play golf.

The day started out as foggy and some light drizzle, and as the round continued the weather improved to a nice day for golf.

Sid, Richard, George and Arthur, Teed of at 10 AM at Cottonwood. There were very few other golfers on the course.

Richard Played steady golf with a 5 on the second hole and bogey golf with a Trio of pars to finish with a 34.

Arther shot a 32 paring 5 holes and had 3 bogies and one double bogey on his round.

George had trouble finding pars today and his chipper was not co-operating so he turned in a 38 on the day.

Sid played the first seven holes with 5 pars and 2 bogies, his score was 23 at that point. He had visions of scoring, that elusive under 30 score.

On # 8 his drive hit the pond and his dream of a sub 30 round was stating to fade,
he finished the hole with a 6, to bring his score to 29.

Walking up to the ninth tee he said all he needed to do is get a hole in one,
but his tee shot went left and when he was finished he had a five, and a 34 on the round.

On a nice sunny afternoon,George Coulson, Gary Cook and Richard Lampi Went over to Sunshine Estates where Derek McFee lives to play some golf.

It is a nine-hole par 27 course built into sunshine estates park.

The holes vary in length from 80 yards to 161 yards.

It is a nice course with sand traps and water to make playing very interesting.

Derek took us around and pointed out all of the hazards.

There are six sand traps and the water is in play on Five holes.

According to Derek, as first time player on this course we were allowed a “Mulligan” on the first hole if we hit it into the water, of course we did, hit into the water.

Thanks to our gracious host, Derek, who shot a 36, George turned in a 33, Richard had a birdie on # 7 and finished with a 30, Gary shot a 42.

It was a very enjoyable afternoon, with a tour of the facilities and the golf, with nice warm weather, which has been somewhat lacking the last few days.

Now that some of our golfers have headed back home, and over the next month all will have left the warmth of Texas.

I thought a picture of the signature hole on the golf course that Joyce, Gary, George and I call home would be fitting. It is a dogleg left about 400 yards from the blue tees.
The elevation from the tee to green is about 100 feet, and a very nice view of the school in the background.

This is what it will look like in about 3 months lol

These are the kind of things that happens when nobody plays golf, they have too much time on their hands and get into all kinds of high jinks.

Today marks the first day of Sid’s (Syd) term, as the one and only security officer For the LaCopa Inn.

His First task was to dust the envelope For fingerprints, which contained his new tee-shirt.

He wants to know who the perpetrators were in the purchase of the said Tee shirt.

Not that he paused much to solve that crime, He tried to arrest Jean, but forgot where he put the handcuffs that he used to threaten Joyce with for her pointing which way to go, on their travels around the city.

Team 1
George Coulson 52
Ron Simpson 45
Harry DeCore 55
Jerry Pape 61
Aveage score 53.2
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Team 2
Keith Bess 48
Frenk Simpson 54
Nancy Rhulow 58
Gerry Busch 57

Average score 54.2
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Team 3
Arthur Barnett 46
Richard lampi 50
Gary Cook 51
Doug Mazor 48

Average score 48.7
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Team 4
Joyce Foy 56
Don Reisberg 50
Bill Stewart 49
Sid Bina 46

Average score 50.2
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cottonwood morning golf

Tuesday morning golf saw the group of Don, George, Richard and Sid head out to Cottonwood golf course
for their morning fix of joy and frustration.
Sid scored 5 pars in route to a 32, to edge out Richard who shot 33.
George Birdied # 2 with a 8 footer. his score for the day was a 37.
Don played bogey golf turning in a 36.

Thursday started out nice and warm for the first 8 holes with very slight breeze,
When we got to the 9th tee a cold front came though from the north and the wind picked up to a dull roar.
The temperature dropped 10 degrees in about 5 minutes, that is what happens here in south Texas.

George led the way with a 33 with another birdie on # 4, Don turned in a solid round of 35 and Richard had a 37.
Gary was out but had to withdraw after playing the first 7 holes, his score up to then was a 29.
Don’s new knee was put to the test, the wind took his plastic bag for his shoes for a tour of the yard.
Don chased it down and said that is the first time he has run in twenty years, his new knee worked really well.