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Feb 27th cottonwood

Only had 8 golfers today, it was a bit chilly and some golfers are gone.
For some it is too cold.

Two foursome today, with Arthur, Joyce, Richard and Ron Simpson making the red team.

The White team had Keith, Sid, George and Jerry Pape.

Keith shot the best score of the day with only 3 bogies and the rest pars for a total of 30.
Very Nice round.
Ron and Arthur shot 32’s, Richard at 33, George at 35, Joyce with a 39, Sid shot a 40 and Jerry came in with a 46.

Team Red shot a 28 and Team White a 29 for the best team score.

Sunshine Country Club Estates

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.

Little Falls Golf Club

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

Treasure Hills Feb 25th

Feb 25th treasure hills

The sun came out today and slowly warmed up the valley, and by our tee time of 3:00pm at treasure hills,
the temperature was up to a balmy 64 degrees. It was breezy for the first couple of holes, then the wind died down.

The teams were just about the same as last week with Sid, Joyce, Harry and Jo making up Team # two.

Team # 3 was the same as last week with Gerry, Bill and Arthur.

Team # 1 was the first out, made up of Don, Keith and Richard.

There were only 10 golfers out compared to 19 last week. Three of the golfers from last week.
Doug Mazor, Bob Thorson and Frank Simpson headed back to the great white north above the 49th parallel.
Jerry Pape stayed at home with George Coulson.
The Kline’s, Fred and Dorothy along with Bob and Dee Martintoni left some birdies at Tony Butler and went back to try to find them.

Keith started out with a bang with a birdie on the first hole (the only birdie scored by the group), he was cruising along until he
took an 8 on hole # 6 the finished with a 44 for the Lowest score of the day.

Richard played the first two holes in great fashion scoring a 7 then a 9 before settling down to finish with a 49 on the day,
the only thing that saved him was his putter.

Don played steady golf and turned in a score of 52.
This was Don’s last chance to shine as he and his better half Donna leave in the morning for Sunny Florida.

The foursome of Harry, Jo, Sid and Joyce.
Harry shot a 9 on # 2 and 8 on # 8 but finished with a 52.
Jo and Joyce shot 60 nd 61 for the day.
Sid had pars on both of the par three holes and turned in a 49 for the day.

Bill was looking for his first score under 50 until he reached the tough # 9 where he took a nine and finished with a 52 on the day.

Gerry was playing nice steady golf and met her Waterloo on hole # 9 where she matched Bill’s 9. her final score was a 58.

Arthur was not himself today as he shot a 47, he did have 4 pars on his round.

Honors for the day went to team #1 with a team score of 39.
Team #2’s score was a 45 and Team 3 turned in a 46.

Pictures from Treasure Hills

Theses are the team pictures taken on Feb. 18th before starting the golf.

The first team to tee off were gone before I could take a picture of them, the rest I did get.

George Coulson, Richard Lampi, Bob Thorson, Don Reisberg

Gerry Busch, Bill Stewart, Linda and Arthur Barnett

Harry LaCore, Jo LaCore, Sid Bina, Joyce Foy

Bob Martintoni, Dee Martintoni, Dorothy Kline, Fred Kline

Sunday morning golf

Cottonwood golf:

Sunday morning golf for Don Reisberg proved to be one of the best rounds of the year for him.

He was one over par after 7 holes then on # 8, the toughest hole on the course he took a five,
then finished his round with a par on nine, for a great 30, tying the 30 he shot back on jan 19th of this year.
congrats Don.

Rounding out the foursome were George Coulson, Gary Cook and Richard Lampi.

Richard salvaged a 34 after hitting the ball into the water on # 7.

George and Gary turned in 37’s for the day.

Keith Bess, Tim Andrews and Doug Mazor went and played at treasure hills and had nice weather to play.

Doug is headed north in the next day or two, depends on the road conditions as he is going into the wrath of winter in Winnipeg, Man.
Have a safe trip home.

Tim Will be headed towards the east as he is going to Florida to check out the weather there.

Ron and Cathy head back to Sparta, Wis. on Tuesday, They heard a rumor that spring was headed that way. Cathy will leave Ron there to fend for himself as she will be going over to Florida with her sister.

Frank Simpson leaves today (Monday) for Saskatchewan, and so the migration north begins.

Introducing the Chief security officer at the LaCopa Inn

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.

Feb 20th Cottonwood golf

Feb 20th 2015 Cottonwood

On a wild and windy day in South Texas, golfing at Cottonwood golf club proved to be a chalange.
23 of the finest golfers from the LaCopa, took on the wind, and tamed the course with some fine Team scores.

We were missing Bill and Nancy Ruhlow, Bill Stewart ( sore Shoulder) Jerry Miller and Howard Stewart.

Those who drew the red tee’s, Arthur Barnett, Gary Cook and Bob Martintoni led the way into the wind.
They struggled to a four on the first hole, then shot par golf after that.
Since there were three players in this group, they had to use 3 drives each for the nine holes.
They finished the round with a 28, good for second place.

The rest of the teams had 4 players and had to use each players shot on two holes, leaving one hole open.

Don Reisberg, Frank Simpson, Joyce Foy and Jerry Pape made up the white team. They parred the first four holes
then the evil twin must have showed up on hole # 5 as they shot a the only 5 of the day on that hole.
Another par then 4 bogey’s gave them a total of 32 for the round.

The Blue team has Gerry Busch to thank for the 29 that they recorded.
Gerry dropped puts from all over including one from about 18 feet for a birdie on #7.
Keith’s Bess’s chipping was solid and he got the ball close to the hole and let Gerry do the rest.
Richard Lampi and Tracy Andrews rounded out the team and added a shot here and there to help.

The yellow Team was the top group of the day, made up of, Harry DeCore, Fred Kline, Tim Andrews and Dorothy Kline.
From the look of the scorecard they did not run into any trouble, they had one bogey,
six pars and two Birdies for a great round of 26.

Ron Simpson, Sid Bina, Dianna Stewart and Dee Martintoni Drew the green tees, They shot a combined score of 29 .
On the day they had three bogey’s five pars and they birdied the longest and hardest hole on the course.

The pink’s made up of Jo LaCore, Judy Bess, Doug Mazor and George Coulson, had a tough day at the office.
The recorded six bogey’s and three pars on the day for a 33.

Next week we will be shorter on golfers as Don and Donna Reisberg will be leaving to check out some investments in Louisiana, then on to Florida to meet up with their kids and grand kids.

Frank Simpson will take a short trek by air and return to Battleford, Saskatchewan to see if winter is a myth or not.

Treasure Hills Feb. 18th 2015

Full Sunshine and a very light breeze greeted 19 Golfers From the LaCopa Group, to Treasure Hills Golf Club.

This is the largest number of players making the weekly trek to this Golf course on the east side of Harlingen Tx

The teams were made up before going to the Treasure Hills today.

The format used was, the players picked who they wanted to play with.
The first team was made up of Joyce Foy, Sid Bina , Harry and Jo DeCore, for today we will call them Joyce’s team.

The Keith Bess team had Tim Andrews, Doug Mazor and Jerry Pape.

Fred’s Team made up of Fred Kline and his wife Dorothy, Bob Martintoni and his better half Dee.

Bill Stewart Gerry Busch along with Arthur Barnett made up Bill’s team. Arthur’s wife came along for moral support.

The last team of Don Reisberg, Richard Lampi, George Coulson and newcomer Bob Thorson,
this teams is named after its oldest player who happens to be George, therefore, George’s team.

Scoring for today’s game, Each players score were recorded , so they could have their score at the end of the day.
The best score recorded on each hole was used to count to the team score.

Joyce’s team scored a 44 on the team score. Harry was one of three players to record a 9 on the way to a 55.
Joyce had 5 7’s and turned in a 56 for the round. Jo also had 5 7’s and a couple higher ones for a final score of 61
Sid had 3 pars and finished up with a solid 45.

Fred’s team had a team score of 40 which tied them for second. Fred led his team with a 44 with 2 pars,
Bob and Dee both shot 47’s with two pars each. Dorothy had a par on hole 3 to go with her five 7’s for 55 on the day.

Keith’s team total was also 40 to tie Fred’s team for second. Keith led his team with a 42 scoring a birdie and three pars.
Tim had three pars and finished with a 45. Doug had five 6’s and a par, his total was a 49.
Jerry had a bunch of 8’s and his total for the day was a 67.

George’s team tied for first on the team score with a 39. Don and Richard tied for high hole score with Harry, each having a 9.
Don’s final tally was a 55, Richard scored a 45, George a 52 and Bob led the team with a 44.

Bill’s team tied George’s team with a 39.
Bill started his game with some lofty scores, he settled down in the middle holes, then back to the lofty ones on the final two holes, his total was 62.
Gerry had six 7’s and finished with a fitting 57. Arthur had the best round of the day with two birdies, three pars for a great 39.

congrats to all the players.
Note: Pictures taken on this day will be posted over the next few days.

Cold weather golfing in Texas

Feb 17th 2015

cold weather golf

George Coulson, Sid Bina, Richard Lampi and Bob Thorson braved the cold temps this morning
at Cottonwood .

It was just like having our own private golf course as there was no one else to be seen anywhere on the course.

We stood around the first tee and took a few swings to warm up a bit.
Bob did not and he was rewarded with a 50 yard drive after the ball stopped rolling on the hard fast fairway.

Bob now knows that one should warm up a bit before the game. He is going to play hockey in McAllen tomorrow morning with a bunch of old hockey players.
His drive on the second hole matched his drive on number One, but he got a better roll and ended up with a 70 yard drive.
After the rugged start Bob recovered to finished with a 35

Sid had the best round of the day with a 34, despite hitting a 30 yard drive on hole 5 that stopped just short of the bridge.

Richard had three fives on his round and finished with a 36.
George had six 4’s two 5’s and a par and scored 37.

Even with the cold and the wind it was a good day, we even found a couple of balls, one was a Jack Nicklaus ball made around 1990 and it was as hard as a rock, we left it on # 2 fairway.