Senior golfers from the LaCopa

With the weather getting warmer some of the less hardy golfers come out to play.

Kieth and Judy played with Sid and Joyce to make up the first foursome. The second Foursome was made up of Doug, George , Don and Richard.
Don was trying out some new parts this year, he got a new knee in October and new glasses so he could see the ball this year. the knee held up fine and he was surprised at how well the glasses worked.

He was happy of how big the ball looked and how close all the greens were compared to last year.
Doug shot a 34, Don and George shot 37s and Richard ended up with a 40.

Every golfer shared one thing and that was wet feet as the grass was wet.
George fed the water with one ball on #8 but he recoverd with a 5, despite being 3 off the tee.

Saterday Golf

Cottonwood golf club was wet and cool on saterday morning but that did not stop Sid, George and Richard of the Lacopa group. They braved the elements to Play 9 holes.
despite wet feet, George and Richard Shot 36s and Sid came in with a 39.
Richard lost the only ball of the day when he teed off on # 5 and hit it into the water.
The weather is going to warm up a bit for the next day or so.

Rain and windy in South Texas

Today the Lacopa golfers, were to start the winter season of golf on Friday, at the Cottonwood Golf Coarse, but the rain and cool weather for the last few days has dampened the spirit of the golfers and they do not want to come outside to play.

Most of the golfers from last year have returned or will be here in the next week or so.

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This is a picture of the 18th hole at the golf coarse ( Falls Country Club) in International Falls Min. taken from outside of the Club House, it is a great finishing hole for the Pete Peterson seniors Tournament which is held every year. If you are every in the area you should play in this one.

Another season for golf in the south

Over the last few days more winter texans have arrived at the La Copa Inn.
welcome to Gary and Helen, George and Betty and Joyce who all have been here for a while.

Annie and her sister Marcella who are Cape-Bretoners, Judy and Kieth from Illinois also have been here for a while.

the latest arrivals over the last week or so are Bill and Nancy from Iowa, Bob and Gracie from Iowa, Sid from North Dakota, Richard and Jean from northwestern Ontario, Don and Donna from Iowa.

LaCopa leauge
LaCopa leauge
Bill and Jerry along with Howard and Dianne from Manitoba, Bob and Joanne from Iowa, Doug Mazor from Winnipeg ,Ron and Cathy from Wisconsin.

Hope you all have a great New Year.

Welcome back to those who are here now and for those who are yet to come.

Is this a Real Golfer?

GOLFER AT THE DENTIST

This one may bring a little tear to your eyes …
Only a golfer would understand this story of a GOLFER AT THE DENTIST.

A man and his wife walked into a dentist’s office. The man said to the dentist, “Doc, I’m in one heck of a hurry. I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic, I don’t have time for the gums to get numb. I just want you to pull the tooth, and be done with it! We have a 10:00 AM tee time at the best golf course in town and it’s 9:30 already. I don’t have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!”

The dentist thought to himself, “My goodness, this is surely a very brave man asking to have his tooth pulled without using anything to kill the pain.”

So the dentist asked him, “Which tooth is it sir?”

The man turned to his wife and said, “Open your mouth Honey, and show him!”

New use for old Titleist Golf Ball

DSCF2084I have been Working in the yard trying to figure out a way to take down a large Poplar tree, this tree is about 70 feet high and is leaning toward the power line that serves our property.

Not having access to any heavy equipment or a boom truck, I had to think of a way to get the tree down.

Since these trees do not have limbs all the way to the bottom and the nearest branch is about 40 feet off of the ground.

I had to find  a way to get a small fishing line over that branch and back down to the ground and this where the golf ball comes in.

I took a golf ball (Titleist Pro V1) and drilled a very small hole in it so I could screw in a small eye bolt into it, then I got out my old fishing rod  and tied the line onto the golf ball.

Have you ever tried to cast a fishing lure straight up in the air?

Now I am all set to try and cast this golf ball over that branch some 40 feet in the air, Not being a very good fisherman I had lot of trouble casting the ball over the limb, I did get it over  and the ball ended on the ground. (  on the first try the ball sailed over the branch into a pine tree on the other side and the ball wraped around a limb  about 20 feet off  the ground, in trying to get it off, I broke the fish line so I had to do this all over again).

Once that was done I untied the ball, and taped a 1/4″ rope onto the fish line and  pulled it over the branch, The fish line was not strong enough to pull up a long 1″ rope needed to pull the tree back away from the Hydro line.

I took the 1″ rope which is 100 feet long and took both ends back to a another tree stump and hooked up my 1 1/2 ton come a long and proceeded to pull the tree back away from the line.

After  the tree was  pulled back to a vertical position I then cut a notch  it on the side it was pulled from, this makes it easier to pull over,then i pulled it farther until it was about  10 degrees over centre.

Now I had the tree falling exactly where I wanted it to land, I cut the backside  to finish falling the tree. I was out of the way of the tree and out of any danger area.

 

 

 

 

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