I can't believe it.....

 6:18 am - Sunday - July 10th - Likely, CA - 50° F, 62% humidity, wind - CALM out of the4 north by northeast....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 90° F.  On this date in 2017 TLE and I were lunching at Bridger Brewing Company in Bozeman, MT.....↴

Saturday, July 9th will down in golfing lore for hours, if not days....it was the day I, Clarke Hockwald, won the weekly putting contest against 31 other contestants, but I get ahead of myself.

I began Saturday at 7 am once again staging the 5 Club Car electrics, and 10 Yamaha gassers.  It would not be a busy day, but I would be busy nonetheless.  Once I was sure all well set at the Clubhouse I headed out on the John Deere riding lawn mower to mow the tee boxes at 3, 15, and 16, but in the opposite order.  I start on the back 9 because at 9 am none of the golfers has finished the front 9 yet, and by the time I get the tee boxes at 16, and 15 done and move on to hole 3 all the morning golfers would be past, and that is how it worked out.

I was back at the Clubhouse by 11 am after a 2 hour circuit of the course.  I puttered around for 30 minutes before relieving TLE for her lunch hour, then spent most of my lunch hour putting on the putting green.  Jose changes out the 5 holes on the putting green just before lunch, so I'm able to get a feel for how the different holes are putting.  After 20 minutes of practice I was back to work.  

There are three large lawns up the hill where our permanent residents stay during the summer, and they need to be mowed at least once a week.  Usually Walt is the one who mows them, but he left them for me this week.  I was just finishing the third lawn when the mowing blades on the Husqvarna caught up a wire cable left in the deep grass, and brought the mower to a stop....doh!  Almost done.  I was able to get the cable partially untangled, but finally had to drive it back down the hill to the 'Sick Bay' so Bob and I can take care of it Sunday morning.

By this time it was 2 pm, and time to begin washing the returned golf carts of which there were 9.  I got them done by 3:20 pm, and returned to the cart shack for the night.  I'll have 3 more to wash Sunday morning.

I headed home to take a shower, and then return in time for the 4 pm start of the putting contest.  As I say previously, there were 32 folks, including moi, entered.  I easily won the first round, but was tied going to the last hole of the second round.  I made a great first putt, easily sinking my second, while my opponent just missed a long putt.  The next round I was up 2-1 going to the 5th hole, and tied that hole to advance to the 4th round.  In the fourth round, which consisted of the final four golfers in the contest, I sank my first putt to win the first hole, then lost the second hole, tied the third hole, then won the 4th, and 5th holes to advance to the final.  I was leading by 1 as we played the 5th hole, and made a terrific putt leaving just 6 inches for my second putt.  My opponent successfully knocked my ball away from the hole while her ball went into the hole...doh....so we went to a one hole playoff.....one putt, closest to the hole.  The hole designated was 40 feet away.  I won coin toss, and had my opponent go first.  She putted it well, but too hard, and it rolled off the green. All I had to do was put my ball within a few feet of the hole.  My putt ended up 2 feet from the hole, making me the winner of the $44 first prize....no one could believe I won, and neither could I, but you know, every dog has his day!

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