The Med in Boulder,  June, 2012.

July 5, Continued.

Harley went to another garage sale in Castle Pines, and got another club--this one an 11 wood (who knew there were 11 woods?), and another SOD from deep trouble onto the green from 175 or so on number four.  It would have been shot of the day, but for it being so early in the round, Harley being fresh and refreshed, and it being a normal miraculous trouble shot from Harley--this is the guy who birdied from The Environmentally Sensitive area, under a fence a few venues ago.

Afterwards, at the bar, Harley blew a dime.

Coal Creek, July 5, 2012

July 5, 2012
Coal Creek Golf Course
Louisville, CO

Mick and Harley hosted on Thursday, July 5.  We were joined by Brother Wes Paschall, from Gould, Arkansas, whose folksy wit and winning ways charmed the group.

Mick swept chits and skins, and then graciously waived payment at Waterloo Bar after the round.   Post-Sherman, Mick has perfected the high fade, and hits greens with amazing precision.

Shot of the day was hotly contested, and Mick was hard-pressed to think of anyone else's shots as candidates, since it's all about Mick, all the time, but that's part of his charm.  Reasonable folk, versed in golf and golf lore would agree that Hanson's 6 iron on 18 from 165 to 12 feet was, hands down, the SOD.   Dehydrated, exhausted, dispirited from an uncharacteristically poor round, with smoke-filled lungs from the Fort Collins fire, Hanson reached deep and sculpted the shot around a tree to the green.  And, will wonders never cease, he two putted from 12 feet, also a first.

Wes Paschall provided comic relief, if not skilled shotmaking.   Normally shy and reticent, almost painfully so, Wes came out of his shell thanks to the bonhomie of the Class of 1971.  He's still working on the words to the Arrow fight song.   Wes remembers something, but he can't remember what it is.

So on we go.   Mariana Butte next time.