Not A Bad Weekend
It started Friday night with some drinks (3 bottles of Black Label) with some friends. Drank a pretty decent amount but most importantly got to ‘chill’. I also realized that I’m glad I’m not single anymore. Hanging out with single, ‘searching’ friends makes you realize that being married has just as many advantages as being single…
Finally got to play golf on Saturday morning. Played with by best mate, my best mate’s wife’s best friends husband and his long time friend. By the halfway point of the game I came to a conclusion that I should have stayed in bed that morning. I don’t know if it was the alcohol from the night before or all the waiting we had to do between shots (bloody course was packed) but I played a crap game…. only got 3 pars… but worst of all lost the betting all around.
The rest of the weekend was just family time and watching sports. In the sporting world, I saw two of the best sportsmen in the world, Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong completely show their class in their sports. Tiger won The Open and his second Major of the year by a comfortable five strokes where he led from start to finish and Lance just overpowered everyone to stretch his yellow jersey lead in the Pyrenees. Both of them had people attacking them constantly be it in the mountains or on the relatively flat grounds of St Andrews but both defended the attacks only to surge ahead with their own attacks when those chasing ‘took a breather’. The only difference, their attacks worked and totally demolished the pack physically and mentally.
On a more somber note, Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer ever (until Tiger beats all his records) played his final Open Championship. The Golden Bear leaves the game with and amazing 18 Majors to his name. I grew up watching and wanting to be Jack Nicklaus, read his book and respected the man. He revolutionized the game as Tiger is doing now and will forever be one of the greatest ever.
Finally got to play golf on Saturday morning. Played with by best mate, my best mate’s wife’s best friends husband and his long time friend. By the halfway point of the game I came to a conclusion that I should have stayed in bed that morning. I don’t know if it was the alcohol from the night before or all the waiting we had to do between shots (bloody course was packed) but I played a crap game…. only got 3 pars… but worst of all lost the betting all around.
The rest of the weekend was just family time and watching sports. In the sporting world, I saw two of the best sportsmen in the world, Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong completely show their class in their sports. Tiger won The Open and his second Major of the year by a comfortable five strokes where he led from start to finish and Lance just overpowered everyone to stretch his yellow jersey lead in the Pyrenees. Both of them had people attacking them constantly be it in the mountains or on the relatively flat grounds of St Andrews but both defended the attacks only to surge ahead with their own attacks when those chasing ‘took a breather’. The only difference, their attacks worked and totally demolished the pack physically and mentally.
On a more somber note, Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer ever (until Tiger beats all his records) played his final Open Championship. The Golden Bear leaves the game with and amazing 18 Majors to his name. I grew up watching and wanting to be Jack Nicklaus, read his book and respected the man. He revolutionized the game as Tiger is doing now and will forever be one of the greatest ever.
posted by Sports Freak at 11:23 PM
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