Chairman's Cup

Over the weekend, I was unexpectedly invited to fill in for a late dropout in a charity golf event for APD's school that was held at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary. It was probably the most prestigious course I've ever played (they hold a Senior PGA event there) and the event itself was a few notches classier than the usual Dolberry golf outing (i.e., Pirates' Cove mini-golf).

I played w/ a really great group of guys. Two of the four (not me, obviously) were good golfers which always makes the superball format fun. Golf is infinitely more enjoyable when you can hit your tee shot into someone's backyard pool and then ride your cart 250 yards down the center of the fairway where a teammate hit one. My best shot of the day came on the one hole where our "best" tee shot was in the rough of an adjacent hole in a swampy area (we had to jump a 3-foot creek to get there). I cranked a 4-iron over some trees for a good 180-190 yards to about 15 feet from the pin. I told my teammates I was much more accustomed to these scenarios than the whole middle of the fairway thing.

My other good shot was on a par-3 where if you hit the green you were eligible to participate in a putting contest for some fancy TaylorMade driver. I hit the green and actually didn't embarass myself in the putting thing (4th out of 14 or so). Unfortunately, on the $25,000 hole-in-one shot, I missed the green by about 20 yards to the right.

Besides being a super nice guy, the person who invited me was a former chairman of the board at APD's school. Unbeknownst to me, there was a competition among the teams that had former board chairman & we won that. Here's a picture of the team and our trophy. (Dolberry is the short one in the purple (?!?) hat.


Anyway, after Sunday's debacle this was the perfect remedy. A day away from work ... under one of God's bluest-ever North Carolina skies ... inhaling the sunshine ... whacking a golf ball around w/o any accountability ... followed by free barbeque ... pretty nice.