A hole in one gets a lot of kudos and admittedly I’ve never had one. But today feels even better to me because over the course of four hours I played well, not just one lucky shot. So yes, I’m bragging because I shot my first ever 18 hole round under par. A score of 71. Par is 72.

Under par card.

Three birdies, two bogies and the rest pars. My partner, Yaz, also had an amazing round of 78. We ended up winning Today’s Men’s club event, and I won a skin for a birdie on hole 12, a hole that I almost never even par! It was a tap in after I hit my heaven wood to about 10 inches from the pin.

But maybe even more important than the score was that I played with three other guys who were so nice, and gracious! It was really a great day all around. Thanks Yaz, Art, and Vic!! Yaz was a great partner who covered every mistake. And Art and Vic are just great people.