Following a one baseball game - three rounds of golf outing in Arizona, I have headed off to Florida with three life long friends as part of our "Recapture Our Youth Tour."
So how is this for a week....five spring training baseball games (Yankees-Cards; Jays-Indians; Jays-Phillies, Jays-Reds and Dodgers-Nationals), one NHL hockey game (Tampa - Philly), one PGA Golf Tournament (Bay Hill Classic) and two rounds of golf. Certainly an all time high for sporting activities for me and for my partners in this odyssey.
Back in Phoenix, I was able to see Canada defeat South Africa in the World Baseball Classic. I also got my first golf of the season in and lets say it wasn't the best start. But, hey, its still March and if I wasn't traveling I wouldn't be golfing.
But what I did in Phoenix is nothing compared to what we are doing in Florida. We have a great condo at Clearwater Beach, and are surrounded by college students on spring break. We are trying to jam in as many sporting events as possible and we are succeeding. We have even done a couple events in the same day...golf then baseball at night or baseball in the afternoon and hockey at night.
Does it get any better than that?
We also have done a good job of behaving ourselves...and I know some may find that hard to believe. As proof, we have posted our photo album (updated daily) to show that we have been good boys.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
I'm Going to the Masters!
Well the good news is in; good news for me that is. I am off to this year's Master's in Augusta. This has been a life long pursuit....I have always really wanted to go and never ever made an effort to do it. But this is the year and I can't wait.
I have a meeting in Atlanta that week, and it is a meeting that I can't afford to miss. To make matters troublesome, April 6th is also my 15th wedding anniversary. So I was bound to be in my wife's bad books for this one. But I was able to turn this lemon into lemonade!
I wanted to do something special for my wife for our 15th anniversary, but never thought it would be this. She is a golf fan, and she is pretty excited about this. Through the wonders of eBay, I was able to find some tickets. They arrived on Friday and I have been giddy ever since.
I have taken great joy in showing them off to fellow golfing buddies the past couple of days. Their response to me? Not good. They are jealous. But so what. I am going to The Masters!
The tickets I have are for the practice round for Tuesday, April 4th. I have been told that the practice rounds can be better than the competition rounds on the weekend. The golfers are a little more relaxed and will interact with the fans to some extent. Once the weekend starts up though they are all business.
I can't wait to get there and see all the history, amen corner, the atmosphere, the grass. It will be great.
I have a meeting in Atlanta that week, and it is a meeting that I can't afford to miss. To make matters troublesome, April 6th is also my 15th wedding anniversary. So I was bound to be in my wife's bad books for this one. But I was able to turn this lemon into lemonade!
I wanted to do something special for my wife for our 15th anniversary, but never thought it would be this. She is a golf fan, and she is pretty excited about this. Through the wonders of eBay, I was able to find some tickets. They arrived on Friday and I have been giddy ever since.
I have taken great joy in showing them off to fellow golfing buddies the past couple of days. Their response to me? Not good. They are jealous. But so what. I am going to The Masters!
The tickets I have are for the practice round for Tuesday, April 4th. I have been told that the practice rounds can be better than the competition rounds on the weekend. The golfers are a little more relaxed and will interact with the fans to some extent. Once the weekend starts up though they are all business.
I can't wait to get there and see all the history, amen corner, the atmosphere, the grass. It will be great.
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