My old friend Clint came to McAllen to play in the Member/Guest golf tournament. I was asked before he got here: "When's the last time you spent 4 days in a row together?" My initial answer was... last century? But the real answer was "We've been spending the days together for a long, long time."
Time just flowed by for the 3 day tournament. We played a practice round and got him adjusted to the course. Then at dinner we had a Calcutta auction bet for our teams. Neither of us knew what to expect and it was a high wire act, but we made it through for a thrifty $400. We didn't know who was bidding on us, but they ended up being our new partners, Sam and Armando.
As for golf, we improved each day and with quota adjustments, we came from 25th to 6th place on Day 3 and ended up in the money. Sam, Armando, Clint and Greg all made some good money from the pot. On day 3 Clint shot 75 and I shot 84, right in line with our handicaps of 3 and 14.
It was fun being together as we both knew what we needed to say and do to get the other relaxed and enjoying the game. Lots of joint strategizing. It was a great team effort.
After 4 days of golf, it was time to get back to normal today on Sunday. As my grandfather Vernon was quoted to say, I need to get back to the office to get some rest after vacation.
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