Mark, thanks again for showing us around Black Jack and Heritage Farms. You were a great guide and a good hang. You didn't have to accommodate us but it's appreciated. Sending positive vibes to you and yours. Tell Will not to horde the yellow-green discs too much, some of us like that color too.
Jamie, you were indescribably awesome to play with. Your course leapfrogged into the top tier of my 170+ courses played, with ease. It was a pleasure meeting you and Fran. Sorry John knocked your cairn. He's a bull in a China shop, ha ha. Hopefully the next time I come by your way I will have remembered how to putt and hit a few less trees.
Dwayne, as always it was the bestest. Absolutely thrilled to have shared my RamCat experience with a fellow kugger. You played a lot of good golf this weekend! Thanks for putting up with a couple of yokels.
Rich, sorry we couldn't hang again amigo! Your weather concerns were valid and I'm completely understanding of why you didn't open Sugaree up for that weekend. You and Sugaree will always be in the upper echelon of my fondest DG/life experiences though and I'm glad to hear you're moving around better!
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Saturday the weather was...thorough. Cold, drizzly, sleet, snow, and windy all over. The round at Black Jack was actually not bad save for how wet the ground was. I didn't have a problem with footing although I'm all ass and legs so I get around hills like a billy goat. But the weather didn't put a dent in the fun I had playing the course.
Heritage Farms was a treat. Now there, the weather just plain sucked but that course was thankfully full of steps and easy transitions to get around. Some really cool and beautiful holes. My favorite part was the 300' water carry where everybody thought my drive was going to land in the drink and I parked it. Had some real Doubting Thomas' in my ability on that hole, lol.
RamCat Ridge is just my kind of course. I'm glad we played doubles b/c it enabled me to let loose and play fancy free. Good thing b/c if I had played it straight up I would've been scrambling more than a Waffle House cook. I feel like all my drives were like a feet away from perfect (for me) but of course that foot was in the worst direction, lol. At least I got a few birdies from tree love. The biggest reason I'm glad we played doubles is that it gave me this classic John moment: On hole 1 my brother gave all of us a big "WTF?" reaction. He hasn't played doubles in forever and completely forgot immediately that you take the best drive out of the two so he walked up to his disc and blasted like a 70 footer for the deuce while his partner Jamie was walking to his lie that was easily better by like 30'. We were all like:
Of course John was confused b/c he just made a killer upshot, ha ha ha. I think John made a big circle 2 putt on every hole 1 we played this weekend, that bastard.
Rolling Pines was a great choice for a cool down round. I think we were all getting the jelly legs in some form or another. I was pretty fresh but I had been sleeping on the floor for 2 consecutive nights so that played a part in my sucking probably. RP was in great shape and other than all of us butchering hole 12 (no disc left behind though, despite our best effort) and me having a mini-Locastro on hole 15 (squared up trees 50' away with my C-PD like 3 consecutive times) I think fun was had by all. It's always great to play a course with someone that also really appreciates a well-designed course like Dwayne.
