— My Alphabe-Thursday (2nd), the letter "P" / Thursday Two Questions —

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What is my golf cart doing here?

."P" is for Player.  In golf scrambles, I am a "D" Player because my golf handicap is a 33 per this month's Handicap Report.

Hi Jim H, Club: Bentwater Country Club GHIN #: 6xxxxxxxxxx Effective: 03/01/2013 Low Handicap Index: 32.6

Current Handicap Index 32.6

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"D" Player's are a valuable asset to their team in several ways:
1. The heavy hitters' balls go out of bounds often with their long hits. Mine is shorter and consequently, even not exactly straight ahead it doesn't go far enough in its errant way to get out of bounds.
2. I get two points added to almost every hole. That means a par or birdie (I get those occasionally) will be a minus two or three.
3. My putting and chipping on a normal day is better than my handicap shows.  That means that I will have more of my putts and chips used for scoring than the other three.
4. When I have a bad shot I don't cry for very long.  "D" Players are expected to have one or two bad shots on every hole.
5. I only have to play golf two times a week to keep a handicap of this magnitude.
6. When I reach age 104 I will be playing my age if I can keep this number (and live that long).  Golfers like to be able to play their handicap.  My friend, Everett W, who is over age 90, plays his handicap or better quite often.

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==>  You can see other "P" letter posts by visiting Jenny's blog post, Alphabe- Thursday. My letter "P" portion of this post will be critiqued by Head Mistress Jenny. I always hope for a good grade

 

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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.

My last post last week was about an "O" word, Oh!!!  It referred to my exclamation when something went wrong. Last week that wrong was when I washed my camera in the washing machine.  I am in the process of getting a new one from Amazon [dot] com.  I'll let you know next week.

My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):.

1. What sport do you participate in that judges your skill with a rating number or title?
Also when I was bowling with a team my average was kept.  We would be evened out by something similar to a handicap but I cannot remember much about that part.

2. Does your spouse or mate participate in a sport? Mrs. Jim plays golf with the ladies two times a week. Her skill level is similar to mine. .

Bonus Questions:

1. What is your favorite "O" word?
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==>   My post is for Amanda at her Thursday Two Questions blog, Self Sagacity.

In the top picture I had parked my golf cart and was looking for my ball. It was definitely in the 'roughs.'

Look in the center of this picture. Here, I have found my ball.

It appears to be in an unplayable lie. That means I have to pick it up and put it where the rules will allow. Doing that costs me two strokes.


==>   Be sure to check out all of my posted New Zealand and Australia pictures. You can do that by clicking here (Our 2012-2013 New Zealand and Australia).