The golf-a-thon

We played 15 rounds in 8 days. It was a fantastic trip to a beautiful island. Here's the photographic evidence:

Poipu Bay has been home to the Grand Slam of Golf - an end-of-year tournament where the winners of the four majors play against each other.

I took a lot of nature shots, both because there were a lot of beautiful nature scenes to be observed and because I didn't really have anyone at the ready to keep taking pictures of me all the time.

The views from #6 on the Prince Course at Princeville are simply spectacular.

And to top it off, I shot a 73 at Kauai Lagoons on the final day of the trip. Mahalo, Kauai!

"Good" Golf

I'm trying to think of another hobby, no, obsession, that draws a person to it because it is so fun, rewarding, beautiful, and genteel yet when that person engages in it they constantly misbehave like a two-year old and lose their mind in anger like a psychotic serial killer.

Golf is the only one I can think of.

So you can imagine how rewarding it feels to actually play good golf, especially when you've traveled thousands of miles and spent some big dough to do it (as well as cashed in the immense amount of relationship capital necessary to get permission from the wife).

I've been ripping it on this trip, though the putting has been less than great. My scoring average is 81.27 through 11 rounds. Tomorrow is going to be rough; two rounds at Princeville will inevitably raise the scoring average a little bit. I'll get two more rounds in at Kauai Lagoons on Friday before I fly home, so hopefully I'll get into the 70's a few more times to keep the scoring average below 82. If I can play 15 rounds at an average under 82, I'll definitely feel like I played good golf on this trip.