up at the smack of dawn

Dena, her boss (Ron) and I hit our drives off of the first tee at Beaverdale at 6:45AM this morning. The proshop added a solo golfer to our group to make us a foursome. He was an older gent who I guessed would be in his late sixties or early seventies, named Don, who hit a mean ball. By the time we were on the back-nine, he was known as Donny to us. All four of us played quite well. Don kept shaking his head in amazement when Dena hit a solid shot. She doesn’t really have a “girlie” swing so I guess that impressed him. I shot an 87, Ron hit an 88 and Dena shot a 100. We’re not sure what Don shot, as he kept his own score, but he sure plays near-scratch golf so likely pretty well. A little bit of information we learned was that one of Don’s sons was employed as a stunt double for Tom Arnold back in the day. Even if you aren’t a Tom Arnold fan, it’s still a pretty cool factoid.

I think Dena and I prefer golfing early in the morning; it’s not hot or busy and you have the entire day ahead of you when you’re done.