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Went out and golfed yesterday afternoon for the first time in — well, probably a year.  It was the parish golf tourney, competing foursomes playing best ball.  We were at -1 going around to the back nine, but ended up +2 by the time all was said and done.

I’ve been very lax on the golfing, obviously.  Doyce and I haven’t been out in ages, and my Dad and I haven’t played the last couple of visits out.  I should really work to change both of those.

That said, I played about as well as I have been (i.e., the skills haven’t deteriorated, they just haven’t improved from their low level).  I lost a fair number of balls, but on the other hand had the “best ball” often enough to make me feel like I was pulling my own weight.  I also sank a couple of really nice putts.

We were playing at the Links, an executive-length course in Highlands Ranch, pretty much just over the freeway south of us.  Despite having driven past it eleventy-zillion times, I’ve never played there before.  It’s a nice course, well-maintained, with plenty of terrain hazards to keep things visually interesting.  It’s a bit cheaper than South Suburban’s full-length course.  The term “executive length” basically means its a par 60 for 18, not the traditional 72; there are a lot of par 3 holes, interspersed with enough long par 4s to keep the variety up.

The weather was a seriously mixed bag.  When we started, it was lightly overcast, but still warm and quite humid (for Denver).  Later the cloud cover vanished, leaving it hot.  By the time we were at 15, clouds were beginning to roll in, and on 18 it started to rain lightly — perfect timing.

All in all a good day.  I should really do that more often.