A Golfless Blog…..

Written October 9th while having my vehicle serviced at Firestone……………..And then, depression set in. Hi. I’m the Dry Heat Hacker and I have a confession…….I am a golfaholic. It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve swung a club. My blog about Karsten (Sept. 25th) was the last time I played. My dad and I had a tee time on October 1st at Encanto, but the valley had a huge rainstorm the night before. Yes, you read that correctly…….rain in Phoenix! And alot, too. Flooding and the full 9. Over the last 2 weeks we’ve had intermittent showers. The month of October is also overseed season. I believe it takes 2-3 weeks to overseed a course and have it ready to open again for play and it’s cart path only for a couple of weeks after that. Unfortunately for me, I don’t get much golf in during overseed. The courses that remain open (I don’t know if there is a system or not, but half of the courses close for overseed and half stay open to get the extra business) raise their rates as it is the time of year to do so in the valley. October to May are the most expensive months to golf in the valley. I tide myself over by playing par 3, executive courses, or finding whatever deal I can. I play so much during the summer that I get spoiled with the cheap rates during the hot weather. Also, I’ll admit……I’m cheap. If I can play a round for $15 in July, why would I pay $70 in November? I’ll only pay alot of money if it is a one time thing or I’m on vacation. Two years ago we played a round at the Tour 18 in Houston. It was in September and cost about $80 and I rented clubs. I think I paid $120 or so for the day. More than likely I will never play there again and I also played with family so it was a good day out…..except I hit 122! I do believe I am a better golfer now than I was then and I would like a shot at redemption someday, but there are Tour 18 courses all over America. Most likely, I’ll play at another location. Also, we played the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course a couple of months back. We paid $79, which was their cheapest rate (I believe) all year. Normally, $40 is my cap. Speaking of being a better golfer…..my handicap (according to my Diablo Golf app) is now 19.9. This is the lowest my handicap has ever been. I would love to be a consistent and solid 18. That means I play bogey golf. I’ll have to keep working at that.