ATX WITH THE CREW

MY MOVE TO AUSTIN IS NEARING, BUT I GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF WHATS TO COME THIS PAST WEEKEND. IN A MUCH NEEDED REUNION WITH SOME OLD FRIENDS, WE TORE UP THE TOWN, LIVED TO TELL THE TALE, AND SURVIVED A FEW NIGHTS WITH THE TALBOTS. MINUS A TEXANS LOSS, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT WAS A PRETTY AMAZING WEEKEND!

FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE!!

NEVER A BAD DAY WHEN THE WILDCATS BRING HOME THE WIN!

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

THE LAST STOP OF THE CANADIAN TOUR FOR THE YEAR BRINGS US TO ST. CATHERINE'S ONTARIO WHERE MOTHER NATURE HAS CHOSEN TO LEAVE THINGS A LITTLE ON THE WET SIDE THIS WEEK. ROUND ONE DIDN'T GO GREAT YESTERDAY, BUT AFTER AN EVENING OF RELAXATION, WE WILL BE READY TO GO TODAY. THE GOLF COURSE HERE HASN'T YET BEEN ABLE TO SHOW ITS TRUE POTENTIAL DUE TO THE AMOUNT MOISTURE STILL IN THE GROUND, BUT HOPEFULLY WITH SUN ALL MORNING IT WILL BE GOOD THIS AFTERNOON.

ITS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT OUR SUMMER IS ALREADY ALMOST AT ITS END, BUT LOOKING BACK WE HAVE HAD ONE HELL OF AN EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. FOR ME THIS HAS BEEN A SUMMER FULL OF MEMORIES THAT I WILL CARRY WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME, BOTH GOOD AND BAD ALIKE. FROM AMAZING NEW PLACES, PEOPLE, FOOD, AND FRIENDS, TO PULL OUT BEDS AND LONG HOURS OF TRAVELING, THERE ISN'T ONE THING I CAN THINK OF THAT I WOULD CHANGE OR HAVE DONE DIFFERENT DURING THIS CRAZY RIDE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON.

THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND I HAVE COME UP WITH THIS...LIFE MOVES ON, NO MATTER WHAT! NO MATTER HOW GOOD OR BAD THE GOLF IS, NO MATTER HOW ALIVE OR DEAD THE TOWN IS, AND NO MATTER HOW LONG OR SHORT THE RIDE IS, EMBRACE IT ALL AND ENJOY YOURSELF OR YOU MAY NEVER MAKE IT.

CLASSIC

THE NATIONAL

SOLID FINISH

WE FINALLY PUT ALL OF THE PIECES TOGETHER IN KYLE'S FIRST TOP TEN FINISH OF THE YEAR COMING IN 9TH AT 2 UNDER PAR FOR THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH GIVES US SOMETHING TO IMPROVE ON FOR THE NEXT TWO EVENTS. WITH THE THREAT OF RAIN AND SOME SERIOUSLY SLOW PLAY ON SUNDAY, THINGS SEEMED TO MOVE AT A SNAILS PACE, BUT PATIENCE AND SOME CLUTCH PUTTING HELPED TO SQUEEZE OUT A ONE UNDER PAR ROUND TO MOVE US UP A FEW SPOTS INTO THE TOP 10.

YESTERDAY WE WERE TREATED TO A ROUND OF GOLF AT THE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB OF CANADA BY A COUPLE OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN AND AROUND THE TORONTO AREA, AND THE COURSE LIVED UP TO THE HYPE. FROM THE TIME WE ENTERED THE CLUB HOUSE, TO THE TIME WE LEFT THE PROPERTY, EVERYTHING FROM AMENITIES TO GOLF WAS TOP NOTCH! THE CLUB WAS DOING SOME WORK ON THE GREENS, SO WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THEM AT THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, BUT EVEN WITH A LITTLE SAND ON TOP THEY WERE STILL PRETTY GOOD.

AFTER GOLF YESTERDAY WE MOVED ON TO SEAFORTH ONTARIO AND MADE IT TO OUR BILLETS HOUSE LATE EVENING LAST NIGHT. OUR HOST IS A MID THIRTIES AGED COUPLED WHO ARE VERY HOSPITABLE, MAKING US FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. THIS MORNING BRINGS LOADS OF LAUNDRY AND THEN OFF TO THE COURSE SO KYLE CAN PRACTICE AND GET THE GAME READY FOR THE WEEK. ANOTHER SOLID FINISH THIS WEEK AND KYLE CAN SECURE HIS CARD FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN ROLL TO THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A LITTLE LESS STRESS.

"I MAY BE THE WORST GOLFER IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, BUT I BET I CAN STILL BEAT YOU" - TIGER WOODS

GREYSTONE, DOWNTOWN, AMAZING HOTDOGS, AND BLUEJAYS GAME

GAMEDAY IS ALMOST HERE AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED. WE HAVE HAD A GREAT LAST THREE DAYS BETWEEN PRACTICE AND PLAY KEEPING US BUSY (A BIG THANKS TO THE CANADIAN TOUR FOR GREAT SEATS AT THE BLUEJAYS GAME LAST NIGHT). WE TOURED DOWNTOWN, RODE THE SUBWAY, AND WALKED THE SKYWALK BEFORE INDULGING IN HOTDOGS BEER AND BASEBALL (NOT A BAD WAY TO SPEND YOUR TUESDAY). THE CITY IS AMAZING AND SEEMS TO HAVE A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF CONDOS YET NO NORMAL HOUSES ANYWHERE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN WHICH STRANGELY I THINK I LIKE. MINUS OUR BALLGAME HOTDOGS, I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNIMPRESSED WITH OUR FOOD CHOICES SO FAR, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
IT'S GAME ON TOMORROW WITH A 9:00 TEE TIME GOING OFF OF NUMBER TEN.

"It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top"