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"

ONTARIO HERE WE COME

THE FINAL LEG OF OUR SUMMER TRAVELS BEGINS TOMORROW WHEN WE JUMP ON A PLANE, TRAVEL THROUGH 4 CITIES AND THEN FINALLY ARRIVE AT HALTON HILLS ONTARIO FOR THE CLUBLINK JANE ROGERS CHAMPIONSHIP. KYLE HAS BEEN PLAYING PRETTY WELL THE LAST WEEK AND HAS REALLY PUT IN SOME HARD WORK THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SHOW DURING THESE LAST FEW EVENTS. A FEW SOLID FINISHES AND THIS SUMMER COULD TURN OUT TO BE A SUCCESS AFTER A HO HUM SHOWING IN THE LAST FEW EVENTS.

THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME TRAVELING TO THE TORONTO AREA, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED. WE ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO SEE THE BLUE JAYS PLAY AGAINST THE RED SOX THIS FIRST WEEK AND THEN MAKE A TRIP TO NIAGRA FALLS LATER IN THE TRIP WHICH I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL SUMMER. WHILE GOLF IS OUR MAIN CONCERN, YOU HAVE TO SPICE THINGS UP A LITTLE AND GET AWAY FROM THE GOLF SO AS TO NOT GO CRAZY EVERY NOW AND AGAIN... STAY UP TO DATE WITH SCORES AT WWW.CANTOUR.COM AND CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES TO COME.

I HATE...

I HATE ANYTHING INVOLVING JERSEY SHORE....

I HATE VAMPIRE SHOWS...

I HATE HOUR LONG TEXT MESSAGE CONVERSATIONS...CALL ME, IT WILL TAKE 3 MINUTES

I HATE WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE THE SONG BEFORE ITS OVER...

I HATE PEOPLE WHO WEAR CLOTHES THAT ARE TOO SMALL...A SIZE BIGGER COSTS THE SAME

I HATE THAT I HAVE AWEFUL GRAMMER...AND THAT I DONT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT

I HATE WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR JUST A DRAG...SMOKE A WHOLE ONE...ITS GOOD FOR YOU

I HATE WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR A CIGARETTE, AND A LIGTER...DO I LOOK LIKE A GAS STATION?

I HATE AFFLICTION SHIRTS...

I HATE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE SLOW IN THE LEFT LANE...JUST MOVE OVER SO I DONT HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE BIRD!

WHAT DO YOU HATE? COME ON I KNOW THERE IS AT LEAST A FEW THINGS...

JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THIS VIDEO...NOT BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC...HAHA

HAVE TO SEE THIS!!! DUE DATE...RELEASES NOV 5TH

Ever since his breakout performance in The Hangover, Zach Galifianakis’s been scoring prominent roles in upcoming films (Youth in Revolt, Dinner for Schmucks, It’s Kind of a Funny Story). Out of them all, the one we undoubtedly want to see is the Todd Phillips-directed Due Date (out November 5), which co-stars Robert Downey, Jr.. The plot of this buddy comedy is simple: an expectant father (Downey) must get to L.A. with an aspiring actor (Galifianakis) to see his child’s birth. Their journey includes car crashes, life-threatening mistakes, and other logically incomprehensible fuckeries. Just what we’d expect.

ITS GETTING HOTT IN HERE!

AFTER 13 HOURS ON THE ROAD, A 30-45 MINUTE STRIP SEARCH AT CUSTOMS, AND A LOT OF DEAD BUGS ON THE WINDSHIELD, WE HAVE MADE IT BACK TO THE STATES TO FIND IT HOTTT. AFTER A MONTH IN CANADA AND AN AVERAGE HIGH OF MAYBE SOMETHING IN THE LOW 70'S, THIS 98 DEGREE HEAT IS SOMETHING OF A SHOCKER FOR THE BODY (GOOD THING KELS HAS A POOL FOR ME TO COOL OFF IN!), BUT I MUST SAY, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GOOD SWEAT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE HOME...AT LEAST FOR BIT!
THE FIRST LEG OF OUR SUMMER JOURNEY MAY HAVE NOT GONE QUITE AS PLANNED AS FAR AS FINISHES GO, BUT WE BOTH LEARNED ALOT ABOUT A GAME THAT WILL NEVER QUIT TEACHING, AND A LIFE THAT WILL NEVER STOP MOVING. THE DRIVE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF CANADA WAS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR, PROVIDING WONDERFUL SCENERY, CRAP ROADS, A FEW CLOSE CALLS, AND ALOT OF GOOD MUSIC TO HELP THINGS MOVE A LITTLE EASIER.
ALL IN ALL THINGS WERE A SUCCESS AND I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK AT IT IN A FEW WEEKS!

"JUST GET IT IN THE HOLE FASTER!"

TECHNOLOGY.....GREAT UNTILL IT STOPS WORKING....

HELLO FROM WINNIPEG MANITOBA...WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE LAST STOP OF OUR THREE WEEK STRETCH FOR THE CANADIAN TOURS PLAYERS CUP. KYLE PLAYED A PRACTICE ROUND YESTERDAY AND GOT A PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR THE GOLF COURSE (FAST AND UNDULATING GREENS), THEN GAVE ME THE DAY OFF TODAY WHILE HE PRACTICED. WITH THE DAY OFF, I KEPT MYSELF BUSY GETTING LOST IN DOWNTOWN WHILE TRYING TO FIND A GOOD SANDWICH SHOP, WICH WAS WELL WORTH GETTING LOST FOR (THEY MADE A MEAN TURKEY AND SWISS). ANOTHER PRACTICE ROUND TOMORROW WITH A COUPLE OF THE GUYS WE HAVE GOTTEN TO BE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH OUT HERE AND THEN ITS GO TIME AT 9:20 ON THURSDAY MORNING. KEEP UP TO DATE AT CANTOUR.COM

ME AND MY CAMERA ARE NOT GETTING ALONG RIGHT NOW, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THE ISSUE RESOLVED TOMORROW EVENING AND POST SOME PICTURES.

"WORK HARD, PLAY HARD....ITS THE ONLY LIFE YOU GET"

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER...BUT NOT AS PRETTY OF A ROUND

ROUGH DAY TODAY FOR KYLE TODAY AT THE GOLF COURSE LEADING TO AN MISSED CUT, BUT WE PRESS ON AND WILL BE BETTER NEXT WEEK. I PICKED UP A BAG OF A FRIEND OF OURS FOR THE WEEKEND SINCE HIS CADDIE BAILED ON HIM SO THAT WILL KEEP ME BUSY WHILE KYLE WORKS ON HIS GAME. (LITTLE TIME APART MAY BE GOOD FOR THE BOTH OF US.) SASKATOON HAS PROVIDED US WITH BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, WITH IT BEING DAMN NEAR HOT TODAY.

WANT TO WISH SAFE TRAVELS FOR THE REST OF MY FAMILY AS THEY MAKE THE JOURNEY NORTH TO TAKE NICK TO THE FAR EAST OF CANADA.

RAIN MAKES FOR A LONG DRIVE

WE HAVE MADE IT TO SASKATOON BUT IT WASN'T WITHOUT A BATTLE OF NERVES...RAIN 60% OF THE WAY FROM MEDICINE HAT TO SASKATOON PROVIDED US WITH A SLOW MOVING BEAST OF A DRIVE, BUT WE HAVE SEEMED TO LEAVE THE WEATHER BEHIND US AND FOUND CLEAR SKIES AHEAD. WE PLAYED A PRACTICE ROUND THIS MORNING AND FOUND THE GOLF COURSE TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST FEW THAT WE HAVE PLAYED. THE COURSE IS MORE OF A LINKS STYLE WITH WIND AT EVERY TURN. ANOTHER PRACTICE ROUND TOMORROW AND THEN GO TIME COME THURSDAY. WISH US WELL

 “You do not merely want to be considered the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.”- Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead

WORLD CUP 2010

                        LOVE OF THE GAMESUPPORT                            CUP CHECK                            MULTI-TASKING SNEAKING A PEEK BUSTING WITH DISBELIEF THREE'S A PARTY!

ART....BY BROCK TALBOT

DOWNTOWN AND THE ART FESTIVAL

GOT TO WALK AROUND IN DOWNTOWN EDMONTON TONIGHT AND HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS AN ART AND DESIGN FESTIVAL WHERE WE EXPERIENCED THIS PIECE BEING CREATED. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ARCH FOR 4 DAYS SO FAR, RECREATING A TEXAS ARTISTS SKETCH. 4 OR 5 MORE DAYS OF PAINTING THE ARTISTS TOLD US AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE...WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A TRIP BACK BY TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

MADE IT TO EDMONTON...THE ATB STARTS....NOW!

SETTLED IN AT OUR HOTEL IN EDMONTON AND READY FOR OUR FIRST PRACTICE ROUND IN THE MORNING. GOT IN A LITTLE PRACTICE TODAY AND CHECKED OUT 9 HOLES OF THE GOLF COURSE WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.  CLOSING HOLE IS A PAR 3 PLAYS JUST UNDER 200 YARDS AND IS SURROUNDED BY GRANDSTANDS...HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE FOR SOME GOOD DRAMA!

MORE DRIVING

MT RUSHMORE, HYDE MOUNTAIN GOLF CLUB, AND THE 14 HOUR DRIVE

JUST PULLED INTO CALGARY A FEW HOURS AGO AND MADE IT DOWNTOWN FOR A LITTLE R&R AND SOME DINNER AFTER THE 5 HOUR DRIVE FROM SICAMUSE THIS MORNING. FINALLY FOUND SOME DECENT WIRELESS INTERNET SO THAT I COULD LOAD A FEW PICS FROM OUR TRIP SO FAR. THE DRIVE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WAS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR WITH A VIEW AROUND EVERY CORNER...(HAD TO SLAP KYLE A FEW TIMES WHILE HE DROVE!) TAKING IT EASY TONIGHT WITH PROAM AND CLINIC IN THE MORNING THEN ITS OFF TO EDMONTON FOR THE WEEK COME TOMORROW NIGHT. SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN UPDATES, BUT THINGS SHOULD BE BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT.                                                                                                    -"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."