Short and Sweet

We awoke to pouring rain today. Very little sleep last night for Su (about 2 hours) and for Dick about 6 hours. Dick had tried for the members lottery for a tee-time for today on the Old Course. and received a tee-time of 12:40. We were a little iffy as to should we or should we not play. By the time I cleaned the kitchen, bathrooms, showered, and started a load of dishes and wash...I said "Let's just do it. No matter how we feel this is why we came to Scotland. Once the Members begin to arrive for the meetings, Old Course times become fully booked." So off we set to play, rain gear attired and ready for whatever the Old Course threw at us. There were still about 18 tourists who had arrived in the wee hours waiting to play. Dick, of course, said we would be happy to let them play with us. Two nice chaps, one from Washington DC (originally from South Africa) and another chap from Columbus, Ohio. Good golfers both.

The rain backed off and we only had a couple of holes with moderate sprinkles. Not a bad day. Best of all was I played a pretty good game. A 45 on the front and a 49 on the back with 3 BLOW UP HOLES. I drove the shed with a great drive on 17 and then put my second shot into the rough and never recovered for 4 shots. Alas. Opportunity to have shot in the 80s. Missed my par putt on 18 and settled for a bogie 5.

Tonight we are packing and head out for the Isle of Mull in the morn.

Til we again have WiFi...adios from the Old Course.