Monday, April 03, 2006

Niagara Golf Hit The Spot

Hello. My wife and I celebrated our 9th anniversary this past weekend by going to Niagara Falls. We golfed Saturday afternoon at Whirlpool Golf Course. While it was cloudy and very windy, it was great getting out on the course. It was in surprisingly good condition, because it had just opened the day before. Golfing on April 1st in Ontario was a first for both of us.
Sunday morning we played Royal Niagara, just north of Niagara-on-the-Lake. After a frost delay, we went out with Bob and Nick, a father-son pair. While the temperature was colder than Saturday, the sun was out and the wind was down, making it a very enjoyable day.
In between, we had dinner at the Niagara Hilton, overlooking the Falls from the 33rd floor. It was great seeing the lights shooting onto the Falls.
Thanks to Grandma for looking after our kids. It was nice knowing they were in good hands.
We got home just in time to see Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis and Michelle Wie try to catch Karrie Webb in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Only Ochoa succeeded. Then Webb emerged victorious with a 1st hole birdie. Great stuff everyone!
Too bad we saw a great feature on the champion jumping into the lake, started by Amy Alcott, then didn't get to see if Karrie Webb would do it. Why couldn't CBS have stayed on for 5 more minutes to at least interview Webb? If you sign up to broadcast an event, I say stay on the air until we have a nice clean completion, especially at a major. Can you imagine CBS cutting away Sunday without presenting the Masters green jacket?
Early Masters prediction - it will be a close one, with about 10 guys within 3 shots of each other. Not like last year, when DiMarco and Woods got 7 shots out in front. My favourite? Retief Goosen. Why? I don't know.

Regards,
Steve

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