I’ve sent in my money, and am ready to go. One of the bennies of being a military retiree is playing in these tournaments. My dad has done so for about 20 years. I’ve played in three. I played at the one in Fort Worth twice, and played at the one at Barksdale last year. I’m still working, so I only get to do one a year.
This year I’ll go to Louisiana again. The tournament is played on three courses over three days. One day will be at Barksdale’s Fox Run course, which is a par 70 flat layout. Another day we’ll play Crooked Hollow, which was a nine-hole layout until last year. It is a nice course, with lots of hills. The third course is one I’ve never played: Olde Oaks south of Bossier City. Olde Oaks is part of the Audubon Golf Train in Louisiana, and a Hal Sutton design.
I really look forward to these tournaments–a bunch of old GIs playing golf, drinking beer, and telling war stories. I’ve played with guys who were WW II submariners, B-58 Hustler crewmembers, Korean War Marines, mess sergeants with Patton, generals (Army and Air Force) and a wide variety of other “characters”. You might say they are a group just dripping with diversity. Last year there were several women, and I would expect that number to continue to grow.
I’m just one of the “youngsters” hangin’ out with the old guys!
That DOES sound great. When is it?
Also just wanted to say that I spotted your new “Get Firefox” button: congratulations on making the move to a much better browser. After a few more weeks with it, you’ll probably be wondering how you ever dealt with IE.
Comment by Bogey — February 23, 2004 @ 6:36 am