Vancouver

Hey hey, I'm just sitting in Vancouver right now getting ready for tomorrow's second and final round at The Vancouver Golf Club. I'm playing in the first CN Tour event of the year and am currently tied for 2nd at one under par, 3 shots off the lead! I played fine today, nothing to go crazy about. Actually my ball striking was pitiful on the front nine...too much thinking and not enough feeling. I made some very clutch par putts and stayed relatively patient. I birdied 12 and 13 and chipped in on the 16th hole to finish off a day that could have gone either way. I will be playing in the final group tomorrow with a good childhood friend of mine Christine Boucher, a day that I'm sure will be filled with lots of laughs and hopefully a couple new editions to my extensive french vocabulary. I'll let everyone know how it goes, lets hope the drives are straight and the putts are falling!!

Memorial Cup

WHALERS 2-1 in Overtime!!!!

I'd take 20 miles an hour at this point

Since I have been neglecting everyone in my writing I wanted to make sure that I clarified some weather situations for everyone. I'm not going to go into any real detail because frankly I really don't want to relive the last few weeks but I thought I would pose a question for everyone. What would you prefer, 35 miles an hour winds with 45 degree temperatures and the occasional rain drop, OR, winds upwards of 45/50 miles an hour in the middle of Texas that might have stirred up a little dust. This wind also caused the Futures Tour staff to post pone play in the middle of the day due to wind- the first time in tour history. Please send me an email, I would genuinely like to know if people can comprehend these situations or if I really have become a softy after leaving Canadian winters once and for all! I have to give another shout out to my little buddy, well call her Dorothy for this purpose. Folks at one point I had to actually grab hold of her golf bag and keep her grounded as her feet were VERY close to coming off the ground, not to mention her walk that was closely resembling a run as a rather forceful gust came up behind us! Now I don't feel extremely sorry for her because I'm pretty sure she can eat as much Mexican food as she likes but you still have to look out for your rookies!!

Does anyone have a nickel?

I'm sorry for all the blogs at once but I finally made it home to Toronto and had a chance to do a little reflecting! Last night while driving from Kansas City to Chicago I was trying to come up with some more lessons for everyone when an obvious one jumped up and slapped me in the face. It was about 10:45 pm, Sam and I only had 2 hours of driving left when I had a mini panic attack, forced on me by the sign that read Toll 3/4 of a mile. For crying out loud, we had made it ALMOST the entire way without any blonde moments when I realized I had NO change besides the baggies of dimes, nickles and pennies I had organized when moving out of the condo in April. Now this was not your ordinary toll road, the first two tolls were $1.90 each-come on people really, what happened to those nice little 25 cent tolls. Sam's quick brake lights and a swerve to the shoulder told me she had no money either- this is when debit cards have absolutely NO USE. In short, the toll both gentleman hated me when I payed $3.80 with nickles, dimes and a few quarters I managed to collect from my golf bag. The second part to this lesson is that if you are the one with the baggies filled with coins, make sure you go through the gate first so you don't have to park your car and get out in the freezing cold and run up to your travelling companions car to throw the last few nickles in the basket for her!! Yes folks, this stuff really does happen.......

Memorial Cup

I want to give a HUGE shoutout out to my baby bro Zack Shepley #28 and all his PLymouth Whaler teammates as they battle it out at the Memorial Cup this week in Vancouver, BC!!

Getcha a nice little trophy boys!!!