Day 151 - Fathers and Sons II

Day 2 - sporting our shirts
from The Berkshire

Another early start this morning: breakfast was served at 06:45 and we were out of the condo by 7:00 to head off for the second day's play. Our destination was the Resort Course at Grande Dunes.  This course is one of our favourites in Myrtle Beach: it's always in excellent condition and this year was no exception. The greens were in far better shape than those we had played on the prvious day: yes they were quicker, but much truer too.

The format for today's round was Greensomes (both drive, choose one ball and then hit in alternate shot format), with the extra condition that you had to use a minimum of 6 tee shots from each player.  The latter turned out not to be an issue: after 12 holes we had carried that out, without ever having to choose an inferior shot.  We played very solidly all day: one messed up short par 4 and a couple of putts that maybe should have gone in were the only blemishes. We ended up with a round of 74 (two over par) which was an excellent result and was only beaten by one other pair in our flight.  Still lots to do tomorrow though to get into the prizes...

Our playing partners today were Bob and Grayson West, from Texas, who were playing for the first time. The father, Bob, was a former sports journalist and knew a great deal about the wider golf game; he also it every single fairway!  His son was less accurate and they had to work hard to use the required 6 drives of his...

After lunch we headed back to the golf course: this time for 18 holes of pitch and putt with two other Father & Son pairs whom we had met up with in previous years. It was very hot, but the $1 beers helped keep everyone refreshed.  The par-3 course is a bit ropy but we spent a very pleasant three hours catching up with everyone.

One postscript from yesterday, which I forgot to mention: the surname of our playing partners was Leist. The Dad Joe told a great story: he was hoping to persuade his son's new wife to name their daughter "Tit", as he saw great sponsorship potential. She was apparently less keen...