Bucket List

We all have things we would like to do in our lifetimes because watching events on TV they just look like I would like to go there.  This spring for the first time in my life I'm heading to Augusta Georgia to the Tuesday practice round of the Masters on April 8th.

Now we have all sit in front of the TV when the Azaleas are blooming and we can smell those flowers right on the TV Screen.  Since I have never been there before and if it is true  Augusta is as hilly as they say I plan to plant myself on thr top row of the grandstand on the 15th green where I can watch the pros go for the green in two on the par five by Raes Creek.  I think I will also be in position to watch the tee shots on the par three 16th.

The big news in the past couple of weeks has been Tiger Woods.  He now has a back issue which anyone who has a back issue knows once you have back trouble it may never go away and rear it's ugly head at any time.

Tiger is in that age bracket when golfers fall off the edge of greatness and every once in a while for a round or two everyone will shout Tiger is back but the next day here comes a 74 and falls by the wayside.  I have in the past mentioned that Tiger has not won a major since the PGA instituted drug testing.  I may be cynical but hasn't his body been falling a part since then too.

If I do get brave and decide to follow any one golfer my first choice would be Webb Simpson from Raleigh. It would depend greatly on tee times and where I am and how fast I can get to the first tee.
If not Webb I would like to see the ball mashers either Bubba Watson or Dustin Johnson.

I went to Pinehurst  years ago and saw my first pro golf event.  As I a walked in the gate I saw Ray
Floyd was teeing off in five minutes and race down the first fairway to watch him tee off.  I don't know how far I was from the tee but I could hardly hear the PA announce his name.  I figured boy from right hear I'll be standing really close when he hits his second shot.  I watched his swing and saw the ball screeching off the tee and landed about forty  yards farther down the fairway from where I was.  Boy how far can these guys hit the ball because I don't remember Raymond being one of the long ball hitters of the tour.

Later I will tell you about my group I'm going with.  There is four weeks to tee time.