Chompin' at the bit for golf season
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s I write this month’s article, my golf team is completing its final qualifying round to see which five players will be making the trip to our first spring golf tournament in Melbourne, Florida. Let me assure you, they are all trying very hard to make this tournament. It’s been a tough winter to prepare. It is showing a little in their scores, but we’ll get things worked out. By the time you read this, we will have already played, so keep an eye out for scores. Dave Jennings As we’ve been at Willow Point Country Club practicing and qualifying during the last few weeks, it is apparent that it is still winter. The parking lot is not busting at the seams as it normally is during the warmer months of the year; however, people in town seem super excited about starting their golf years. I just returned from Orlando where I once again attended the massive PGA Merchandise Show. I felt 14 Lake Martin Living
that there may have been a Home Turf The CACC golf team few manufacturers whose practices at Willow presence was missed – such Point Golf and Country as TaylorMade, Nike, Golf Pride and Lamkin Golf Grips Club. – and there were a few that had returned, namely Mizuno Golf. Whether the show was smaller or larger, I’m not sure, but I do know there were just as many people in attendance as normal, and that is a large number. I sensed a heightened level of energy in the room this year, and I have to believe that a good bit of that is due to Tiger’s return to good form on the PGA Tour. There’s no arguing the statement, “Tiger doesn’t move the needle; he is the needle.” This year at the PGA Show, we experienced some shockingly cold weather. You may have even heard about the iguanas falling from the trees in Florida. It was true! These poor little guys, who are cold-blooded, were actually freezing in the trees. Their bodies were virtually locking up, and they would fall onto the roads, sidewalks, yards, cars and on top of people standing or walking under the trees. That would be a bit shocking to this Alabama boy, having an iguana land on my head. Anyway, during this cold week, there was one warmish day during show week and that is when
