TPC

I had a reasonable sleep again. I never really know if this will happen even after a week here.

The clock by indicated it was about 9 but the time i was up, showered and dressed. So did my PC but I had a suspicions that Daylight saving started today. As it turns out it did and both of these clocks adjusted automatically since my watch said it was 8. I had a horrible feeling I might be an hour late for golf.

I headed to Golf smith to see what they might do with my broken club and arrived before they were open. This gave me time to get some drinks at the supermarket.

They also said they'd need to order the shaft in specially and would call me tomorrow. They had a range of second and clubs and I saw a lone Mizuno 4 iron. I thought I might buy it if it was cheap enough but it turned out is was misplaced and part of a full set.

We played the Tournament players course today.  This was the last of the 3 courses I played last year with Tony and has water in play on all bar 4 holes. There are a lot of pretty holes which are also pretty difficult and I lost 4 balls in the water today.

We again played in a 5 ball. Lee said he'd partner me and we would play the 3 pair combinations of the others for $5 per 9 and for the 18. It wasn't too big a bet and I thought he'd have to play better than yesterday.

However we were still at a disadvantage since the opponents had handicaps of 6, 9 and 12 vs Lees, 9 and my 16 (playing handicap), since we played off scratch.

Nonetheless we finished up winning 2 of the front 9 matches and drawing the other. Unfortunately we didn't play as well on the back 9. On the final hole I had a downhill chip from 3 m passed the green to a pin only a few  m from the waters edge. I managed to finish 4 ft passed the hole and get my putt for a par to save us about $15.

This was 1 of only 5 pars for the day and I was pleased in the end to break 100 with 48 on both 9s. My net 80 turned out to be the best nett in our group.

The rest of them had gathered in the Men's locker room because the balcony was occupied so I couldn't join them. Lee said he'd fix both my $20 comp fee and the $5 bet loss, which was quite generous of him.

On the way home I stopped at a display home in a new area near the hotel. The house that was open was around $400,000 and had 3 bedrooms and a study downstairs with  3 bath rooms and a large living area. The kitchen was also quite big with a formal dining room and a 3 car garage on this level. Upstairs was a large games room. It was interesting to get a feel for what you get for your money here, but the shocker was that the rates were over $11,000 per year and this was a "cheap" area, because the commercial strip along the I-45 subsidised the council. I was also told there was 1 police officer for every 17 residents, so it was very safe but they were strict about enforcing the speed limit.

I was invited to Tony and Lisa's again for dinner, this time we had  roast pork on the BBQ. It was another very pleasant evening and so much better than eating on your own, no matter how fancy the restaurant.