Apr 17thMyrtle Beach Golf Trip, Day 3

On day 3 of the trip, I woke up, got a coffee, and watched players on Wizard approach and putt out on our screened porch.  Then we headed to IHOP for breakfast, and then the Witch for our round.  It was pretty hot out as we warmed up.

I never got a shot of the whole group at once, but this is about half of us.  My dad, my second cousin Larry, Winn-Dixie, and his son C-Note teed off in the group before us.  I rode with CW.

The Witch had a lot of wildlife on the course.  Including a pretty fearless raccoon, and thankfully, some more disinterested gators.

It was my birthday, and we got paired up with some young guns.  This was by far my worst round score-wise, but we had a great time.  We played with one of these guys last year, and had a very similar experience.  Hopefully, we’ll get to play together again next year.

Before the booze kicked in, we did have some pretty incredible shots.  The young gun in the white shirt bent a ball around a huge tree to land on the green.  It was incredible.  He even called his shot.

It was hard enough to find errant balls without the oyster shells.

Larry told me that one year the course didn’t have its liquor license.  He was feeling thirsty, and drove the cart across the (very busy) street, to buy some beers.

The course was beautiful, and despite worrying slightly about pace of play as some of my buddies started to feel the affects of intoxication, I had a great time.  The group behind us was also from West Virginia, and the small talk with them prior to the round may have kept them from complaining.  I hope we didn’t slow them down too much, but I imagine we may have.  Hopefully they still enjoyed the round.

I happened to wear the exact same shirt as Taylor that round.  He gets a little stressed about his golf game on occasion, but its nothing a few beers and some bourbon can’t fix.  He might have gotten just a tad carried away, as he took a spill on the 18th green and made a bit of a knee divot.  Larry got out his repair tool, and I have to say, its the first time I’ve seen a knee mark repaired on a green.  Notice how Corey is still lining up a putt despite the chaos around him.

The young guns didn’t make it, but we had a pretty epic evening out.  If you want details, you’ll have to ask me about it.  Specifically, ask about how they climbed to the rafters, C-Note got tackled, Jason miraculously didn’t get us kicked out, the desperation line, and about CW’s G bucks.  I had an awesome birthday.  I couldn’t have had a better time.  We finally dragged Jason out and got home around 2am.