Alright! Golf season again! My favorite time of the year!

We set off for Florida on A PLANE! Yes, that's right, a plane!

This is the first time for that in my career at MVNU so I was very excited.

We set off at 3:45 a.m. to Columbus International Airport and as soon as we got there, Nick Stover and I promptly got lost. We went to the wrong concourse, got turned away and directed ourselves in the proper direction and set off towards the sun.

We arrived in Florida around 10 a.m. and quickly found out through the magic of our smartphones that the hotel we would reside in was actually two, yes two, hours away from the airport. We were in quite the conundrum at this point because we had to ride in a cramped van with loads of luggage and full bladders. Oh well, we had to suck it up.

We did and finally made it to the hotel and got dressed and ready to head to Daytona Beach Golf Club which did not go well...

The starter seemed to have a bone to pick with us and gave us constant grief thinking we were going to go off in a 9-some. Needless to say, we did not return to this course. Come to find out, a portion of the staff has the reputation of treating golfers less than...well, good. We tried not to let this affect us and went back to the hotel for some rest as the day had been long and most of us had not slept in at least a day.

The next day we ended up at my favorite course of the trip, Riviera. I loved the atmosphere of this golf course, it reminded me a lot of home. The staff was super friendly, the golf course was great and so were the turkey sandwiches. We played here the next two days and moved onto...

Indigo Lakes...

I think, Indigo something or other.

I didn't have a good feeling about this course, this round or the day as I stepped on the first tee. So needless to say, my mind was clouded and I didn't play well at all.
Also, there was some drama.

The starter yelled at us for wanting to go to the putting green and I saw a side of Coach O that I've never seen but loved. He came to our defense immediately and told the starter "Hey, you're not going to talk to my guys like that!". A few other words were said and the situation was resolved. It's great to know that we have a Coach that will go to bat for us and defend us. I've always known Coach to be a loyal guy, this proved it. I look up to Coach a lot. He's a great guy.

We made our final stop for the next three days at Pelican Bay. This place was awesome. Two courses on site and a great practice facility. Stellar. The staff was amazing, friendly people, great personalities and hard workers. You see things a lot differently about how to run a golf course. These people were great at what they do. The golf course was fun, challenging and well maintained.

I don't write a lot about how we played or our rounds in these blogs because to the average reader, that's probably very boring. I know I wouldn't want to read a blog that went "Well, I hooked my drive on the first tee, then hit it on the green...". That would be miserable for me!

After a fun week in Florida we headed back to the great state of Ohio with the threat of snow at our impending tournament at Muskingum the next day.

It wasn't snowing, but, boy, it was FREEZING. We went from 90 degree heat to 30 degree freezing. It was very encouraging to have a FROST DELAY only hours after we returned from Florida. I could still feel my sunburn pulsating and now I had to contend with frost, layers and no shorts?!

But, the day went about as well as it could for me. I hit the ball great, just didn't get any putts to fall and ended up with a 75. Not bad, that put me in good position to try and make a run at a top ten the next day.

I scored better the second day but the entire round left a sour taste in my mouth. I hit the ball so well, all day. My proximity to the hole was great on greens in regulation, my wedges were spot on. What else do you want!?! Well, putts made. I didn't make any. I hit great putts all day, burning the edge, lipping out, putts that I felt should have fell and on any other given day would have. I ended up with 72 but bogeyed the last two. Unacceptable. I finished 12th, it looks like a good finish but if you're ever satisified (and I'm not) you'll stop progressing!

So that's a wrap on our first tournament and spring break trip!

We head to Kentucky bright and early to play Crooked Creek for the next three days. This course is something else, it should be fun....

...maybe...

Until next time Cougar faithful!