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Old Ranch Country Club With Wally & Ghislaine

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

April 17th 2013 We Played Golf And Laughed A Lot

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Ghislaine slams the ball (the blurring white item is the ball)

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
The day was a tad windy but otherwise magnificent

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
James has his turn and it was a magnificent shot

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
We got a visit by a Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
It was a beautiful day

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
James at bat

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Wally attempts to sink a putt on seven

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
...and he made it

Did You Know? - Putting is the most precise aspect of the game of golf. The putter must be designed to give the golfer every technical advantage including smooth stroke, good glide, sweet impact, and bounce-less topspin ball launch as well as every technique advantage including perfect fit as to shaft angle and length.

The striking face of a putter is usually not perpendicular to the ground: putters have a small amount of loft, intended to "lift" the ball out of any depression it has made or settled into on the green, which reduces bouncing. This loft is typically 5-6°, and by strict rules cannot be more than 10°.

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
This is why we live in California

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Ghislaine pushes... Wally drives... Paul walks

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
The flowers were beautiful.... Spring is here

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Sue hits the ball well on #9

Did You Know? - The world record holder, Mike Dobbyn, whose longest drive is a world record 551 yards, is 6'8" and a muscular 310 pounds, implying that raw power is also very important, particularly in the left shoulder and right pectoral (for a right-handed golfer) and in the twitch muscles on the left side.

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Perhaps a small divot is involved here???

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Ghislaine goes over the water on this shot...

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Wally smashes the ball (seen as the oblong white blur)

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Ghislaine's ball is mid-flight on #10

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Playing along Lampson Blvd

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
NO! They did not loose their ball... They are hiding from the men who are teeing off behind them

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
The mountains are forty miles away

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
It was windy and these guys found shelter from the wind - Smart ducks!!

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Sue's geese were happy to see her

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
After the round Wally and Ghislaine joined the gang for some partying

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Bunnaford is another day older today.....
She only does this every two years now

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Wally hoists a brew

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
Ghislaine's vodka is almost done

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013
We had a great day!

Playing golf with the Rodeckers April 2013