But today as I write this...you have to be kidding me. Compared to right now, Wednesday evening was balmy. It's May 17th and it's -1 C with a windchill of -9 C. It is forecasted for either snow or freezing rain later today. There are wind gusts of 65 km/hr. I just drove to Strathclair and there were waves crashing across the highway from the lake / slew on the north side.
While it was much nicer on Wednesday in comparison to today, it was still cold enough to keep golfers away in droves. Some last minute scrambling got us to 11 golfers which was enough to have an official Mens' Night.
Jason Gorrell had a solid round, posting the low score of 38 and winning two skins for his efforts ($20 on both #2 and #6). Like his mentor and life coach Scott Maynes last week, Jason paired with the dummy card and took the money for himself. Interestingly, it was not Robin Kimpinski who allowed this to happen as was so often the case previously. Robin was at home under a blanket or something because it was too cold for him.
Dan Stokes just missed holing out on the par 4 first hole before tapping in for the eagle. He won the $20 deuce pot and split the $20 skin on the hole with Neuf.
That was essentially the golf highlights for the evening. Neuf was the only person to hit the fifth green and won closest to the pin honours. No one found the green on the short ninth hole which was playing 3-4 clubs longer than usual.
On a positive note, the meteorological crew are calling from 18 Celsius and sunny for this coming Wednesday. 18 Celsius is the normal daytime high for mid-May. Not -1C !
We may not even have to wait until Wednesday. I just checked and tomorrow looks like a scorcher...7 Celsius. Once the snow melts I may just have to go hit a few balls.
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