Author: art rogers
Near perfection…
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 10:31 am
This is Spring Break in Oklahoma. Everyone around here is enjoying time with family and I am no exception. I have barely turned my computer on, except in the office and not looked at the internet at all. Sorry, for not announcing my blogfast, but I didn’t know I was about to take one. 
It has been a busy week of ministry for me, but I have squeezed in some time with my lovely wife. We drove the kids in to OKC and met her brother there, who took them on to Grandma’s house for the week. We are going today to spend the rest of the week there.
When we got home Monday, I took Bonnie golfing with our church’s Minister of Music/Youth and his wife. We hit a local par three, and, even though it was her first real round of golf, she did great. She came away claiming that golf was the “meth” of sports, which is to say, it is instantly addictive. One good shot and you are hooked and her first great shot was the first one of the first tee. She had a good day.
I almost had a great day. I shot a 75 (it was a par 3 course, after all) but I almost had a hole in one. Here’s the picture I took with my Treo:
The regular gofer will recognize the dark spot to the left of the ball as the mark where the ball hit first, jumped forward and spun back, just past the hole, to where I found it once I arrived at the green.
Almost. Maybe next time.
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March 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 am
Did you see an gophers?
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Art,
The real questions is whether or not you made that putt.
B
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:04 pm
I assume you played at LaFortune (since it is the only par 3 course in town).
If I had known, I’d have been watching for you. From my 10th floor window of the Richmond Plaza Building, I can see the course from here.
But I’m not a stalker. Seriously.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Art,
The only hole-in-one in my illustrious golfing career came on a par 3 course, at night, in the dark. The only two clubs you needed on the course were a wedge and a putter. I felt so silly I never really told anyone anout it … until now.
Geoff
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Kevin,
No gophers.
Brian,
Of course I did. Silly.
Jason,
I am scared of you. You don’t own a high powered rifle, do you?
Geoff,
Congrats. We all believe you. Really.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:24 am
Of course you know close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades!
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:33 am
No, just a telephoto lens, a dark room, and lots of scotch tape.
March 24th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Cliff-
and Drive-In movies.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:39 am
Art,
The first year I took up golf at age 50, on my first game, I got a 56 for 9 holes. That year I got two holes in one. One ball is in a club house trophy case.
I was telling a non-church person and he said, “You need to give up this going to Japan and working on churches and get serious about golf.”
I said, “You don’t understand—that was the reward God gave me for working on churches.”
I guess the Lord wanted me to continue working as I only play about 3 times a year as my goal is always to break a 100.
Rex Ray