2020 Golf for Fun

Golfing is a natural for social distancing during Covid-19...

after teeing off, everyone goes in a different direction!

New this year, can either play by oneself or Scramble format, keep score or not keep score. The most flexible golf you'll ever play. It completely takes the pressure off and has made golf fun as opposed to heartache golf.

 

Seems like all golf leagues have end of season award banquets. Bumwad golf is no exception. Immediately below are photos of our end of season award ceremony on November 5 at Hiawatha

 

Russell Wad being awarded a bottle of rum for his favorite Happy Hour drink, rum & coke, in recognition of his contribution to team play both on and off the course.

Mags Wad being awarded a Bud Red Bullet in recognition of his contribution to team play both on and off the course. 

MWad being awarded a bottle of Rum for his contributions to exceptional team play.

A gorgeous November 5 at Hiawatha was our last golf event for 2020. Seen here with fast approaching long shadows of dusk, the sun literally went down on our season. Fluorescent balls help track and identify who's who. We golfed into the sunset, what a great way to end another Bumwad golf season.

On a gorgeous October 8, the group above played at Gary Wad's home course, Highland National.

Lots of notable highlights:

> We played scramble. Rarely did the same guy get two best shots in a row = TEAM GOLF.

> Had two birdies, many pars and of course, some bogies.

> Sometimes, Mags Wad was a consistent long ball shooter.

> On #6 Grant Wad putted in for par with a 5-Iron because he was too lazy to go get his putter.

> On #7 Gary Wad chipped-in from 70 feet... AMAZING!!!

> On #15 It appeared that D Wad chipped-in from 90 feet... but false alarm, the ball actually went past the cup.

> On #18 Russell Wad received accolades of clapping hands from people on the clubhouse patio as he chipped on to the green and then again latter as he dropped a 20 foot putt.

> All in all a great day on the links

On a blustery 50 degree October 1st, these brave Wads gave the Les Bolstad U of M Course everything they had. A highlight has to be M Wad's birdie that was all his own. They each had random moments of greatness followed by seeming incompetence. The sun came out now and then to lift their spirits. All in all another good day at the links.

During the course of the day at the U of M, Russell Wad hit three balls out of bounds six to ten feet beyond the chainlink boundary fencing. Most golfers would just say hasta la vista to those balls. Not Russell Wad! Using MWad's water hazard ball retriever, Russell tried with mixed success to get his precious balls back.

Gorgeous 18th of September as these Wads played at Keller in Maplewood.

It is a championship course in which the PGA and LPGA have played in the distant past and has been recently updated to include very cool "bentgrasss" playing surfaces.

Keller #4 > A very challenging par 3 to say the least!

Keller #12 > GH Wad celebrates after sinking a 50 foot putt!

Later on, Russell Wad sank a 22 foot putt on #14!

Look at how smooth those greens are.

Keller #18 > Tough sand trap location caught three players' fairway shots.

We were pretty consistent as a group, for instance, all four of us had a great drive on #11, but on some other holes we all had terrible drives... but at least we were consistent... that's what golfers strive for! 
 

First up for the year was June 3 at Pioneer Creek.
We did the social distancing thing for four hours of golf but endured 20 seconds of closeness (with no touching)  for this photo... we all survived so far... but time will tell.
A highlight was Michael Wad putting for an Eagle on the 18th... then he putted for a Birdie!

On June 18 we played at Francis A. Gross and fully adhered to social distancing.

Just played nine holes in between a light morning rain and a heavy late afternoon rain.

A highlight was D Wad's two pars... which was an unusually good day for him!

 On July 2nd, Russell Wad's BD, the venue was Como Golf Course.
We played a hot round of golf...  the heat and humidity were tropical.
In addition to the usual golfing brothers (Michael Wad, Jeffry Wad, Russell Wad, & Doogie Wad), Tommy Wad, our northern representative, joined in. Here he is seen selecting one of his vintage wooden shafted clubs. He said the bag of clubs had never ridden on a golf cart before, so this was a special day. There were the usual highlights and low lights... but that's golf. To celebrate his BD, Russell earned a legitimate par on 16 and optimistically putted for par on two other holes, but settled for bogies... all in all a good BD for him.

On a beautiful August 27 this group played Baker National in Medina.

This was brother Grant Wad's first time out this year, but you wouldn't have known it by his long and straight shooting. In addition to great drives and fairway shots he sunk a 35 foot putt! How did we all do? Hard to say because DWad lost the scoring pencil somewhere before completing the course!