It has been a dreadful winter couldn't wait to get out even in the soggy ground The fairway was so wet and the ball just plugged into the grass There were ugly shots as usual and there were fantastic swings to cheer for like three shots in the back nine from bunker snow to save par or even bogey were quite a thrill leaving snow on the club instead of sand was way cool Chip-in from 15 feet to a tight pin was worthy of fist pump and arms up For drivers to get two drives within 6 feet and for a hybrid to land two balls within 3 feet on a par 3 and 40-footer putt both of them within inches to each other a feet from the hole were all miracles The best of all was in short sleeves under the February afternoon sun even when it was right in my eyes when hitting the shot blindly and was able to find the ball in surprising good positions