The day went well.

We played Talon’s Cove on the western shore of Utah lake. Nice course, has what they like to call a “links” design although I think that probably wouldn’t impress a UK golfer.  Plenty of bunkers though.

Here’s a conundrum (I think).

The first sand I hit into was a fairway bunker on a par 5 about 250 yards from the green.  Low lip so I take a 5 iron and fat chunk it about ten yards- so much for execution!! A few holes later I bring all my considerable golf skills to bear and pick a bunker shot perfectly clean with a wedge- hitting it a good fifty yards. Not bad you say- what's the problem? Yeah- but that last bunker was greenside! Gaaa!

OK so now we’re into November, still golfing. No weekend action-  too much work-related stuff to deal with and leaves to rake- so I gotta wait until mid-week.

Forecast says sunny in the low 50’s next week- we can only hope. I will propitiate the appropriate golf gods- (mine like scotch) and hope for the best.

Still learning this game so I’m not sure. How many golf gods are there?

I know there’s the weather god, and "the wife’s in a good mood god", the putting god, the driving god etc etc. Must be hundreds of them!

These days my favorite god is the cell phone god. I turn mine off during a round and when I turn it back on there are usually twenty messages from the office. The best days are when this god smiles and I have two messages, both from my wife: one asking me how my round went and the other if I'll take her to dinner.

Later