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This past Thursday (May 1st) was my 3 year in a row to participate in the Annual Glen Lake Golf Tournament. This is an annual tournament that is played to benefit the camp and it’s year-round ministry. It’s quickly becoming one of my favorite events of the year!

This year, our team consisted of me and David Alexander (we’ve competed together every year), and we added Taylor Davis and Chris Cunningham (two members of our church). Our day started early with a stop for breakfast and talk of our upcoming performance. We wanted to discuss what we thought it would take to win and set a goal for ourselves. We decided that it would take a round of -12 to be competing for the win.

I have to say that I’m really proud of us. we came out and played a pretty stellar round of golf. I played better than I’ve played in a LONG time. We came to our last hole of the afternoon sitting at -11. We needed to birdie this hole to reach our goal (which at the beginning of the day seemed pretty lofty).

We did it!
I’m so happy for us.
We didn’t end up winning the tournament, but we did finish second in our flight. We won a box of Nike golf balls (each) and a round of golf (each) at a premier golf community in Granbury.

I’m already counting the days until next years tourney. I think I might be seeking out some golf instruction of some sort to take my game to the next level. We’ll see.

I’ve posted a few pictures to my Flickr account, and there are more here. If you love Glen Lake or golf or both, you should highly consider play in next year’s tournament.

Ok, ok. I’m actually not too proud of the ‘ole bracket this year. I only had two of the Final Four. My South and West regions were ALL screwed up. It’s a wonder I scored any points at all!

But something glorious happened.
I knew that about 80% of the world picked UNC vs. UCLA as the Final, and I had picked Kansas over UNC. So there was only one scenario would give me a chance to catch up . I needed a Kansas/Memphis Final, then I needed Kansas to win (they were my championship pick).

IT HAPPENED! AND KANSAS WON!

It is my only saving grace. I picked the champion.
So now I would like to claim my spot at the top.
I would like to proclaim my domination of my friends.

*we filled out brackets on facebook, and of all my friends that filled on out, I was the best! eat that!!
**there we actually about 25 people total that filled them out. they all didn’t fit on my screen. but if they didn’t crack the top 10, are they really that important??

*big thanks to brother Dave for locating some last minute tickets!

Aside from playing the Yankees or the Red Sox, this is about the only game of the season when the Ballpark is even remotely full. That’s what makes this day so exciting.

There’s a smell of dozens of grills, port-o-potties, and beer as you walk the 1/2 mile to the stadium. People who’ve been sitting in the parking lot since 8am are sharing laughs and throwing washers. Lexus[es] are lined up in the valet parking. We find our seats, and the pre-game begins.

National Anthem, giant flag, eagles and a bomber fly-by make up the pre-game festivities. The entire Rangers’ roster is announced. The crowd is excited — cheering with every name announced. The atmosphere was electric (something I’m not used to at The Ballpark in Arlington).

Then…the game started.

Jason Jennings blew.
We had 9 hits with only 1 run scored.
We allowed 8 runs on 11 hits.
My boy Kinsler couldn’t stop hitting into double-plays.

There’s the familiar Ranger’s feeling.

Despite all this, I love them!
Can’t wait to be at several games this season.