Just to Prove I’m Not Kidding….

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Many times I’ve said that our tour’s initials, IPT, stand more for “Indiana Precipitation Tour” than “Indiana Putting Tour.” To prove my point, here’s a photo from this afternoon, during the third/fourth round (all the amateurs and about a third of the pros were on round three, everyone else was on round four). After a morning of sun, here came the rain. AND the hail. No kidding. The action was stopped for about five minutes because of the hail (which was, at absolute best, rice sized). It was just enough to wreak havoc on a golf ball, so a weather delay was called. The rain came and went and came and went and…. But they played through it. (I have an old profile photo at Facebook of me in a rain slicker and gloves practicing for the state finals in Richmond, Indiana one year, so we don’t care so much about the rain.) That’s what we do: we play in the rain and the cold, and we know things. My putting coach shot a 99 today, tied with yesterday’s winner. Alas, it wasn’t good enough because the guy they could have tied aced (got a hole in one) the last hole to win with a 98. There was a playoff in the amateur division between yesterday’s winner and one of the world record holders (this course is where the world record, as recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records, for most rounds of miniature golf in 24 hours was set last year…and Tony was one of the people who played for 24 hours!), with Tony edging out David for the victory. It got COLD when that rain started, so I took my aching back off toward warmer climes. Despite the rain (which we are used to…in fact, we’re surprised when we get an entire weekend in without any!), it was a beautiful weekend. It was great to see the “old friends” again and make some new friends (we have a player who’s nicknamed “Sammy Hagar” because he does resemble the Red Rocker…and, as he said, he could be called something worse! ). Our “brother tour,” the Great Lakes Tour, has tournaments in May; however, we’re off until the second weekend in June. It should be raining somewhere by then.