[Sky Pilot]

Sorry, can't claim credit for moving the baskets - that was Jon. But strangely I did get to be the first one to play them in the "A" positions - and that was on two different days.

One aspect of my work of late was building, recruiting volunteers and gathering supplies for the new Kiosk roofs - that are now completed. I told an employee at Home Depot one day that I was struggling with the angles for the project and getting them cut correctly. He paused and said, "I can help you." I inquired as to how and he said, "I'm a structural engineer." He then told me that he would make computer generated schematics of the whole project for me at no cost. I showed him pictures of a similar project and we discussed the design specifics. He followed up on his word and several days later gave me 4, 11"x17" printed graphically perfect renderings of the whole project with templates for cutting the angles precisely. He later volunteered to come and help install the roofs. Another friend volunteered to use his shop and table saw to cut the precise angles and also volunteered to help erect the roofs. I cut and assembled the rafters and he helped with the rest.

I felt quite blessed to have such professional help. The roofs look great.

I also put in the anchor for the practice basket. Kevin and I selected a site for it and after I placed it in the new anchor I backed up about 50ft and made it.

I also put some time into re-editing, printing and laminating the contents of the Kiosks. This was due to the limited amount of space after the large course maps were put in.

Concerning Hole #6 - In my opinion it's kind of a 'poke and hope situation. I haven't seen anyone follow a consistent route to the basket. I've decided that if I 'go for it' I have a very high possibility of hitting an early tree and ending up with a possibly difficult up shot. So, I'm going to try just throwing it basically like it was in the "B" position and par it from there.

I've been having some fun playing recently. I've tried and made rollers on holes #1, 10, 17 at High Bridge. I've also been employing the new 'power grip' that Eric Brown learned from David Feldberg. I have gained about 30-50 feet on my side arm drives. Yesterday I threw my Katana on Hole #1 at H.B. and ended up 30 feet passed the long "A" position. Same thing happened on hole #11. I almost birdied Hole #12 today with a side arm shot. Feldberg really helped my game since he had those clinics at DRO last year. Learning about the backhand, push putt, and now the power grip, has transformed my game. I wish he was going to do a clinic for this years LCO.

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