Wasper007

So I’m gonna include both of my golf stories. The first one was at my second member guest tournament that I played in. I remember guest used to be a flighted match event. Where the winners of each flight would go onto a shootout, we were in a mid flight and one of the guys in our flight was unknown sandbagger from my club who most people had put their money on them with four to go and the guy hadn’t changed out of his flip-flops yet, we both hit drives on a long par four. My next shot was a seven iron that off the club I knew it was gonna be pretty good it it took one bounce and dunked. He pretty much turned around and I knew at that point I had him, ended up winning the next three holes, took that momentum and made our way to the shootout. 12 teams made the shootout we made it past the first hole leaving eight teams made it past the second hole putting us in the last five teams left. The third hole of the shootout was a short par four and due to playing alternate shot it was my turn to hit the drive. I had a pretty good drive down the right side, subsequently my partner took the next shot and hit it about 85° directly into the pond. With the rest of the teams in good scoring positions, I had the choice to either take a drop and hopefully hole it or at least get close enough to give my partner a shot at a one-putt, my wedge play is the weakest part of my game. So I made the decision to take my shoes and socks off, roll my pants up and try to blast it out of the pond. Needless to say the ball did not exit the pond and my partner, and I bowed out at that point. But it was memorable to the couple hundred people gathered in golf carts on the opposite side of the fairway. My other memorable shot was my one and only hole-in-one . It actually happened on Halloween a few years ago. My Sunday group was playing early in the morning. There was moisture on the ground and the sun was out so there was a glare we were had back to front so the glare was coming directly at us. I was first to play in my group. I lost the ball midflight, but knew when it left the club face that it was on a good trajectory the three guys and we could see there balls. As we were approaching the green, I did notice something beyond the flagstick. Assuming my ball had taking one hop and skipped over, I began looking for my ball once everybody else had located theirs. I couldn’t find mine so I turned to one of the guys in our group and said hey Brian, “I don’t want to be that guy. Can you go look in the hole?” Brian walks over looks down in the hole and with excites oh my gosh there’s a leaf in this hole. I turn to go start looking for my ball again and he nonchalantly says and there’s a ball next to that leaf. I do wish that I had seen the ball go in the hole from the tee box, but I’m not sure the story would’ve been as good.

I spent more money than I had when I pulled midnight shifts with my newborn and my wife preferred me not sleeping while holding him. Might have been cheaper to hire a night nurse

As I sit here at 7:30 in the morning in Virginia holding my seventh month old and feeding my two-year-old, I stream Bluey more than anything in the world

If I could choose two living people to have lunch with one would be Jason Sudekis, the other one randomly would be Dan Campbell head coach of the Detroit Lions. Those two guys just spew positivity and leadership.

Best thing about golf is you can always

Your daughter on greens

Bought many items from them and have sent a few back. Good service and in some cases I got my orders the next day with free shipping.

Sleek looking shoe. As my high school students would say, your drip is cooking

I take my time with the read and then I like to get my putter on my read, put my eyes on the spot I want as the apex of the break, take an exhale to relax the grip and let my stroke work. I never found “practice strokes” to be effective for me. I don’t have any data to support this, but my makes and lags have improved.

Personally I think Kuchar would be a great captain. His match play record at the Dell was amazing 35-8-5 and could give players who have struggled an advantage. To my knowledge he is well respected but far enough away from the clique’s to let nepotism drive picks.

I will drink ~80-100 oz of water and usually have 1-2 packets of LMNT and pack plenty of fruit, bananas/ apples/ berries. If I eat food it’s usually a pb & J. If I plan well I usually play much better in heat.

Good stuff, PR’s on the way

My daughter and I went out and played 9. My focus was taking my lesson to the course, but not worrying about my score. Flushed a few irons, one of which was a gap wedge to about 6-feet on the toughest green on the course.

How long have you been playing golf? I’ve been playing golf since I was around 10. My grandfather would take me a 9-hole course that hand sand greens and everything was cut one height. It was $4 to play and most of the time that was on a honor system. What’s your handicap or normal score? I got down to a 7 handicap, I’ve grown my family over past few years so my golf has taken a backseat to my priority and I currently have an 11 handicap. What do you love about golf? The competition against myself and knowing I can always do something better. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I think I originally got on for the testing (never been chosen), but I am using it now as a social platform. I don’t do facebook and/or Instagram and right now I’m stay at home dad so I don’t get a lot of socializing. I am a high school teacher and at home for the summer with my kids. Where are you from? What is your home course? I am from the central Virginia area, Charlottesville being the closest city. My home course is Greene Hills. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? I can’t complain about the golf in my area. Wish I had a few more courses to pick from. What do you do for a living? I am a high school physical education teacher. How’d you pick your user name? I went to Emory & Henry College and our mascot was the Wasps. 007 is a number that I’ve used a lot, nothing to do with James Bond.