A Great Day

Today was June 9th, 2008 and it will go down in the story of my life as a great day.

My old pal Dennis Parks called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me to play in the Leeman Bennett Celebrity Golf Classic scheduled for today. I accepted at first and then later changed my mind because of things I had to do at work. Dennis's administrative assistant would not hear of it and quickly changed my mind for me ... and I am overjoyed that she did.

When I discovered that Dan Reeves would be our celebrity for the tournament, I realized that I would be missing out on a great treat if I cancelled.

Our team won first place in the tournament and all five of us were "gettin' it done" on the golf course today. Our combined score was 20 under par ... with 1 par, 14 birdies and 3 eagles. My back felt uncharacteristically "loose" today and I was striping my drives. On several occasions I even out-drove Brian Wallace and Rick Northen ... and that's saying a lot. Big Denny was sinking puts beyond description and Coach Reeves was like a machine with all of his drive going "straight down the middle" and his short-game was beyond compare. WE HAD FUN!

If you have never met Coach, then your life is not complete. He is the perfect gentleman and he loves to tell "stories" of his life on the gridiron. In addition, I will be stealing many of his jokes for my personal use in the future. He told us over and over that this was the best team on which he had ever played in a golf scramble. I think he had as much fun as we did and we look forward to doing this all over again ... maybe in next year's tourney.

Coach Bennett was his usual classy self and was a gracious host for the tourney and the folks at the Polo Golf and Country Club had the course in pristine condition.

Big thanks again to my ole' buddy Dennis Parks for being one of the sponsors of this tourney and for putting our foursome together.




pictured left to right: Dennis Parks, George Goddard, Dan Reeves, Rick Northen, Brian Wallace.

A Great Day Indeed.