April 30 1999, Columbus, Ohio
We acquired a new partner today. Darren Harper finally accepted our
invitation to join us on the road. Here's the skinny...
Darren Harper:
-- PDGA #9666
-- 6'1"
-- 1/4/62, 37 years old
-- drives about 400
-- Fav Driver: Roc
-- Fav Approach: Aviar
-- Fav Putter: Aviar
-- Fav Courses... River Bends, MI; Addison Oaks, MI; Mt. Airy, OH.
-- Darren has been playing for 6 years.
-- Major accomplishments are:
- 22nd Pro Worlds 1998
- 2nd in Masters at Great Lakes Open 1997
- 1st Ice Bowl Masters 1997 with Gary Laura
Darren will be playing in the Open division and possibly in the Masters
division while we are on the road. He will travel with us until we finish
at the team challenge and then we'll see how things are going.
We left Ann Arbor yesterday at noon and arrived in Columbus, OH at about 5pm.
We drove straight to the Big Run course and played it a couple of times.
It's an interesting course. The front 9 is mostly open and long with a lot of
walking paths and roads that are O.B... the back nine plays through some
tough woods. Numerous small diameter tall trees and extremely (EXTREMELY)
tight fairways. It will be nearly impossible to play the 18 holes without a
few bogeys per round. We will have to play the course 4 times during the
B-Tier tournament that starts tomorrow. We will practice the course a bit
more today and shoot the doubles this afternoon. Al says that my words don't
come close to describing just how difficult the course is. Everyone will see
just how difficult when we post our scores.
We stayed at a small campground last night a few exits away from the course.
We got in at about 10:30 and cooked some popcorn and had snacks. We got some
burgers to grill, but there were no grills or firepits at the campgrounds.
It is early morning now. Everyone is just finishing up with their showers.
More to come after the tournament is over on Sunday evening.
-Todd
