Sore necks helps golf.

I love golfing in the rain - no one can see me cry.  

We had our golf banquet final rounds yesterday at Kestrel Ridge which HAS REALLY upped their game on taking care of the golf course.  After Eisenga ran it to the ground (there was a sign on the balcony - Enter at your own risk) and sinking zero dollars into the course was purchased by the owners of The Oaks and it has REALLY improved ( and thank you for watering our back lawn for 18 hours with a faulty sprinkler head last night LOL)    

ANYWAY - I awoke yesterday morning with a sore neck. It's something that happens to us elders every day, a new ache that lasts one day - OH - you will get it sooner or later.  SO! we go and golf and on the 2nd hole I have a long putt but geez - I notice when I look to my left at the hole . . . my neck does not want to go that way.  

On the 4th hole I'm striking the ball really well - good distance and a really good hang time on all my clubs.  Then I realize - it's my neck.  It's forcing me to not look up.  Keeping the head down MORE than normal is helping my stroke.  Not that I never knew that but painful reinforcement helps.  

I think next time I golf I'll wear a neck brace.  

And I have to say - the greens were in GREAT shape.  Course is looking VERY good.  Thank you 

That sprinkler head has always been an issue.  When we were building we did not know there was a sprinkler. House got built and then Sometime in July they decided to water for the first time (14 years ago).  It was late one night, we were sleeping and all windows were open. 

We wake up, what's that sound?  I look it's the sprinklers on the course.  Awesome  loved that swish swish swish sound. 

a few minutes later it's getting louder.  Then it's hitting the side of our house, wow, its strong and the  BAM BAM BAM BAM as the water is LITERALLY sprayings the inside of our kitchen before we can shut all the windows.   We didn't really mention is as we needed the water for our new lawn.

But then the owner never fixed anything and the course went about 10 years with NEVER watering the course. The new owners found over 120 leaks in the irrigation and fixed it spending over a $million to upgrade. 

The sprinkler head in question I do not believe is suppose to ever come up but over the weekend we watched a lot of carts drive over it.  Must have been the issue.

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GREAT Emmys last night - we went back and forth between football and the Emmys.   Hannah Waddington (from Ted Lasso) won for Outstanding Supporting Actress and the crowd went WILD.  Why? Well, she got a LOT of crap in her last role - people HATED her as Septa Unella as much as King Tommen on Game of Thrones.

and then there is WandaVision - I did not know that  Wanda who was played by Elizabeth Olsen is the little sister of the Olsen Twins.  

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Speaking of the Packers - I think Detroit's defense as actually about even with the Packer defense.  SADLY  What happened to our linebackers - they blow!  Detroit is pretty weak with safeties so Rodgers should chew them up but their linebackers are a lot better than ours.  

I really don't think the Packers have a Superbowl caliber team when I compare them to the GOOD teams.  We have some REALLY good players but some REALLY big holes and I can't see much of a running game this year.  It's all on Aaron and trying to stay with the other teams scoring.   

OH - I see the Pack torching Detroit but Detroit sort of sucks.  

I have software for RPIs which will be interesting.  It takes into account Won/Lost, opponents W/L and opponents of the opponents W/L and strength of schedule.  Unlike my baseball power ratings that ONLY take into account runs scores (up to 8) and my NHL power ratings (goals up to 6) the NFL RPI only takes wins and losses into account.

 Speaking of baseball

Brewers play the red hot StL Cards and thankfully The Crew can take it easy and rest injured players.

The Wild Card situation is exciting and really no team wants to win the NL EAST as 2 totally less than mediocre teams are fighting for 1st place by playing other weak teams. Atlanta the actually better team is trying to fend off Phillies who are  playing really average and bad teams.

Here are my current power ratings for the past 2 weeks 

OH - a shout out the my buddy Network and his San Diego prognostication - check out there power rating graph for this year 

     

and for my Phillie fan - sorry 

Brewers

Cards

Busy week for me so blogging will be iffy - always on twitter as RodMelotte 

Cheers - watch the weather late tonight - could have some serious storms as Fall arrives wit ha vengeance - STILL!  October will be warmer then average