TST Fall NW PA/NE OH (Erie, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, etc.) Outing - August 13, 14

[Hardspoon]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

I think at this point we'll probably just end up hanging out in the lounge here, drinking, eating, talking. Tonight.

Tomorrow still a go.

We need to find a mini-golf course somewhere nearby...and play with our 6-irons.

[iacas]

We are in the restaurant getting the party started. Come on over!

[Buckeyebowman]

6 hours ago, Hardspoon said:

Where are you coming from?  The year 2002? 

 

6 hours ago, mcanadiens said:

1992 If you really want to know.

Same here! I'll have my Ohio Atlas and Gazetteer in the car.

Sheesh! There are flash flood warnings up for tonight and tomorrow around here!

 

Edited August 13, 2016 by Buckeyebowman

[Jeremie Boop]

I'm not far away but there's an accident on the road I'm stuck behind

[vasaribm]

Great seeing everyone this weekend, I had a blast as always. Hope everyone made it home without issue.

Thanks @Rob Thompson for hosting and @iacas for organizing. Looking forward to the next one. 

[Jeremie Boop]

1 minute ago, vasaribm said:

Great seeing everyone this weekend, I had a blast as always. Hope everyone made it home without issue.

Thanks @Rob Thompson for hosting and @iacas for organizing. Looking forward to the next one. 

It's always a good time getting together with others from TST. One of these days I'll actually play well during an outing, ha! Definitely am with you on thanking @Rob Thompson and @iacas for putting this together. It's something I look forward to every year. The course was as nice as I remember, though a bit more soggy than last year, darn rain. I think we're due for nice sunny weather next year!

[Slice of Life]

What a great time! Thanks again @iacas and @Rob Thompson for putting this together again. Course was in GREAT condition especially when you consider how much rain they got yesterday. 

We also gained a new forumite in @Huge_Ditka. 

[mcanadiens]

It was a shame Saturday got washed out, but a good deal we got the round in this morning what with all the rain. Thanks @iacas and @Rob Thompson.

 

[Hardspoon]

Had a great time this weekend, despite the crappy weather.  Rainout last night was salvaged by whiskey and card games at the Quality Inn (motto: "Don't be fooled by the name") with @Slice of Life, @saevel25 and @Huge_Ditka.

Enjoyed the round today with @Buckeyebowman, @Divot Master, and @GolfLug...who carried us to victory with the highest individual point total on the day.

Good fun as always.  Thanks to Rob and Erik for setting everything up!

 

 

[iacas]

The video will be up tomorrow. Sorry. Unexpected work when I got home.

[Buckeyebowman]

Nice of the weather gods to hold the rain off for us today, although it would have been nice to play the course when it was firm and fast. It was kind of like playing in April, but you can't control the weather.

This was my first TST outing but, God willing, won't be my last.

[saevel25]

Thanks to Erik and @Rob Thompson for putting this outing together. 

I am glad the weather behaved for the most part. I look forward to the next outing :)

[Duby27]

Hey everyone,

Sounds like it was a good time for sure.  Couldn't make it this year, but after reading everyone's post, I will definitely try and make the next one.  Anyways, glad you guys had fun. 

[GolfLug]

Thanks @iacas and Rob Thompson for the weekend! Good seeing old friends and nice meeting new ones. @Hardspoon and I had a great round.. Enjoyed it. I have done a few TST outings now and am really enjoying them. Absolutely worth the drive!

[iacas]

Some pictures…

@Buckeyebowman, @Divot Master, @GolfLug, @Hardspoon.

Dennis, @dave s, @Huge_Ditka, @Slice of Life.

@voodoo, @vasaribm, @georgep, @mcanadiens.

@Jeremie Boop, @saevel25. Running late: @macdaddy18. Called in to work: @cupslam.

And a video…

The final results:

1st	65	@dave s (33)	Dennis
T2nd	64	@Slice of Life (33)	@Huge_Ditka (31)
T2nd	64	@GolfLug (34, MVP)	@Hardspoon (30)
4th	61	@georgep (29)	@vasaribm (32)
5th	58	@Divot Master (30)	@Buckeyebowman (28)
6th	56	@saevel25 (31)	@Jeremie Boop (25)
7th	47	@voodoo (25)	@mcanadiens (22)

Since 4 points (2 points for a net par, two players per team) is shooting your handicap, 72 points for a team of two on 18 holes is playing to your handicap, and 80% of that is 57.6 points.

Our teams averaged 59.3, so that's great!

[Jeremie Boop]

The video was cool. It definitely is a great representation of the wide variety of swings we have as golfers.

Slightly off topic: I am thinking of trying to get up to Eagle Creek again this year to play. I seem to do fairly well on the front but both years struggled a bit on the back, plus I would love to play the course without getting rained on. It's a very nice course so it's definitely worth the little extra drive time over what I typically would spend going to Dayton. If I end up playing solo I may even see about doing a course vlog so that other people who haven't had the opportunity to play there can see more of the course. That said, anyone else who's interested is more than welcome to join.

[Big C]

@GolfLug nice round! It's been awhile since we played, but you look much closer to square at address than I remember. Have you made a conscious effort to stop hooding your clubs as much?

[iacas]

1 hour ago, Big C said:

@GolfLug nice round! It's been awhile since we played, but you look much closer to square at address than I remember. Have you made a conscious effort to stop hooding your clubs as much?

I believe he said he has. He still has to make more of an effort to manage his wrists and the backswing plane… But he knows this.