I capped off my little Spring Break with a trip down to South Carolina last weekend with two of my good friends to visit another good friend who goes to the Univ of South Carolina. The plan was to play five rounds of golf over the course of the 3 days and escape the blustery chilly weather of Ohio and Chicago.

After a 9 hour drive through Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina we arrived in SC ready to hit the links the following morning. Much to our surprise, the weather was uncooperative and the mercury never spiked over 55ish degrees. To make matters worse, there was precipitation which really adds to both the headaches, anger, and frustrations in golf.

I will save the boredom of my rounds of golf. We played at three collegiate-level courses and two other public tracks. The collegiate courses were pretty awesome. USC's golf course was jaw-droppingly impressive and Clemson's was a real treat as well. The third was Furman which we played in 40 degrees and 20 MPH winds. Not exactly my idea of a great way to spend my Sunday mornings!

Anyways, here's a few snapshots of the trip.

This is my personal favorite. It's my good friend Joe on the first hole of our trip hitting out of the creek! More impressive is that he got the ball in for par

This next picture is Clemson University's 17th hole, designed in the shape of their university's Tiger Paw logo:
Me on the hole:


A neat picture since you can see the ball in mid-air. This is #11 at USC's golf course:

My friend hit his ball in the trees and somehow his ball ended up resting on this branch a few inches off the ground:

Last one of me, only because I piped this drive:
Anyways, I didn't play very well at golf which was a product of winter rust as well as the cold weather. What many non-golfers fail to realize is that when a day is cold and wet, the moisture and temperature impact the distance you can fly a golf ball. This plays a really big role in impacting your golf. If your golf ball is carrying 15% less due to the elements, you're losing anywhere from 20-25 yards off your tee shot and likely another 15-20 yards on your approach shots. Giving up 40 yards in this game is HUGE. In the end, we're all playing the same course and in the same conditions, but it was a mental grind and surpisingly fatiguing to play 90 holes in those conditions in about 60 hours.

Poker this month was a wash. I didn't put in any volume and really lacked any motivation. I'll lose my Supernova status on PokerStars and really dont' care, tbh. It's kinda sad considering that I took a great sense of pride in earning SN but I just haven't been in the mood to play poker and the status just doesn't seem to matter as much to me any more.

I have a few other stories that I'd like to blog about but I'll do those in the next few days. One is related to an incredible observation of human behavior and psychology while the other is related to us moving to a new office earlier today.

Thanks for reading guys!