When reflecting on my day’s unbelievable round of golf, Yoweee! I thought scoring par at 82 years of age was beyond reach, and certainly not being under par. I remember the day I had my previous lowest round, a 70 at the Indiana University golf course in 2008 at age 70. That day standing on the tee of the final hole I realized I needed a birdie to shoot my age. It wasn’t an easy hole, but I did reach the green in two, unfortunately I was 25-feet away from the pin. It would be a downhill, left-breaking putt. My three playing partners, aware of my opportunity, all offered their opinion on the putt’s break and speed. No two agreed. Unbelievably the ball went into the hole. All right!

This day, standing on the 18^th tee, I had only one bogey on the card, having hit twelve greens in regulation and one-putted three of those for birdies. The other five greens resulted in four successful up and downs for par. I was two under par. Okay, so I’m now playing senior tees at 5,000 yards. I was reasonably confident I could par the final par-five hole and record another incredible 70.

I was on the par-five green in three, but 20-feet away from the pin with a slight right to left breaking putt. Okay, no problem, lag it close for an unbelievable 70. OMG! It went in the hole! SIXTY NINE!

Okay boys, the beer is on me in the clubhouse.