Diora Says "Send Your Money In"

Hime needs the money for Poppy Ridge early in May, so don't dilly dally around. Get your money in by this weekend.

Back In The Day

Back a while ago at Longball, we were playing Genoa Lakes and two groups of us were on the 9th tee, at the top of the course. Ross H went off into the barranca and he came across a rattlesnake and he picked it up and showed it to us. We all thought he was crazy before, but that confirmed it. Ross hasn't been able to make it lately to Longball, which is a shame. He's a good guy.

Boss Of The Moss

3 members tied with 30 putts and Ron S came away winning the tie breaker. The greens on this day were a bit tricky. Some holes they were really slow and some holes they were lightning fast. 5 of us in the B flight had 40+ putts.

Closest To The Hole:

4) Rick W 15'9"
6) Hime 3'1"
14) Ron K 16'4"
17) Hime 15'2"

B Flight Winners

1) Chuck M 71
2) Richard G 72
3) Mike R 72

Tony B hit a really nice drive on 8 and he held the long drive lead until Moon came up and spanked a drive about 25 yards further to win the long drive.

Chuck M had the low gross in the B flight with a 94. 5 other players broke 100. (Richard G, Danny J, Ron K, Rick Q and Mike R) Nobody shot over 120.

And I'll add here that if you want your picture on the blog, you've got to be in the clubhouse when your name is announced.

A Flight Winners

1) Spiro S 75
2) Hime 76
3) Ron S 79


Hime shot low gross with a nice round of 85. 5 more A flight players broke 100. (Ron S, Roger K, David G, Spiro S and Rick W)

Long Drive in the A flight went to Hime.

What We Didn't See All Day

Somehow, we managed to see the cart gal when we were on 17 tee. She couldn't make her way over to us, however. We did see her on 9 when we were all looking for an errant shot in the housing pads. She saw the ball we were looking for and drove on, without checking to see if we wanted anything. Kind of hard to make tips when you don't stop for us.
One more thing about the course was that there was no restrooms on the back 9. The front 9 had a couple of porta potties after #5, but that was it. There were plenty of trees to pee behind, but if you had to drop a bomb, you were out of luck. I think for a course that has been around for as long as Bayonet has, that they would have build permanent bathrooms somewhere along the line.

Two More From The Course

My Playing Companions

On this fine day for golf I was grouped with Tony B, Moon and Kelly. We had a good time and they're good guys to golf with. The weather held for the most part, though the sun had a hard time poking its head out of the overcast. I thought it was short pant weather and I wasn't wrong. It was pullover weather until late in the round.

9th Tee

Here's a couple of shots of the 9th tee. This is the wrong economic time to try and sell fancy houses on the golf course. We hit a couple of tee shots on 6 into the empty new house lots. I've never understood the cache of living on the golf course itself. You've got people on your rear property line each and every day from morning to night, leaving you no privacy. You risk broken windows and holes in your stucco from errant golf shots. And, you can't blast your music because god forbid you bothered the golfers on the course. No thanks.

My Group Sucked On The Par Threes

Here's Moon and Kelly on the tee. Out of all 16 shots my group took off the par 3 tees, not one of us hit the green on any of the holes. 0-16. We all hung our heads in shame.

View From First Tee

Bayonet and Black Horse used to be on the Fort Ord military base and was open to military players only. Once the base closed and the CSU came onto the base, the course was opened up to the general public. The clubhouse is not all that fancy for a prime course in the Monterey Bay area. But they had good draft beer and the guys who had food afterwards didn't complain, so what's not to like?

First Tee

I think this is Kent K teeing off on the first hole. This course had no water hazards and no on course lateral hazards. What it did have is trees up and down each side of the fairway. An errant shot went into the bark and twigs and it usually was one stroke to chip back out into the fairway. I thought this course was much easier than the first three we've played this year in the Daddy Longball Golf Club outings.

Welcome Sign At Bayonet

Now this is how all the golf courses should welcome us. When I saw this driving in, I thought it was pretty damn cool. So after parking, I walked back up the hill a touch and took this pic.

All For A Golf Ball

According to the email Jimmy B sent me, some unlucky golfer in Florida reached into the pond to retrieve his golf ball and the gator got him. This is why I play Top Flights, I'm not losing an arm or getting bit by a rattler for a .75 ball.

Man Killed On Golf Course

Man killed on golf course A foursome of guys is waiting at the men's tee while a foursome of women is hitting from the ladies' tee. The ladies are taking their time. When the final lady is ready to hit her ball, she hacks it 10 feet. Then she goes over and whiffs it completely. Then she hacks it another ten feet and finally hacks it another five feet. She looks up at the patiently waiting men and says apologetically, "I guess all those fucking lessons I took over the winter didn't help." One of the men immediately responds, "Well, there you have it. You should have taken golf lessons instead!" He never even had a chance to duck. He was 43....... Thanks to Jimmy B for this one.