So my wife has been asking me to take her to play golf with me. I took her once about 7 years ago before we were married. Anyways, I knew we didn't want to play a long course and also didn't want to spend a lot of money, so Friday morning we went and played 18 holes at The Old Nine, which is the golf course on the grounds of Temple College next to the VA Hospital. The course, obviously by its name, is just a nine hole course so to get in 18 you have to play it twice. It actually goes around the Temple College gymnasium, softball field, and baseball field which was hosting a baseball tournament while we were playing.

Anyways, as we are finishing up, and I have hit my second shot onto the green on #9 the second time through, and I drive the wife up to her ball which is still about 90 yards out, a grey chevy 4x4 pick up pulls up by the green but still on the street, and a guy wearing a Brazos Valley Bombers jersy, athletic shorts, and maroon baseball socks jumps out of the truck, runs onto the green, steals my ball and runs back to the truck, gets in, and they speed off! Wife yelled at him while I dropped another ball quickly and hit it at the truck, but as my usual play goes, anything I aim at I miss. They had obviously been playing in the baseball tournament there at TC.

Was all very funny so we had to just laugh about it. Only thing that really hacked me off was that I had actually played a pretty decent round by my standards. I had five pars in the round, and would have had a chance for a sixth had the guy not stolen my golf ball!

That's pretty crappy of that guy to do that. Glad you have a sense of humor, but still. Anyway, I played at TC earlier this summer and man that place is hard on your irons. Either no grass, or dead grass on the par 4 fairways. Like hitting off of quick crete. I suggest Temple Sammons, Killeen Stonetree, or Waco Cottonwood. They are all pretty nice, a lot easier on the clubs, and they have twilight rates that are reasonable. But you probably knew that.

(Edited to clean up iphone formatting. Geez.)









[This message has been edited by Captain Pablo (edited 6/28/2010 10:48a).]

Pab,

Ya, I know about those other courses, but we wanted to play in the morning, and as I said ealier didn't want to pay more than we did, 18 holes and cart cost us $17 each/$34 total, and wanted to play something short.

It was like playing on asphault, but that wasn't always bad because it was nice to get the roll you got with it in the fairways. My clubs are just cheep junk anyways.

thanks though.....

The Brazos Valley Bombers do not play in tournaments and they played here in Bryan on Friday night. It could have been someone in one of the many bombers shirts but pretty sure it wasnt one of the guys.

POSITIVE it was a BVB.....

We went to the movies at the Temple Mall later that afternoon, and saw three of them walk out of the theater wearing the same shirt, socks, etc.....

There must be 2 teams that play with the name Brazos Valley Bombers. The college team that plays with wood bats during the summer in Bryan is navy and gold, and they were playing in Bryan Friday night before there was an awesome fireworks show. Maybe there is a HS tournament team that has the same name.

I figured there could be several age groups using that team name from the area....

I played that course every year 40 years ago in our high school tournaments. It was not much course back then. Sounds like not much has changed. Then again, our home course in Gatesville was about the same....

They must be doing something right n gatesville. Their golf program is an unmitigated juggernaught.