TIME TO MOVE

Hi Ladies,

The new BLOG is open for your viewing enjoyment. You can find it at:

www.shladies2.blogspot.com.

There will be no new posts to this blog. However, it will still be here for historical purposes. So visit any time you want!

ENJOY!

WATER IN BUNKER

With all the rain we have received, the question of what to do if your ball landed in a bunker that has water in it has been asked. To paraphrase The Rules of Golf:

Rule 25-1. Abnormal Ground Conditions:

(a) Without penalty, the ball may be dropped at the nearest point of relief, in the bunker and no nearer the hole. If complete relief is impossible, as near as possible to the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole, the ball may be dropped in the bunker where maximum available relief is possible. This could result in the possiblilty of the player and/or the ball still being in the water.

(b) Under penalty of one stroke, the ball may be dropped outside the bunker, keeping the point where the ball lay directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped. There is no limit to how far behind the bunker the ball may be dropped.

Hope none of need this information, but just in case...

Worth Mentioning...

Last week we only had 8 ladies brave enough to challenge the elements and actually play nine holes of golf. Needless to say, that wasn't enough to have POD play. However, we need to acknowledge a couple of incredible feats:

Jeannine Bird got a birdie on 15 in spite of Mother Nature...Way to go Jeannine!

Maryjo Aydoner also showed Mother Nature who was boss and had a chip in birdie on 18! WOW! Whatta woman!

That's the way to show you can't keep a good woman down!

SO TRUE!

A husband reluctantly agreed to play in the couples' alternate shot tournament at his club.

He teed off on the first hole, a par four, and blistered a drive 300 yards down the middle of the fairway. Upon reaching the ball, the husband said to his wife, "Just hit it toward the green, anywhere around there will be fine."

The wife proceeded to shank the ball deep into the woods. Undaunted, the husband said "That's OK, Sweetheart" and spent the full five minutes looking for the ball. He found it just in time but in a horrible position. He played the shot of his life to get the ball within two feet of the hole. He told his wife to knock the ball in.

His wife then proceeded to knock the ball off the green and into a bunker. Still maintaining composure, the husband summoned all of his skill and holed the shot from the bunker.

He took the ball out of the hole and, while walking off the green, put his arm around his wife and calmly said, "Honey, that was a bogey five and that's OK, but I think we can do better on the next hole".

To which she replied, "Listen asshole, don't bitch at me. Only 2 of those 5 shots were mine."

FUN FROM SHARON

Hi Ladies, I don't know if you were aware that our Sharon Phillips had to have knee surgery and is currently on the mend. She has some wonderful friends that are doing their best to cheer her up and she has kindly shared this cheer with us. Hope you enjoy them. Thanks, Sharon! Mind your doc so you can be back golfing with us soon!

Golfers Are Wonderful People

A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses with a heart attack!
"Help me dear," she groans to her husband.
The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few minutes, picks up his putter and lines up his putt.
His wife raises her head off the green and stares at him.
"I'm dying here and you're putting?"
"Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found a doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you.
"Well, how long will it take for him to get here?" she asks feebly.
"No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let him play through."

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A gushy reporter told Phil Mickelson, "You are spectacular, your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?"
Mickelson replied, "The holes are numbered."

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A young man and a priest are playing together. At a short par-3 the priest asks, "What are you going to use on this hole, my son?"
The young man says, "An 8-iron, father. How about you?" The priest says, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray."
The young man hits his 8-iron and puts the ball on the green. The priest tops his 7-iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards.
The young man says, "I don't know about you, father, but when we pray in my church, we keep our head down."

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Police are called to an apartment and find a woman holding a bloody 5-iron standing over a lifeless man.
The detective asks, "Ma'am, is that your husband?"
"Yes" says the woman.
"Did you hit him with that golf club?"
"Yes, yes, I did." The woman begins to sob, drops the club, and puts her hands on her face.
"How many times did you hit him?"
"I don't know -- five, six, maybe seven times.....just put me down for a five."

UINTA GOLF LADIES DAY

Hi Ladies, The board has received an email from Uinta Golf announcing their Ladies Day Event to be held on April 20, 2011. This email has been forwarded to everyone via email. Please pass this message on to your friends who don't have email.

Thanks to Uinta for the special invite!

BEST ON EVEN HOLES

We had 31 brave souls come out and brave the gale force winds! What a dedicated bunch! Congrats to the winners.

PS: Click on the picture to see a bigger view...

WARNING TO ALL WOMEN!

This was sent by one of our league members because she cares about us!

IMPORTANT MESSAGE
> You've no doubt heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves.
>
> My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine?
> I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs.
> Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans.
> And then the thieves struck again...
>
> My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier. But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favor of long skirts.
>
> Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary - my body was being replaced one section at a time. What could they do to Me next?
>
> When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story. Women of the world wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic' surgeons are using REAL replacement body parts - stolen from you and Me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', Look again - was it lifted from you?
>
> THIS IS NOT A HOAX - This is happening to women everywhere every night.
>
> WARN YOUR FRIENDS!
>
> P.S. Last year I thought someone had stolen my Boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone!
>
> But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.
>
> I thought this was too 'important' not to pass on.
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> Have a wonderful day - with a joy filled heart.
>
> Always remember to Laugh!!
>
> Helps the heart AND the wrinkles!!
>
> P.P.S. Those same thieves just came into my closet and shrank my clothes !
>
> How do they do that????

Thanks for caring, Susan!

WHERE'S THE CAMERA?

Hi Ladies! I don't know if you all realized that the dreaded camera was not at the Opening Social last week. Have no fear...knowing how much you all loooove seeing the pictures from our events, I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane to past opening socials. I tried to get as many of you as I could. ENJOY!!

Oh yeah...don't fret...I'll make up for this oops the remainder of the year!!!

2011 OPENING SOCIAL

PLEASE PASS THIS INFO ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW THAT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BLOG.

RSVP as soon as you can! See you in March...

UGA CARD INFO

If you receive emails from UGA, you have seen that they have changed to a new handicap network they refer to as GHIN. You have all been given a 7 digit GHIN number that will be used for all UGA communication, handicapping and posting. As we have looked around the UGA website we are realizing the importance for all of us renewing our UGA membership as soon as possible. One very important thing is that if you haven't renewed, when we run a handicap report and your name doesn't show on the report, we won't be able to resolve this issue as quickly as in the past.

Therefore, we are asking you to please renew your UGA membership prior to the Opening Social. It is easy to do on-line at the UGA website http://www.uga.org if you haven't received your renewal through the mail. Either way, on-line or through the mail, please renew as soon as possible.

Also, if you are bringing new members that already belong to UGA and have renewed their membership, please have them go on-line and multiple-list with Sun Hills prior to the Opening Social. If you are bringing new members that don't belong to UGA, please have them join on-line prior to the Opening Social and bring their GHIN number with them. With the new GHIN system, we want to be as proactive as possible in order to avoid any glitches that could occur.

Also, it appears that Sun Hills club number has changed as well. It is now 78-099-03.

If you could please pass this information on to members you know that don't have internet access, it would be greatly appreciated. Just these few things will make the beginning of this 2011 season easier on us all.

Thanks for your help and understanding.

Sun Hills Ladies Golf Association Board

GOLF IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER

Hi Ladies!

Well, we are now in planning mode for Sun Hills Ladies Golf Association. The Board will be meeting in a couple of weeks to get the ball rollin'!

We will be setting PODs, tournament dates, and other fun things and we would like your input.

If you have any fun suggestions for PODs, please email them to Dodie at carl.dodie@comcast.net and we'll try to fit them into the schedule. Also, if there are any issues from last year that we can try to resolve, please send them to Tacey at taceyweaver @comcast.net.

We will address every email we receive and if for any reason we can't resolve issues or include your suggestions in the league schedule, we will personally get back to you.

In order for us to keep the league as successful as it is, we need everyone's help. Please have your suggestions or questions to us no later than Thursday, February 10th.

Thanks for your support!!!

PS: Please let your friends that haven't been checking the BLOG all winter that now is the time to start tuning in!

MORE QUOTABLE QUOTES

Take it easy and lazily, because the golf ball isn't going to run away from you while you're swinging. -Sam Snead

Being left-handed is a big advantage: No one knows enough about your swing to mess you up with advice. -Bob Charles

If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up. -Tommy Bolt

Never break your putter and your driver in the same match, or you're dead. -Tommy Bolt

Ninety percent of putts that are short don't go in. -Yogi Berra

Through years of experience, I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt. -Jack Nicklaus

One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball. -Don Carter

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. -Phyllis Diller

The more I preactice, the luckier I get. -Gary Player

What goes up must come down. But don't exxpect it to come down where you can find it. -Lily Tomlin

GOOD THINGS TO KNOW

Situation: You may NOT improve the lie of the ball, the stance and intended swing area, the line of play or the area for a drop.

Penalty: Two strokes

Rule: 13-2

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Situation: You may NOT test the condition of a hazard, touch the ground or the water in a hazard with your hand or a club before a stroke, or touch/move any loose impediment lying in or touching the hazard.

Penalty: Two strokes

Rule: 13-4a, b and c

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Situation: A ball is struck more than once during the same swing

Penalty: Count of the stroke + one penalty

Rule: 14-4

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Situation: Playing a moving ball

Penalty: Two Strokes

Rule: 14-5
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Situation: The ball falls of the tee while addressing

Penalty: No penalty - re-tee

Rule: 11-3

QUOTABLE QUOTES

The following come from the book "Al Capone was a Golfer, Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Golf" by Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo

Golf is a puzzle without an answer. -Gary Player

Golf is a game of expletives not deleted. -Dr. Irving Gladstone

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. -A. A. Milne

Golf is like faith: It is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. -Arnold Haultain

Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off. -ChiChi Rodriguez

Golf is 20% mechanics and technique. The other 80% is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversations. -Grantland Rice

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way to ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place. -Ben Crenshaw

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result. -Thomas Armour

Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies. -Will Rogers.

Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the most accurate misses. -Gene Littler

Golf is a game of endless predicaments. -ChiChi Rodriguez

Golf is a game where guts, stick-to-it-ness and blind devotion will get you nothing but an ulcer. -Tommy Bolt

BUT MOST OF ALL:

Golf is meant to be fun. -Jack Nicklaus

Wise man that Jack.