Well... my golf buddy left me high and dry back in June, relocated to Clermont, FL. Heading out early tomorrow morning for 9 days of golfing bliss (more like misery) and insufferable heat and humidity (which is hopefully lessening over the next few days).

Playing most of my rounds at his Nicklaus home course (Golden Bear Club), then also playing a few other courses, and.... also getting out to play Bay Hill next Thursday!

Just hoping my game comes around. It has been embarrassing as of late, primarily because of a lack of play. Perhaps a week and a half of golf is what the doctor ordered????

Excited about the trip, but not excited about the 16 hour drive. Oh well. Lots of good music on the playlist to sustain the boredom.

Wish me luck!

    PA-PLAYA

    Enjoy!! We'll be headed that way in a few weeks - I'll look for you over in the northbound lanes of I95. 😉

      Have fun. It sounds like a great trip on some fine courses. When I go to Florida, I'm always dragging the wife and kids to the beach or Disney, I never get time to enjoy the golf (not that I don't enjoy the beach and the mouse).

        johnnydoom

        Wife is staying home, kids are grown an either in college or working. The next 9 days are all mine. 🙂

        I just hope my attitude changes over the coming days. Not sure I'm up for 9 consecutive days of golf, but it sure as hell beats one round per week!

            PA-PLAYA - May I suggest you buy a bottle of Absorbin Jr. too. That stuff numbs the surface and helps with minor aches and pains. It helped me get through a painful season of tendonitis and another season where I sprained my hand.

            I haven't used it for a couple of years personally but it is in my bag and offered it up to a playing partner 2 weeks ago.

              To me it's best to try different games than straight up stroke play golf. To me that gets old after a while.

              Have fun!!

              puttnfool Drive faster and the drive won't last as long.

              depending on how long you have to stop to sign your speeding tickets................

                  sdandrea1 Don't get caught. Speeding tickets (issued on highways and most other locations... there are few exceptions, but very few) are another form of unneeded government intrusion into our lives. They're nothing more than revenue generators.

                    Drove 10 hours and decided to grab a room in Walterboro, SC. Got 5 hours left tomorrow. It’s been a fairly nice drive thus far, with only one major road construction that I had to endure (10 minutes).

                    For those who don’t have the WAZE app - look into it. It’s a GPS smartphone app that utilizes user data to report accidents, major road construction delays and police speed traps.

                    Gets great ratings and it’s free.🙂👍

                    And it works. 😊

                      Have fun and drive carefully. I'll be down next month and staying in Siesta Key - a little fishing and a little golfing and seafood eating with my brothers. Looking forward to it. Been a long time since the 4 of us have been together at the same time.

                      Down here now. Golf trip to one resort was cancelled due to some courses having residual damage from the hurricane. So we are playing local courses around Port St. Lucie. Enjoying the super low rates right now.
                      Have fun.

                      PA-PLAYA

                      How was the traffic when you came through Fredericksburg VA? The stretch between Exits 133, 130 and 126 are usually backed up (and famous for it).

                          sdandrea1 It ain't just Fredricksburg. From northern Baltimore to just south of Fredricksburg is normally a parking lot.

                            PA-PLAYA Have used Waze before. Maybe I just didn't use it enough to care for it, but I find that Google Maps is accurate enough for me for traffic.

                              sdandrea1

                              I avoid I-95 like the plague for as long as I can. So I take 81s to 77s, which pretty much helps avoid everything from DC to Richmond. It might take an hour longer on paper, but it’s actually quicker considering the traffic flow difference.