I'm a winner!!!

In case any of you were wondering, I’m a winner.  Seriously, I am.  A couple weeks ago, I received a call just after getting to work.  “Congratulations, you won the B104 Extreme Golf Makeover” a woman said.  “I did?!” I replied, followed by “that’s pretty cool.”  She then told me that I should go by the radio station to pick up the information on how to claim my prize. 
 

How did I win this?  By listening to the radio 8 hours a day while sitting on my duff at work.  The station has daily code words that you can enter on their website to acquire points.  You then use the points to purchase raffle tickets for various drawings.  Tedious?  Possibly.  Worth the effort?  I think so.  A couple months ago, I won a set of 4 tickets to see the local arena football team.  Those were used when my parents were in town.  Now I’ve won this… pretty cool I’d say.

You might then ask, what is included in the Extreme Golf Makeover?  Turns out, it is a $2000 package including: 

Lots of golf:  30 Tokens for Driving Range balls, a SEASON PASS for Highland Park Golf Course, plus 4 Rounds of golf with cart at The Den at Fox Creek G.C. and 4 Rounds of golf with cart at Prairie Vista G.C. (all three courses are run by the city's park's department)

4 Lessons with a PGA Professional and one Personal Club Fitting Session

And some gear:  A Cobra Titanium Driver, Sun Mountain Stand Bag, FootJoy Golf Shoes, Two Footjoy Golf Gloves and a Den at Fox Creek Logo ¼ Zip Sweatshirt

Pretty sweet, right?  This is a lot for someone like me who is just starting to play the sport, but I’m hoping the lessons and the golf course passes will allow me to get a lot of practice in.  I went out Tuesday night with some friends and played my first round at a local par 3 - 9 hole course.  The good news:  I made par on the 3^rd hole and just one over on another hole.  The bad news:  I totally tanked the other 7 holes and left several balls behind, some lost  in the rough and some in the pond.  It was fun though and I’m ready to get out there again.

In other news:  Last Saturday night, Karen and I made the trip 45 minutes west to Peoria, IL to see Bill Cosby do some stand up comedy.  He talked for two hours and it was really, really entertaining.  Over the course of the show, he drifted off on a bunch of  humorous tangents, but always circled back around to what he started with.  If he ever does a near you, I would definitely suggest going to see him.

Fore!