I teed off at 9:07 with Lino "the Luckcharm" Disipio (my hair stylist), Eli Saikley, the owner of the Silver Scissors Hair Design Studio, and their good friend Peter. Lino and Eli have generously donated prizes for the 'Round the World Challenge Golf Tournament Wednesday July 26.

We had a gorgeous day, sunny and around 16 degrees at tee-off. It warmed up nicely to 20 degrees by the time we were done. The front proved to be a bit of a disaster for "the Luckcharm" He had a few bad holes went out with a 61 although he took a par on 6! Eli went out with a 52. I had a 49, and Peter led the way with a 47. The back was a little tougher on the mind although better for all of us on the scorecard. Lino came in with 48 for 107, I took a 47 for 96, Eli had 46 for a 98, and Peter took the round coming in with a 46 for 93.

My hole of the day came on the par 5 16th. It's rated as the eighth handicap hole but I think it's the toughest on the course. It's 430 off the whites but it's' 230 to the dog's leg straight up a very steep hill. It plays like 260. This was my moment of Zen. As Shivas Irons would say, "It's in yee!" It's the inside focus, and I was in the zone. I swung through the ball and visualized the flight of the ball. It came down on the top of the hill with 193 to the green. I hit my second shot with my three but caught it a little fat and ended up in the short rough in front, just under the green, 25 yards to the pin. I popped up my third with my sand wedge and rolled it 6 feet past. I putted for bird but missed right and long 3 feet. I drained the three footer for my first of two pars, the second coming on the 18th.