Rain Out

Abilene, Texas

July 17, 2013

The rain follows team five. All I heard coming into this week was how hot it was going to be in Texas. However as soon as part of team five showed up their drought ended and the city of Abilene recorded record lows. I guess rain is just the theme of the summer for our team.  We have gone only one week without a rain delay in our six weeks this summer.

This first round of the Aaron’s Bob Estes Abilene Junior was completed washed out. Not one hole was played. We arrived to the course in a downpour at 5:45 a.m. when we arrived we knew things were not looking good because No. 18 fairway was underwater. No. 18 was the first of many holes that had issues because of the weather.

We left the course at 8 a.m. with thoughts of returning later in the day to play some golf. Unfortunately these thoughts did not come through. This meant a sort-of day off for the intern crew. This was our first of the summer. I hardly knew what to do with myself with all that time. We hang out in the room for a long time in the morning. That was a change of pace, but a welcomed one. Then we went to the movies for a 3:30 showing of World War Z. Conveniently our hotel was located right next to the movie theater.  I thought the movie was fairly entreating, but nothing special. Fellow intern Paul hated the movie, and thought it was terrible. However Paul’s thoughts have little validity considering he thinks the Seahawks are winning this Super Bowl this season. Nonetheless it was good to see my first movie of the summer.

Today the course has drained as well as we could have hoped and the juniors are back playing golf. Hopefully the rain is gone for good, and we can get in 54 holes of golf. We only have a couple days left in Texas, and it is still up in the air on whether we see the Texas summer heat or not.

No. 18 at Abilene Country Club after a night of rain 

OB:

Last night was the MLB all-star game at Citi Field in Flushing, NY. This marked Mariano Rivera’s last all-star game ever. As a Red Sox fan there are certain Yankee’s you just can’t help but to respect. Rivera is on the top of this list (A-Rod is on the bottom). Mo has been so good for so long it’s astonishing. There was always little hope when he would come in with a one-run lead against the Sox. He only threw one pitch, but the pitch happened to be one of the most dominate pitches ever. Rivera’s the best closer of all-time and there’s no doubt I will never see anyone do it better.  I’m glad he’s calling it a career. The Yankee’s become a lot easier to beat come April 2014. I would also like to thank Mo for being on the mound for two of my favorite Red Sox moments ever, game 4 and 5 of the 2004 ALCS.