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Rain, Rain Go Away We Want (ed) To Play Golf
9/21/2013 | Women's Golf, Blog
Weather, can't live with it can't live without it and todaywas a prime example of that. All week we've been watching this weather patternthat was going to bring us some rain today. On Monday it was 65-75 percentchance of downpour and last night that jumped to 80 percent so right now, we'rein the van and it's raining ... HARD!
Golf is a sport in which you play in the elements and it canactually really change your game plan. Wet greens, fairways ... water everywhere.Then add on top of that you have to wear rain gear which is more gear on top ofcarrying your bag ... yeah; weather can change a lot in golf.
Speaking of rain gear ... this SID is always prepared forweather. (I was a Girl Scout, and being prepared was VERY important) I keepextra shoes, socks, rain gear, umbrellas, everything in my car. You'll nevercatch me without the appropriate gear for any type of weather -- until today. Iforgot everything, I mean everything. It's all back in Oxford sitting in my car at the golf course. Luckily, Ibrought lots of socks and change of clothes and I got my first piece of women'sgolf gear ... a weatherproof hat! (Thanks Coach Drinkard)
So we've spent some time in the van this morning and hereare some of the gems from our time in the Sprinter:
"We may be Landsharks but we thrive in water" - AlisonHovatter
"I passed a level"followed by "I need a life" - EVERYONE, playing Candy Crush
Number of Rain Songs we listened to in the delay: TOO MANYTO COUNT (Apparently rain is a theme in country music, who knew!)
So finally at Noon, today's round was cancelled. We loadedthe Sprinter back up and went back to the hotel where we were greeted by Rebelfans, ok so it was our families but they really are most important fans anyways.
Speaking of fans, and support, I will say this team'ssupport is second to none! Lots of fans have read this blog, liked our pictureson Facebook and Twitter and have just been amazing supporters of Rebel Women'sGolf. It's been super fun to be a part of all this.
When on any road trip the best part, I think, is team dinnerswith parents and families included. You find out lots of good stuff at thesedinners and tonight's dinner at Carraba's was no exception.
Needless to say, we laughed A LOT. We talked about CoachDrinkard's "classic baby picture", Mr. Rubin and Mr. Shiavone gave me a littlegrief for being a Lions fan (I've gotta rep the hometown team) and we talkedabout Alison Hovatter's LOVE of all things involving head football coach Hugh Freeze.Pretty sure she can recite the Egg Bowl speech word-for-word. That my friends,is Rebel Pride!
Sidenote: MicahGinn and the Ole Miss video productions team, if you are reading this, we needto do an episode of "The Season" with the women's golf team. This group wouldmake GOOD TV. All you need to do is come on a trip with us and you'll havePLENTY, trust me! #JustSayin
I'm going to close tonight's blog with this little gem:
"I just got a banana to the face" - Joe
See you on the course tomorrow, looking forward to hearinglots of Hotty Toddy's!
1 Heart, 1 Goal
Jess Poole