Let me begin by apologizing for my lack of updates.  It’s been a crazy spring at Coppinwood to say the least.  The new ownership group took possession of the club on May 15th and immediately hired Kevin Thistle, formerly of Angus Glen, as the new General Manager.  This has created quite a buzz in the industry and along with a new pricing structure, has led to over 60 new members joining our club since his arrival.  

As you can imagine, this had made all of us here at the club quite a lot busier than orignally planned, which is great for the club…but not so great for my golf game!  The last few events I’ve played in have been quite interesting to say the least.  I’ve hit the ball pretty well and putted better than I have in a long time yet find myself on the outside of the leaderboard wondering what went wrong. 

At the OPGA 2-Man Assistants on May 6th, my partner Jerry Hinds and I played well but left a few shots out there shooting an 11-under 61. Congrats to Dave Levesque and Nick Ariganello who fired a scorching 57 to take the title this year.  The following week I was out at the McBroom designed Firerock in London Ontario where after being 1-under through 4 holes I managed to make 5 straight bogeys to finish with a front-side 40 and never recovered, finishing with a 5-over 77.  I managed to follow that up with a stellar 78 at Silver Lakes the week after.  I will spare you the gory details of that affair but will commend my Caddy, Glenn Whitebread for keeping both me, and my clubs, intact for the last few holes…

Despite the poor play so far this year, this has been an exciting time for me as I am about to tie-the-knot in a couple of weeks.  For those of you have had the privilege of getting married, you’ll understand why my inabilty to make a birdie has not even come close to wiping the smile off my face. The big day is June 20th and I will not be participating in any competetive events until after the wedding.  My next event will be June 29th at Glen Eagle golf club.

Swing Easy,

Andy