Mike's World Of Golf 


What's In My Bag?
Club  Make  Manufacturer 
Driver Ti Bubble 2
3-Wood Tri-Metal 15 Degree
5-Wood Tri-Metal 19 Degree
Irons 3-PW Ping ISI Stainless (custom fit)
Sand Wedge Check Mate 52 Degree
Putter Dual-Force 552 Bronze 

Who do you think has the better follow-through?

Golf Diary
Date Course Front Back Total Par +/- Other Players + Strangers Comments
2/21/2000 El Caro 46 44 90 60 30 Brain Easton (81), Dad (53 9-holes) I had greate iron distance, but my pitching now stinks.  Maybe I need a new set of Pings, these are abviously worn out!
2/6/00 Paradise Valley 47 46 93 61 32 Dave Pittesenbarger, Andy Large, Phillip Obviously the time off has not helped my game...will I ever get better?
12/99 Adobe Dam 46 - 46 31 15 Dave Pittsenbarger, Dad What a crappy little course.
11/99 Paradise Valley 49 - 49 31 18 Unknown threesome Bad as usual...
10/1/99 Paradise Valley 40 43 83 61 22 Ken Pratt (79), Dave Pittsenbarger (82) Driving stinks...irons hooked...putting saved my butt!
9/11/99 Arizona Biltmore 58 53 111 72 39 John Peteresen, Billie Bearer Hot, humid, miserable...my game sucked again!!
9/4/99 Rollings Hills 40 49 89 62 27 Dave Pittsenbarger, Ken Parker Hot, humid, miserable...my game sucked!
8/24/99 Tyee Valley (Seattle, WA) 56 - 56 35 21 Rance Myers (49) Rented some clubs, hacked it up, ate some wild blackberries, played till dark.
8/5/99 Pointe Hilton Resort 44 - 44 36 8 Paul Semma, and others I like this downward trend!  Played the same ball for al 9 holes!
7/29/99 Pointe Hilton Resort 49 - 49 36 13 Terry and Bill Finally broke 50 here! Only lost 1 ball!
7/22/99 Pointe Hilton Resort 53 - 53 36 17 Dave Short (54) I played crappy today insated of my usual penalty strokes I actually took real strokes which made the day seem longer.
7/17/99 Scottsdale Country Club 49 54 103 72 31 Dave Pittsenbarger (93), Ken Parker (98), Andy Large (96) Nice and humid today!  Dave was not being himself...he was playing good?
7/14/99 Pointe Hilton Resort 53 - 53 36 17 Chris Fritke (52) Wow!...This score surprised me!  I think I have settled in on a consistent score for this course.
7/8/99 Pointe Hilton Resort 53 - 53 36 17 Chris Fritzke (50) Chris made a very nice pitch-in for par from 40 yards out! 
7/1/99 Pebble Creek, Lexington, OH 54 60 114 72 42 John Logan (94), Dennis Ransom (100) I managed to finish my vacation with only 1 golf ball left...lost 3 balls into the woods on a single hole!
6/30/99 Twin Lakes, Mansfiled, OH 53 43 96 71 25 John Logan (94) Almost was able to beat John.  Best 9-hole score to date for a full-size course!
6/29/99 Oaktree, Mansfield, OH 51 54 105 72 33 John Logan (92), Dennis Ransom (95) We all par'ed  the par 5, #1! 
6/26/99 Mohican Hills, Jeromesville, OH 53 63 116 72 44 John Logan (106), John Cates Jr. (103), John Cates Sr. (98) Very nice course...very BAD day!  The old man beat all the young men.
6/25/99 Pebble Creek, Lexington, OH 56 52 108 72 36 John Logan (90) A real struggle today...not even a single par for me :(
6/24/99 Wooldridge Woods, Mansfield, OH 48 56 104 71 33 John Logan (92) John had a nice EAGLE on the 461 yard, par 5, #18!  Way to go!
6/23/99 Twin Lakes, Mansfield, OH 46 - 46 36 10 John Logan (47) My driving was the best ever!  Everything was straight and long...best 9-hole score to date!
6/17/99 Point Hilton Resort 52 - 52 36 16 Tony Coppola, Team 13 Chipping...good; putting...good; driving...not so good.  Got a few lucky richochets out of the desert on a couple holes.  Thank God for rocks! 
6/11/99 Rancho Manana 58 54 112 72 40 Rance Myers, Brian Cornelius, Tony Coppola, Tom Dineen, John Gayer, Ken Pratt, Jay Moore, Geary Morgan, Brian Easton "Going Away" game for Brian Cornelius leaving our department.  I had just enough balls left to "almost" finish the last hole.  Oh yeah, I had a headache so that explains it....
6/10/99 Point Hilton Resort 54 - 54 36 18 Chris Fritke The other team never showed. Play was slow.  Just call me Mr. DoubleBogey!
6/3/99 Point Hilton Resort 53 - 53 36 17 Chris Fritzke, Team 2 Chris's swing needs some work...'nuf said.
5/27/99 Point Hilton Resort 50 - 50 36 14 Chris Fritzke, Team 4 Dropped 8 strokes since last week.  It helps to have played the course once.  Its getting REAL HOT at 3:30 in the afternoon.  It's gonna be a long summer...
5/22/99 Desert Canyon 45 45 90 72 18 Dad, Billy & Liam Bearer Fountain Hills American Legion Post Tournament. Score is for 2-man scramble. This course is nicely nestled into the canyons of custom homes in Fountain Hills. I really stunk today so my father-in-law had to carry the team. I did have a cold so that may account for poor performance.
5/20/99 Pointe Hilton Resort 58 - 58 36 22 Chris Fritzke, Team 8 Honeywell League. First time playing this beautiful course. Very very fast greens and lots of desert. Lost eight balls!
5/14/99 The Vistas 36 40 76 72 4 Brian Easton, Tom Dineen, Dave McCauley Honeywell FMS Annual Tournement III. Score is for our 4-man scramble. Even with only 4 over par we still came in last place out of 25 teams!
5/8/99 El Caro 44 35 79 60 19 Dad Pretty good day for me. I had a couple bad holes (7 & 8) but 2 birdies and a few pars got back to boggie golf!
4/24/99 Prescott Country Club 50 59 109 72 37 Honeywell Tournement - Chris Fritzke Pretty cold and blustery day in Prescott. My putter was obviously to cold to work correctly!
4/16/99 Paradise Valley 52 55 107 72 35 Dad, Ken Pratt, Brian Easton Rather uneventfull day. It did take 5 hours to finish due to slow play ahead of us.
4/11/99 Paradise Valley 51 45 96 61 35 Played as a single walk-on Had a real bad today! Short putt lip-outs and some confusing short-iron problems plagued my day.
3/26/99 Paradise Valley 44 46 90 61 29 Ken Pratt, Andy Large, David Romero Had a bad today! Ken Pratt got his first hole-in-one on the 212 yard, par 3, hole 16! Way to go Pratt!
3/20/99 Palm Valley (Las Vegas) 61 56 117 72 45 Ken Pratt, Jim Lyells, Andy Large, Me, and Dave Pittsenbarger, Chris Fritzke, Gordon Pittsenbarger, Dick Fritzke My driving was great but the high winds (30-40 MPH) causes some real problems. Good time was had by all, once we got there.....
3/13/99 Rolling Hills 40 47 87 62 25 Dave Pittsenbarger, Andy Large, Chris Fritzke, Rance Myers I finally beat Rance today, by 2 strokes! He had a bad day, but I'll take the victory.
3/6/99 Paradise Valley 41 37 78 61 17 Bill Schwartz, Ted, Shedon Nice recovery after yesterday's disaster. Tournament play forced my best score so far!
3/5/99 Rolling Hills 39 60 99 62 37 Dave Pittsenbarger, Andy Large, Dad I completely fell apart on the back 9 for the worse comparitive 9-hole score to-date!
2/27/99 Riverview 55 0 55 36 19 Dad, Dawn, Bobby Francis I played terribly. I must have been pretty tired after playing 18 holes at Rolling Hills in the morning.
2/27/99 Rolling Hills 42 44 86 62 24 Dave Pittsenbarger, +2 Really nice and scenic executive course. Made some pretty nice drives today.
2/19/99 Paradise Valley 46 39 85 61 24 Ken Pratt, David Romero I could have easily taken 6-7 strokes off my game due to lip-outs of putts within 2 feet!
2/15/99 Arizona Traditions 53 52 105 70 35 Ken Pratt, Tony Coppola, Ken's friend Gary Very nice course. Forgot my rock club so I took about 5 penalty drops to save my Pings. Couldn't get a decent drive today.
2/12/98 Cave Creek 53 62 115 72 43 Ken Pratt, Rance Myers, Dave Pittsenbarger My worst score ever! What started out good, ended in disaster. Mis-hits, lost ball penalties, and a headache on the back-9 added to the fun.
2/6/99 El Caro 46 41 87 60 27 Dad, Dawn, Billy Bearer Couldn't make a green to save my life. My putting was pretty good today.
2/5/99 El Caro 39 47 86 60 26 Ken Pratt, Rance Myers, +1 Good front 9 score then it rained like heck on the back 9! Ken beat me by one stroke due to his miraculous birdie from 40 yards on 18!
1/29/99 Bellair 40 41 81 59 22 Paul Semma, +2 Significant improvement over same course last week.
1/23/99 Bellair 48 43 91 59 32 Dad, Billy & Liam Bearer 3-Putting killed me today!
1/22/99 Paradise Valley 40 43 83 61 22 Rance Myers, Gary Morgan, Jay Moore Gary accidentally hit a goose crossing the tee box from about 20 feet! Knocked it silly, humane society came and got it, it's going to live!
1/15/99 Paradise Valley 41 44 85 61 24 Ken Pratt, Rance Myers, Tom Dineen Heated discussion over rules. After further review, Ken was wrong, as usual...
1/8/99 Cave Creek 59 49 108 72 36 Ken Pratt, Rance Myers, David Romero Could not find my game today! Ken and Rance were pretty drunk after polishing off a bottle of V.O.
12/31/98 Paradise Valley 41 46 87 61 26 Dave Pittsenbarger, +2 Perfect way to spend the last day of 1998!
12/28/98 Riverview 47 0 47 36 11 Dad, Uncle Billy, Bobby Francis Really nice 9-hole course in Tempe. Didn't play too bad today.


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