HOLE IN ONE ON NUMBER 7 AT PEBBLE BEACH

First of all, Amy's bruises are definitely emerging from her horse riding incident. Sore but relatively unscathed, she had a sea salt scrub at the Pebble Beach Spa today after an hour of cardio at the Spanish Bay gym. Quite the motivator. Unfortunately, we haven't heard about the horse but are concerned they aren't properly icing the sensitive areas suffered during yesterday's equestrian stop, drop, and roll incident; in the future Amy will better attempt to keep her right leg from under the horse so as not to wound it when it decides to flop on its side. To close the saga, for now its been determined that Amy is not a horse personn and likely will NEVER again get back on a horse.


Before we get into the other event from today, our dinner at Roy's was everything we hoped for; and, so Karen and David know, we did order the molten chocolate desert when we sat down and truly enjoyed it after our meal.


On to another matter; the title of this entry spells it out. David reported for a 0730 tee time at the Pebble Beach course today; it will host the US Open for the 5th time in 2010. On the 7th hole his caddy Mike handed him his 56-degree wedge and said, "this one's all about feel." David listened, made a solid easy swing; one bounce, two bounce three bounce, a two-foot roll with a slight slide to the left and the ball disappeared. David made his first ever hole in one on the 7th hole at Pebble Beach; the picture on the right was taken by Mike's cell phone and the picture below (easier to read if you click on it and pull it up full screen) is the course diagram.


With eight witnesses, four documented by Pebble Beach's Head PGA Professional (one of whom was David's playing partner--Steve--a PGA club professional in Punta Gorda), it was undeniable why David was glowing for the rest of the day. He even smiled while driving six hours, ending up in L.A. traffic to our new lodging at Marina del Rey.


We've got the ball he hit on the 7th hole safely segregated from the others in his bag, and he's now armed with a Pebble Beach flag (signed, dated, and annotated by the head club pro), a certificate from Pebble Beach, and pictures promised by Steve's wife, Gayle, and others who were snapping away as he returned to the club house after the round to a bit of a scene with people we didn't even know congratulating him and walking up and asking to take pictures, etc. At the end of the day, it wasn't his best round of golf but he doesn't care...The one hole, at Pebble Beach, on his honeymoon, for a round Amy scheduled makes it the perfect moment and one he is still smiling about.


Now, we are situated in Marina del Rey for a couple of nights before heading to San Diego to finish our trip. Its unfortunate we're nearing the end, but it's been a great run from Seattle to here, and there will undoubtedly be more through Saturday evening's return to Coral Gables.