At one point, they [Trump and sports boardcaster Mike Tirico] were playing a blind par 5, and Tirico, who’s a 12.3 handicap, had 230 yards into the green. He hit one of the best shots of his life. “Oh my god!” his caddy said, open-mouthed. The thing had the flag covered from the start. It crested the hill perfectly and was going to be tight to the pin. Shocked at his sudden skill, Tirico high-fived his caddie and strode toward the green, his shoes barely touching the grass.
But, somehow, when they got there, the ball wasn’t near the pin. It wasn’t even on the green. It was 50 feet left of the pin, in the bunker. Unless it hit a drone and ricocheted sideways, there was no physical way it could’ve ended up there.
"Lousy break," Trump said to Tirico, who checked the marking on the ball to be sure it was his. It was. Befuddled, it took Tirico two swipes to escape the bunker on the way to a 7.
Afterwards, one of the caddies came up to him and said, "You know that shot you hit on the par 5? It was about 10 feet from the hole. Trump kicked it into the bunker."
Steven Roberts Wiley passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at his home on Monday, July 20 at the age of 68.
called on Monday night. We ended up talking for more than twenty minutes. He had gone to Steve Wiley's funeral. After talking about Wiley, we had a wide ranging conversation, including potential trips to Cabo in late November and a Canada and east coast baseball road trip in the Spring of 2027, his upcoming trip to Texas for Harrison's birthday and then to Mississippi to visit Mitch and Annell and my health.
Over the last year, Sharon and I have rewatched all 12 seasons of The Bang Theory. There were 279 episodes!
Sharon and I finished watching season three of Outlander. We finished watching season one in August of 2024 and season two in August of 2025. We started season three last summer, but never went back to it after our trip to Africa. Instead, we started working our way through twelve seasons of The Big Bang!?!Best Picture
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