19th Hole

The wind was intense on the back. It was the same wind that was creating havoc at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic right up the road. 

Fortunately the wind has no effect on my game.

I can't say the same for Bob or Rick:

BP 100

MW 105

RZ 116

And I did beat Rick, so I live to play another day.

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17th Tee Portrait

The good news is that I won the beer hole with a par on 15. The beer was good. And the 15th hole now officially my good luck hole.

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16th and 17th fairay

We are actually playing the 16th Fairway, but that is Rick in the far distance on the 17th Fairway.

Just sayin' 

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At the turn

My golf coach said I need to limit my blogging this round. What is the point of hiring a golf coach if you don't follow their directions?

BP 49

RZ 50

MW 53

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Fourth tee

It's a little slow today, but the course is in great shape.

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Live blogging Sharp Park

Playing with Bob and Rick.

Brad cancelled a couple days earlier as he was anticipating having a hangover.

The Cub marker is a a gift from Don, who remains on my Bad Golfer email distribution list, but seldom plays as he has moved to some 3rd world country.  I think it's called "Feenex" or something like that. I think it will bring me luck today.

Sunny clear day with some wind. Actually, a lot of wind.

Oh yeah, I hired Bob as my golfing coach for this round. He says I'll get what I pay for. I'm buying him a beer. 

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Bob out of the trap on 18th hole

Very tough lie, but he got out. Barely. 

He completed  double bogey to finish with an 87. 

Rick and I each won 5 holes in our match play, and pushed the rest. In a gesture of sportsmanship and compromise that we hope will be an example to the rest of the country, we decided to shake hands, call it a tie, and buy our own beers.

Since it was match play our actual scores were irrelevant.

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Traditional 17th Tee Portrait

On a spectacular sunny day like this, we will often find tourists and hikers on the 17th tee admiring the view and taking pictures of the bridge. I decided to gather them all together for today's selfie.

Bob found having a gallery to be inspirational. He drove his ball pin high to 12 feet. Probably his best drive ever on this hole. Missed the birdie but he got the par.

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At the turn

BP 42

RZ 48

MW 55

I have often said that if Rick beat me at golf I would have to give up the game. Fortunately we are competing on match play instead of medal play today, otherwise I might be at serious risk of giving up the game after this round. So while the score is interesting it's not really relevant.

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Solar Pyramid Power Convergence on the 8th Tee

Brilliant sunshine and clear skies led to some interesting effects.

Here we are apparently receiving messages being beamed directly to us from the top of the Transamerica Pyramid, with Mount Diablo in the background.

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Bob's approach on 6...

... after a perfect fade cutting the corner on his drive.

On in regulation,

Two putts for par.

Golf is an easy game when you think about it.

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MW on 5th Tee

Can you tell how from this image how far the ball flew into the woods on the right?

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Bob on 3rd tee

On his way to bogey. 

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We have an unusual situation on the second hole...

Rick has a one stroke lead on the entire group. This is an ominous development

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Live blogging Lincoln Park with Rick and Bob

This is the Obscura Day 2016 Memorial Round at Lincoln. Obscura Day, an event promoted by the Atlas Obscura blog, is - like the blog itself -  intended to note and celebrate odd and unusual locales. So what does that have to do with Lincoln Park? This:

Lincoln Park - Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course  

"Sitting on the coastal edge of San Francisco, the Lincoln Park Golf Course is one of the loveliest set of links in the area with grand views and lush lawns all around. And in fact it was these same serene qualities that made it the perfect spot for the cemetery that originally sat on the land, remnants of which can still be found haunting the back nine."

The course looks a lot different today than it did in the Atlas Obscura article. It is a Southern California day here in San Francisco. Sunshine, warm, the fairways are mowed, and the greens are fast. 

Not sure I know how to play the course under these extreme conditions.

Rick and I have decided to play a Match vs Stroke Play Format. This is significant as I have sworn to give up the game if I ever again lose to Rick in golf.

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Civic Duty, Civic Center, Civic Art

After exercising our civic responsibilities at a "Meet & Greet" with San Francisco City Supervisor Scott Wiener, we were stopped cold at the Civic Center by the sight of giant bunnies in front of City Hall. More on that later. But first a word about Scott ...

In addition to being a SF Supervisor, Scott Wiener is a candidate for State Senate.  He received national attention last year and became a local political hero after chastising a Fox News reporter that was chasing him down at City Hall.

@Scott_Wiener We need common sense on @SFBOS. You're as close as we get in #EssEff & this'll burnish ur Progressive bona fides w voters.

— The Dividist (@Dividist) July 15, 2015

Yes I am supporting him, even though he is a Liberal Democrat, which does not necessarily align with my political views. However, in the pantheon of San Francisco politics, as exemplified by the Board of Supervisors, the political spectrum runs from Liberal Democrat on the right, to Radical Progressives in the center and Maoists on left.

Scott takes on the tough issues, applies a liberal dose of common sense, and is not a fiscal illiterate like many of our other Supes. He is a technocrat with a detailed command of the issues facing the City, and he is a supporter of my pet issue in San Francisco. Finally, he is tall. Very, very tall. He is the tallest guy in City Hall, and he will be the tallest State Senator in Sacramento. So there is that.

Back to the Civic Center...

Apparently the name of the installation is "Intrude" and the artist is Amanda Parer.

"Five gigantic rabbits hopped into San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza on Monday, and they've got a 24-hour security guard watching over them. After vandals repeatedly tampered with Super Bowl 50 signs on display around the city in February, it was decided around-the-clock supervision was necessary, CBS San Francisco reports. 

The 23-foot-tall inflated nylon art pieces glow from the inside at night. The large-scale public art installation Intrude was designed by Amanda Parer, an Australian artist living in Tanzania, and will be on display through April 25."

 How can you not stop and take pictures of a 23 foot tall illuminated inflatable rabbits? Fortunately, I had a model with me for the photoshoot:

 

 But is it "Art"?  You got me.