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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Day 2...The Pro-Am

Wednesdays are Pro-Am days on the Nationwide.  Justin's position on the money list got him a spot in the Pro-Am today, and gave us a chance to look at all 18 holes in warmer and calmer conditions.  We also played with 4 great guys, all of whom help sponsor the purses in these events.  Mike, Mark, Ed, and Foy were all average golfers and great guys, sympathetic to my newbie status as a caddie.  We had a relatively late start and finished play at about 7 pm, then practiced a little more later.  I had my first solo experience walking the back nine (as we only looked at the back if you recall yesterday) and doing my caddie thing--compass notes, elevation changes, green contours and slopes--and got a private look for myself for the overall feel of the course.  After a quick lunch of pulled pork and mac and cheese...we are in the south after all...off we went.  Again, learned a lot and met some nice folks.  I thought I'd struggle more physically, but find interestingly enough that the only part that hurts are the fronts of my shins!  Anyone have any suggestions?  Besides bengay or a massage?  As I catch up on sleep and the routine, my usual charm and humor will hopefully come out a little more, but for now, that's it.  A little chill time and sleep.  The links on the blog will give you this info anyway, but we tee off for real tomorrow in Round 1 at 1:20.  That means a chance to relax and sleep in a little!  Ready to go and looking forward to tomorrow...til then friends.

4 comments:

  1. For the shin thing - try stretching out before and after all the walking. It may be something different, but I got that a lot when I first took up jogging and found that stretching out my legs helped minimize it. I eventually got so that I didn't need to stretch unless I was running really far, but still did just in case.

    Good luck tomorrow!

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  2. Thanks dude! I think it'll be mostly time. A week or two and I'll be fine but I'll give it a try!

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  3. For shin splint...massage the area and apply Bengay, also motrin[ibuprofin] and rest should help.you can find more advice from Google on this topic.good luck!

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  4. Thanks Anonymous! Anything for the shin muscle? Or the muscle that runs along the shin?

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