Just baked buns to take to Bob and Anne Fleming’s for Christmas Eve dinner. I’ll freeze this batch and maybe make another batch on Wednesday.
I made another wreath for my door this year and I’ll attach my Christmas wishes below.
Christmas 2025
Memories with Alexander Verschaeren
My grandson Alexander Verschaeren was working as an assistant Pro at Redwood Meadows Golf and Country Club the summer of 2009. He and I were golfing together as we often did that summer. We were just the two of us that day.
0n Hole #11 there are two bunkers on this dogleg, one on the left and one on the right some 250 or more yards from the tee. The maintenance crew was finishing raking the left bunker and were waiting to rake the right bunker when we teed off. Alexander was hitting from the tips (Black) and sent a towering drive high over the bunker on the right side of the dogleg. I hit a good drive but certainly didn’t make it to a banker but was good and in the fairway. When I hit my second shot and we went down, way down the fairway to Alexander’s ball the two fellows on the maintenance cart came to talk to us.
They said they had worked at Redwood Meadows for TEN years and had NEVER seen anyone hit a ball this far from the black tees. Alexander and i thanked them and with a sand wedge Alexander hit his ball onto the green. Easy Par.
We had a really wonderful day. The sun was shining, the wind was calm and it was such a treat to watch him play. Alexander shot even Par. Not too shabby when he had to wait for me to play 2 shots to his one. To this day Alexander talks about how beautiful and challenging it is to play at the REDWOOD MEADOWS Golf and Country Club,
I wanted to share this memorable day with you all.
Above is a video of Alexander giving me a lesson this summer.
Golf on October 22, 2016
For those of you who truly love golf I don’t need to explain how we went golfing that Saturday at 1 p.m. For everyone else, I’m sure you would think we were crazy. It is late October and you can already see the snow to the west in the Rocky Mountains. And the forecast was for wind from the west as well at approximately 20 kms. The golf course is closing for the winter. Sunday will be the last day to golf till spring.
My daughter Bridget made the booking a few days earlier and really didn’t think it would be warm enough for us to play with a possible high of 9°C. Then by 11:30 a.m. the sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky. Bridget called me and said “Let’s go golfing Mom. I’ll pick you up shortly.” In 15 minutes we were at the golf course. Wehit a few balls on the range before our tee time.
On the first hole the wind was at our backs and both of us hit our drives long and straight. I was on the green in two shots and made a Par. Bridget had a Bogey
Bridget said, “Maybe, Mom, just maybe, today is the day l can score less than you”.
Bridget regularly out drives me on every hole. Hole #2 she said that she really loses her”tempo” and misses her shots. Well she ended up with a bogey and I had a double bogey..
The wind came up and was quite strong from the west. We both had a few problems, keeping the ball on the fairway and/or on the proper hole.
After nine holes I told Bridget that she had to play better on the back because she needed to make up more than seven shots.
We were joined on the back nine by a man and his son. They were very nice people and good golfers. It turns out that the son had gone to Luther College in Regina, Saskatchewan the same time Bridget was going to Notre Dame College at Wilcox, Saskatchewan. They knew many of the same people so they had lots of conversation at the tee boxes.
On the back nine would you believe Bridget and I had identical total score with only a few holes that were different. We both scored 39 and if it wasn’t for that few holes on the front nine, Bridget probably would have scored less than I did. Maureen 79, Bridget 86
Fast forward to May 29., 2024. We played at River Spirit again. Bridget was the winner on this day by 11 strokes. Maureen 97, Bridget 86 .`
Great memories. Bridget is so much fun to golf with. She doesn’t take the game too seriously but tries to get better every time she golfs. Like most of us we need to polish up our short game.
Bridget and Maureen June 8, 2017 Pinebrook, Calgary
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Golf Tournament Memories
I started playing golf at the Murray Golf Course, a city of Regina public track, in 1984. In 1985 the Saskatchewan Provincial Ladies Championsjip tournament was booked to play at our home course for three days in late July. I new that playing in the three day tournament was less costly than paying green fees for three days so I entered the tournament. I’m glad I did. I played at Deer Park Municipal Golf Course, Yorkton in 1987, my first away from home competition with my friend June Hudyma. It was a lot of fun as we and several gals from Regina were all staying at the same hotel so we had a practice round and meals and drinks together for four days. I remember vividly how I was taught how to play a practice round by a gal from the Royal Regina Golf Course.
The Provincial Ladies Golf Championship in 2024 at the Royal Regina Golf Course
Other golf clubs hosting the Provincial Championship that we attended were:
1989 North Battleford Country Club
1990 Wascana Country Club, Regina
1996 Royal Regina Gol Course
I played in the City of Regina Ladies Championship yearly from starting golfing in 1984 until I moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1998. June Hudyma and I represented Tor Hill on the city golf committee organizing this tournament for many years. This was exciting times for women’s golf. It was awesome to watch Joanne Goulet from the Royal Regina continue her dominance of winning the major trophy.
She won the city championship 32 times.
We were proud to have one of our gals from Tor Hill, Pat Roger’s take the trophy from Joanne Goulet two years in a row 1991 and 1992.
I always enjoyed helping organize and playin in the city championship. As the years went by my handicap came down and as luck would have it so did the junior girls from all over the city. It was such fun to play with them as they were so free wheeling! It was a joy to watch all players advance their skills.
The city of Regina opened a new executive golf course in 1990 and named it after Joanne.
This was a great tournament as it was played at two different city courses during my time golfing in Regina. I do remember winning this award at the city tournament’s .
My niece Deborah I iand I played in the “Golf” category of the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George Utah. Check out the post – Huntsman World Senior Games 2014 We had a wonderful time.
Just a note about this years senior games. It is a GREAT event with fantastic sport facilities, excellent food and well organized competitions. Try it, you’ll like it!
The Huntsman games are the largest annual multi-sport event in the world for athletes aged 50 and over. Our event, which includes over 30 different sports, has taken place for two weeks each October in St. George, Utah, USA for over 30 years. Over 11,500 athletes compete at the Huntsman World Senior Games. Try it, you may like it.
Last but not least was my playing in the Alberta Senior Ladies tournament in Priddis. Alberta. The post may be above but you can find it here -> 87 years old and celebrity status
I’ve golfed in many tournaments and have great memories. A Can-Am in Sun City AZ was lots of fun and the Hotels of Canmore for MADD with Murray McDonald and Guy Cartier was a “hoot and a holler”.
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Kelowna in the Okanagan, August 2023
Golfing in Kelowna and more fun