shootinthebreeze

This Saturday, June 30, 2007, will be the annual Golf Outing and Picnic where I work.  This will be my fourth one.  Last year, my wife — Patty–, Bill — from the golf league–, Mike — Our AFLAC rep — and I were the winning team.  While the 4 of us will not be on the same team, we each are attempting to do something never done at this outing — repeat as a member of the winning team. The Golf Outing aka The Jeff Beal Memorial is a best ball 4 person scramble named after the late Jeff Beal.  Jeff, better known among his friends and co-workers as Jazzy, was the head of our fraud team when I first came to work at this company.  He loved golf and played as much as he could.  Jeff died from complications after a motorcycle accident.  Loved by all and a friend to all, it is completely fitting to name the outing after him. The Jeff Beal Memorial will be played at the golf course at Deer Creek State Park in Mt. Sterling, Ohio — a small town about 45 miles southwest of Columbus.  Since this the the 3rd year the event will be at Deer Creek, I do know a little bit about the course and as I promised I would give a review of the course. Deer Creek is a par 72 course of 6605 yards from the white tees, a course rating of 71.2 from the white tees, and a slope rating of 113 from the white tees.  The front nine is 5 yards longer than the back and each nine has 2 par threes, 2 par fives, and 5 par fours.  The longest hole on the course is the 548 yard par 5 ninth hole while the shortest hole is the par three 152 yard eighth hole.  Most of the holes are dog legs.  There are a good number of bunkers both green side and fairway and water in the form of ponds.  The course is excellently maintained and there are distance discs placed in the fairway at 100 yards (red), 150 yards (white), and 200 yards (blue).  The course has 4 tee boxes — Blue, White, Yellow and Red.  There is also a driving range, putting greens and a couple of practice bunkers on the range.