The Luddington Invitational

This past weekend was our annual family golf tournament.  The Luddington Invitational!  We have been playing every year since 2005 (if we remember correctly).  The winner of the previous year gets to pick the golf course we play at the following year.  Sometimes we travel and spend a weekend away together and sometimes we just take day trips to a course.  Last year Twin 1’s husband won the tourney and he’s a member at Ashburn so we decided to play there. 

We booked tee times for 3 pm this past Saturday.  All day leading up to our tee times was kind of overcast and misty at times, not the best weather but not hot.  UNTIL we pulled out of our driveway on the way to the course and the clouds decided to part and all’s we had was blue sky and sun and it got HOT!!  Most of us weren’t dressed for the temps once we got to the course but we struggled through.

There were 7 of us playing so we teed off in a group of 3 and a group of 4.  We decided to get carts as well because it was hot and the course is so hilly.  You are either going up a hill or down a hill.  It didn’t ever feel like you leveled out at all anywhere on the course. It was difficult. 

Twin 1’s husband is quite the amateur golfer and has represented Nova Scotia in Nationals a few times.  He always has a handicap when he plays in our tournaments so it gives the rest of us a slight change to win. This year he had to beat us by 18 stroke to win.  It’s getting closer as the first year he had to beat us by 24 strokes.  Either he’s getting worse or we’re getting better LOL.  This year Dad ended up with only 15 strokes behind his score so that made Dad was the winner!  AND Twin 2 gave up the last place trophy (she has only given it up twice in the past 12 years) to Twin 1!  Golfing at Brunello must be helping a little bit anyway.  But both of us still have a lot of work to do if we want to join the Nova Scotia Golf Association and compete in tournaments. 

After the tournament, we had the trophy presentations and the green jacket presentation and had some yummy food!  

 Now we wait for next year.