Wine Totals for the Week

The final wine bottle count for The Testosterone Open was:

Thursday – 3 bottles
Friday – 6 bottles
Saturday – 5 bottles (including two purchased at different restaurants in Carmel)
Sunday – 3 bottles (consumed at Chez McGee’s in Cupertino)

Week’s Total = 17 bottles

The most notable bottles (brought by Don and Mike) were:

Joseph Phelps Insignia (Meritage)
Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opus One Cabernet Sauvignon
Turley Vineyards "Haynes" Zinfandel

Not included in this total were the beer, champagne and mixed drinks that were also consumed.

Perhaps now the horrifically bad golf scores can be more easily understood (read that as "rationalized").

Webcam Picture at Pebble Beach

Ed Matthews was kind enough to capture webcam photos of us teeing off at #1 on Pebble Beach. This is the webcam photo he saved of our group teeing off.

Double click the picture to get a larger view. Please excuse the morning moisture on the webcam lens.

The golfer just about to hit is Don Rose (I believe). I'm standing in the middle of the picture wearing a yellow top. Mark Manley is on the far right wearing the light colored slacks. And Mike McGee is standing just to the left of Mark. The starter is standing to my left watching Don tee off.

If you look down the fairway at the dog leg, you can just barely see our two forecaddies (Maty and John) watching us tee off.

Picture on Spanish Bay - links golf

This picture gives you a real idea of what "links style" golf is all about. We're teeing off (actually that's Mike teeing off) over a waste area of sand dunes. But take a look at the scenery and the Pacific Ocean. Just unreal!!

Picture on Spanish Bay - Tarun praying

Here is a picture of Tarun praying that his putt will get remotely close to the hole. These greens belong on a miniature golf course -- not on a championship golf course.

Double click this picture (or any in this blog) to enlarge the photo.

Picture on Spanish Bay #7 Tee

This is a great picture for understanding Spanish Bay. This golf course has been built on the sand dunes along side the Pacific Ocean. This is advertised as a "links style" golf course -- but only because it has been built close to the ocean.

Still, unbelievably beautiful scenery. And lucky for us, the winds were fairly calm all day long.

Marc and his super model wife

Here is a picture of me and Kristi, who came down to The Inn at Spanish Bay and joined us for dinner Saturday night at Casanova's in Carmel.

Double click the photo to see just how pretty Kristi really is. What, you say? Looks like Vanna White -- but with an MBA?

Yes ... I know ... I've heard it a thousand times this weekend ... I don't deserve her ... and that I am the luckiest man in the world.

So what's your point? You obviously are unaware of a physical trait I share with a horse. Oh yeah ... I usually smell like I've been ridden hard and put up wet. What did you think I meant?

Picture on Spanish Bay #1 Tee

This is the start of Day #3 of the Testosterone Open.

Here is the group just about to tee off at Spanish Bay. Don, Mike, and Marc are all hurting cowboys from the night before. We were up until midnight drinking wine and smoking cigars and behaving untowards to anyone within speaking distance.

This will prove to be one the of worst rounds played in recent history.

That's Tarun (my adopted son from India -- Madonna has nothing on me!) on the right.