Month 131 – Grandview – 1/5/2015

2015 started off very cold, but a warm from with rain headed to Pittsburgh the 1st weekend of the year. After a full day of rain Saturday, Sunday was warm with showers in the AM. At noon, the tee time was set for 1:10. With limited daylight, we would have to hurry. Naturally, it just couldn’t go smoothly as the battery in Quat’s car died. Nuttall headed over to drive, but then a miscommunication of texts and Nuttall headed to the course. After a phone call, Nuttall turned around and the daylight was fading. We teed off right around 2 and had the course in front of us. Nuttall hit some crazy blind shots and ran away with the match. Quat nursed a sore back after a Home Alone-esque fall a few days earlier. A new calendar year had begun and the streak moved 1 month away from turning 11.

Month 130 – Grandview – 12/7/2014

Knowing what craziness December may hold, Quat and Nutt tackled the month early and had a solid plan. A noon tee time and a great battle unfolded in the match play. Tied going into 17, Quat hit a 2nd shot just off the green. Nuttall was tucked behind a tree and unleashed an amazing hook that trickled onto the green as he won the hole. Quat was unable to draw even on 18 so the post game pizza at Aiello’s was on Quat once again. Another calendar year complete.

Month 129 – Grandview – 11/23/2014

After passing on a few nice weekend dates due to schedule conflicts, Quat and Nutt once again headed towards the ultimate staple in the streak. Nuttall was the story as he shot a 72 with birdie putts on 16 and 17 that could have gotten him to even. Quat played terrible, but recovered a number of balls that he lost in June.

Month 128 – Oakland Hills (South) – 10/11/2014

Penn State Michigan weekend in Ann Arbor was lead off with a special treat. Great American, Rick D of the Michigan crew took us out to Oakland Hills. 1st class service from when we pulled in and they took our bags to the range. We hit a few balls and then headed to the Gentleman’s Lounge for lunch. We were off to the tee and paired with the Club President Mike H. Mike was a wealth of knowledge of the history of Oakland Hills and provided many great stories. Additionally, Mike lives on the 4th hole and after our tee shots on the Par 3, his wife, daughter and newest grandchild waited with a bag of beer for us.

Month 127 – Pittsburgh National (Quat) – 9/28/2014

As usual, September was a blur with the start of football and all of the fall activities. Quat went on a solo mission to Pittsburgh National the morning of 9/28/2014. After playing the 1st 6 holes solo, another solo guy Tim caught up. A Philly native who loved to talk about various Pennsylvania course made for good company. The conditions were dry and hard and in areas the ground was torn up from crows eating Grubs.

Month 126 – Mill Creek (Quat) – 8/3/2014

Quat headed to Buffalo for the 1st weekend in August. A round on Saturday with Mr. Jill at Shelrdige and then headed out to Rochester for a round with Sean Ryan after a near decade hiatus of golfing together. A nice chilly summer morning while kicking some tunes on the Bluetooth speaker. A decent front 9 and start to the back from Quat quickly fell apart on 11. An even 100 in the books and the drought of not playing with Sean came to an end.

Month 125 – Tom’s Run – 7/5/2014

Quat, Nutt, Rew and Hurey headed to Blairsville over the 4th of July weekend for a morning round. Quat and Hurey were the team in match play and ended up pulling one out 2&1. Post round meal at D’s 6 Pack.

Month 124 – Grandview (Quat) – 6/16/2014

A busy month for schedules led to a split round. Quat played with former the former Penn State beat writer for the Collegian that he met through twitter. Taking a Philly guy to the most Pittsburgh of courses led to many lost balls, but a good round. Quat nearly had his 1st ever hole in one on the 9th hole thanks to a gratuitous bounce off the hill to less than a foot.

Month 123 - Totteridge – 5/24/2014

Quat, Nutt, T-Ster and Mr. Jill headed out to TotteRidge for a spring like round. T-Ster sandbagged for a 28 handicap and we played a 3-3-3 team match play. In the end, T-Ster went 2-0-1 and took the win. A perfect day and just another round in the books.

Month 122 - Quicksilver – 4/27/2014

In April, winter finally ended. Well, not really and there were still very few good days to golf. Late April, we headed out to Quicksilver for an early morning round. After an hour frost delay, we were paired with a member and his deadbeat son. As usual, Quicksilver beat up Quat and Nuttall played pretty well. The old member provided great stories while his son brought zero personality to the table. They shared a bag and on the 12th hole, the son hit a bad drive and slammed his dad’s driver as his dad yelled “DON’T!!!” It was memorable in many different ways.