One of the best things about my summer golf league is that
it’s set up in teams—a much more forgiving format than the
test-of-individual-skill which is a far more common way to play the game.
I’ve discovered that with teammates, I actually have a
chance to earn braggin’ rights once in a while...
2003 Golf League Champs
And again in 2006...
And 2008...
...Like at the end of the 2003 season…when we took first
place, and I won my first-ever trophy (above left) to put in the Schroeder family trophy
case, alongside those my kids had been collecting for the previous 20 years.
The next year, the league started a new tradition – the
traveling trophy. Kind of like the NHL’s Stanley Cup, the St. Joe Golf League
trophy now spends a few weeks in
the home of each member of that season’s winning team.
I thought it made a GREAT addition to our family room
décor in 2006 (above middle)…
And I had a lot of fun showing it off in 2008, too – when
I captained the championship squad (Above right. That’s me in the red cap.)
A year later, I grabbed this camera-phone shot of Frank—my
2009 captain and teammate—celebrating another League win.
One more time, in 2009...
Beautiful enough to take the edge off a double-bogey at the last.
But even when my team is not in contention for the League title, there's beauty to be found at Aberdeen (our home course) -- such as this spectacular sunset, enjoyed near the end of the 2011 season.
