The Truth

Trivia: “True or false: You should repair any damage to a green made by the impact of your ball, but damage left by players in a previous group can be left for the grounds crew.” Answer below.

It was a full weekend. I meant to blog yesterday, but focused on office work instead.

My eldest son was in a hockey tournament in London, ON on Friday evening and Saturday, which meant for a few trips back and forth from Kitchener, along with far too much restaurant food!

Their tournament should have continued into Sunday, and would have, if not for a few unfortunate incidents during their second game, which was their first on Saturday. Three or four teammates decided they didn’t want to win the game, which was very close and fast-paced throughout. The decided they’d rather take retaliatory penalties, along with misconducts for disrespecting the officials.

Admittedly, it was a little frustrating watching three or four players eliminate the team’s chances. Since they clearly had no interest at all in winning that second game, it might have been nice if they’d just stayed home.

The team has taken roughly 88 minutes in penalties throughout their entire season thus far. During that one game, they tallied up 68 penalty minutes, most of them going to those three or four players.

After the game my eldest wanted to blame the officials. After I challenged him to consider whether that was his opinion, or simply an opinion he inherited from his teammates and coaches, he changed his tune.

On Sunday I hiked along the Grand River with my two sons. That was nice.

And Monday was spent working, as usual.

I’m working at our Temporary Event Center at Market Square today. Wednesday and Thursday I’ll be out of town, returning to the TEC on Friday morning.

Given the team’s interest in blaming the officials for their choices on Saturday afternoon, this quote seems timely.

“All progress begins by telling the truth.” -Dan Sullivan

And the answer: “False. Proper golf etiquette states that players should repair any damage made by golf balls, whether or not the damage is from their ball.”