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LAUGHING IS GOOD MEDICINE
Our family golf outing is in the books, another Raymo Cup completed. As usual it was a fun three days of golf, food, drinks, bean bags, music and laughs with the best guys to hang out with. My son Brandon hosted us in Montevideo this year. There were nine of us to compete for the coveted Rosemary K Raymo trophy and the Carrell Coat named after my mom and dad in their memory.
We started off golfing nine at the Madison Country Club on Friday afternoon. Then nine at Hawk Creek in Raymond Saturday morning, and ended with 18 holes at Eagle Creek in Willmar Saturday afternoon. Sunday morning, we finished 18 at The Crossings in Montevideo. We all enjoy the game of golf, and some of us play more than others and some are very good golfers.
But you know the three days of the Raymo Cup is way more than the game of golf, it’s about family and spending time together. It’s the young guys, (under 40 years old) teasing and razzing the old guys (50 and older) about everything under the sun. And the old guys giving it right back for three days!
Since I am the oldest, it seems everyone is always asking me if I am ok, especially in the heat. Are you drinking enough water? Make sure you’re in the shade! 54 holes of golf is a lot of golf in three days, in the heat of summer. This past Saturday the dew point was a 72 on my phone, which is considered tropical, or oppressive. And we did a lot of sweating Saturday. But this old guy did very well, a little sore today, but I can keep up with the young bucks.
It is amazing with Facebook, Snap Chat, and the other social media sites, how many the rest of our family, wives, sisters, cousins, aunts and others always look forward to all of our posts to see what’s going on and who’s leading and waiting to hear the funny stories when we all get home. I just spent the last hour telling my wife all of the funny stuff that went on the last three days.
I guess that is what makes the Raymo Cup so much fun, all the laughing that goes on. Someone is always laughing at something. Always something funny going on, someone is always saying something funny, someone is always doing something funny. And we all laugh, sometimes with tears in our eyes from laughing so hard, and if you know the Raymo guys, we have some good belly laughs!!
I could write about some of the funny stuff, but its better if I tell you face to face, so ask me sometime about all the funny stories, because I have many of them to tell. Laughing for three days straight is good medicine for all of us, and that is what makes the Raymo Cup so special. Love all those guys! Can’t wait till next year.
GUYS WEEKEND! YAHOO!
This weekend is a guy’s weekend, we Raymo guys gather every year about this time. It’s called The Raymo Cup! A major family get together that was started in 2003, it’s all about golf, food, fun and maybe a beverage or two. It started out just me, my brother Greg and his son Nicholas and my son Josh at Pebble Creek in Becker back in 2003. I was just a beginning golfer then, you can tell that by looking at the group picture of us four back in 2003, my golf attire needed an upgrade badly.
Over the years my brother Jim and his stepson and nephew, brother in laws, my nephews and future son in laws and my other sons Brandon and Jeremy have joined in the now three-day tournament! With a trophy given to the winner, the trophy is named after my mom, it’s the Rosemary K Raymo trophy. The winner also has to wear an ugly green jacket at Christmas, the green jacket is called The Carrell Coat after my dad, the green jacket is copied from the jacket given at The Masters in Augusta Georgia. We give other trophies like the worst shot of the tournament and a bowling trophy at our bowling tournament on Friday night. So a lot is happening in three days!
We take turns every year hosting the Raymo Cup, it is a good way to golf other courses around the state of Minnesota and even Iowa. This year Brandon is hosting and he lives in Montevideo, so we will be golfing courses around the Montevideo area this weekend. We golf Friday, Saturday and Sunday. My son Josh, has always organized the tournament; he matches us up with a playoff format. He makes it so we have different partners after every six holes, we play two-person best ball, then the last day we play individual play. It’s complicated at times, but it all works out. Josh is a math teacher, so he has it all figured out on how to keep score to make it fair.
We have lots of fun, but we are all very competitive and it can get serious at times. Josh has also created a nice web site to keep tabs on past Raymo Cups. I’ve attached the link for you to check it out. Ignore that 2003 picture of me and my golf socks
The best part of the Raymo Cup is just being together, the golf is just a small part of the weekend. Greg always gets us some nice golf shirts to wear, I have a golf shirt from most every Raymo Cup. Hanging out at the hosts house in the evening, grilling steaks and having some drinks, playing cards, or bean bags. We have created so many memories over the years, that they get rehashed and told over and over again each year around the campfire. Some so funny it brings tears to our eyes from laughing so hard. And no doubt there will be more memories made this weekend. You can count on Sundays blog to be about this year’s Raymo’s Cup with some good stories I’m sure and maybe a few pictures.
Check out the Raymo Cup website
I HAVE A GOLF PROBLEM
I’ve already blogged about golf a couple of weeks ago when I covered the state high school golf tournament in Becker, Minnesota. But this blog is about how much I enjoy golfing even though I am really not good at it. You hear people say all the time, oh I’m terrible at that, or I’m just not good at that, but in reality they are good at whatever they are telling you about. Well I’m telling you that I’m really not very good at golf. You would think if you’re not good at something you would not do it often or you would stop doing it all together as to not embarrass yourself. But I keep on golfing.
I golfed in the annual Madison Health Care Services golf fundraiser, and what I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around is, why is it I had so much fun golfing on that Wednesday, yet most of my golf swings the ball is not going where I want it to go?
Slice left, slice right, tee shot doesn’t go past the ladies’ tee box, I accidently tee off from the ladies’ tee box, hence get teased by a number of women on the golf course that maybe I should wear a skirt next time. I putt about 10 feet past the hole, and I could go on, but for the sake of embarrassing myself further I will stop. And yet……. I was having so much fun! Why is that? Does this bother anyone else?
Well I will attempt to answer my own question. There might be a few reasons why I was enjoying myself so much yet not doing well at the sport of golf that day.
I enjoy being with the people I’m golfing with, Kris my coworker, and Antonio who works in Madison, but lives in Morris. We were the Q92 team, we were teasing each other and giving each other tips on how to get better at golf. Kris is a good golfer, she’s a member of the golf course and on a league and loves to golf. We talked Antonio into golfing, it was one of the first times he had ever golfed. He was having fun to, especially driving the golf cart. He was hit by a golf ball from another golfer (not me) that day and was really lucky he wasn’t hurt badly. But we all laughed when we realized he was ok.
Another reason might be, its free! My employer pays for the golf fee and dinner. Dinner was catered by the Pantry, and very good as always, my favorite people! Also a chance to get out of the office on a beautiful day which is really nice and appreciated. Being with and seeing other friends and community members on the golf course as well. We ran into some old friends in the club house that we haven’t seen in a few years.
Supporting the Madison Health Care Services, bidding on auction items, and buying raffle tickets. Always important to support local businesses and events. That makes you feel good.
Ok, I did have a few good golf shots, so allow me to brag. On hole #7 my second shot from about 160 yards out landed on the green and a few feet from the hole. Drained a 20-foot putt on #8. So I guess the really good shots I had outweigh all the bad shots and that is what makes golf the fun game it is. Being with good friends, supporting your community, drinks and good food, beautiful weather, laughs, and the game of golf makes an enjoyable day!