A Sizzling Success

A couple weeks have passed since our 2014 Annual Women’s Golf Tournament, which is cleverly entitled “Puting On The Ritz”.

For four years running (and this is my fourth tournament), my partner and I came in last.

This year, that unfortunate and tested friend was Patty. It was her first tournament and, were she a lesser person, could have been her last. But Patty is made of sterner stuff and in fact we remain fast friends despite my contribution to her pitiful tournament standing.

The tournament was held in the midst of our weeks-long, hotter-than-a-hot-flash heat wave. If I remember correctly,...