The Outing...

I hope it was fun for y'all...

I had great expectations for attending...
I was in San Francisco for the Men's Amateur 4-Ball competition, then in Bandon Oregon, working at Pacific Dunes on the Women's Amateur 4-ball. I had the following week off...
(That would be last week.)

Sadly I got a call while in Bandon- The crew that was doing the 3-d course scanning in Sacramento (for the Senior US Open) was moving on to Lancaster PA to do the scanning for the Women's US Open and needed some assistance.
Guess what they wanted me to do...

As the old movie trope goes-
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."

So...
When I should have been teeing off at Augusta...


I was running a Trimble TX8 scanner... A 60lb laser scanner made for creating high-resolution 3D topographical scans. (Note the sunburned noggin.)

It takes between 12 and 21 scans to cover each hole...
...And about 3-5 minutes to setup the scanner to run, 3 minutes to scan, and 2-3 minutes to hump the laser to the next location for scanning.

My man Clayton- having a little fun at my expense-
"Dude- don't even joke around - You drop that $80,000 laser in the creek and we're all going to have to move to Bugtussle Idaho to avoid the posse that will be looking for us..."

Fun fun fun...

So, Monday to Friday- I was enjoying Lancaster CC- where my pedometer told me I walked about 12-16 miles a day, lost my hat and got a really nice sunburn, while all you wonderful folks were playing that marvelous course in Georgia.

On the whole I really wish I was in Augusta...



I was really looking forward to the outing and seeing some of our group again, but, alas, perhaps next year...

Now, to the meat of this post-
Did anyone get pictures or the outing they'd like to share?

Send them to me...