| This initial effort was snapped in March of
2008 and depicts The Raptor's house after a fresh morning
snow fall. It includes the Raptor's daughter, Andrea
preparing to get in the car. The car in the picture,
a 1998 Toyota has since succumbed to engine failure.
So sad |
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Here is a September, 2008 picture that shows
the beehive activity that occurred in the Whispering Woods
driving range. The Chivers Construction Company
brought a whole slew of graders, shovels and huge trucks
to shape what is sure to be an awesome finished product. |
| September, 2008 saw a visit to the Lake View
Country Club to play in the Fall Stag with larry Neizmik,
Rick Blakely and Tom Burick. The Raptor shot a
decent 81 and the team finished in a respectable top three
finish. The weather was nice and the course was in
superb condition as evidenced by this view of the 15th
green. A Raptor Fav. |
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This is a view of the homesites that are
visible from the 9th Tee at Whispering Woods. The
prominent white sided home is Dave Zimmer's - President of
The Erie Bank while Dave Lauer's house is peeking from the
trees in the left portion of the shot. |
| This is perhaps the penultimate story of the
summer. This shot is from a hill side next to Tom
Eberlein's home near the third green at Whispering
Woods. The homeowner had decided during the course
of the summer that the legal dispute that erupted when the
golf course construction encroached on his property could
only be mitigated by placing a swing set on the cart path
and sectioning off his property with out of bounds
stakes. It was very obtuse. The gent in the
picture is celebrating the shot or alternatively has just
chipped in - hard to say but it is either Ray or Bill |
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Here is a shot of Dr. V's house from the 8th
fairway. Splendid |
| Here is a concept shot of the 1st Hole at
Whispering Woods from about 100 yards out. The
picture was taken early in the morning - hense the long
shadow...of The Raptor. Very Intense |
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The colorful rendition of the 6th hole is a
Raptor Fav, Especialyy the darkening clouds in the
background |
| Here is a picture of the blandest hole on
the course - the 14th - a par three of 185 yards.
The hole is a Raptor Fav due to the huge putting surface
which seems unmissable but always proves to be a stern
test. Of particular note is the fact that the hole
was aced at least three times this year.
First, Mark Noce made a one during the Member-Member
Tourney. later in the summer, Jeremy Light holed it
from the Black Tees while Assistant Pro Pat Wiley stood
by. Finally - late in the year on perhaps the last
day of golf for 2008, Levi Marsh made and ace.
Congratulations to all and welcome to the club!
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This shot was taken on Sunday October 19th
and was connected to an interesting story. There had
been a frost delay on that day and our groups were not
able to tee off until perhaps almost 11:00 AM
Included in the group were Brian Fuller and Frank
Fatica. We teed off in a semi-shotgun start from the
5th hole and Frank stayed in the game until the 12th
hole Brian kept playing till the 18th. I
wasn't playing great but decided to play the final 4
haloes to complete the round.
I was joined on the first tee by Doctor V and I plodded
along scoring a bogey - par - bogey. Sensing that
the season was winding down, the Raptor had a motivating
tee shot to the driving area and then placed a perfect
sand wedge to the flag to within 5 feet. After
making the birdie, I walked to the cart and retrieved my
camera to record the shot of the Waterfall behind the
green bathed in afternoon sunlight |
