Mark and I are golfing buddies and we try to get out to one of the courses in the greater Orange Park, FL., area at least once a month. Mark is a good friend in that he sometimes plays “down” to my level to make me feel good. A couple of months ago we were tied (I might have been ahead by a stroke, I don’t remember) but he birdied No. 18 at the Country Club of Orange Park while I bogeyed it and he beat me by a stroke.

Recently, we were again at CCOP, only this time with a much different result. Neither one of us did much on the front nine, but he started off hot on the back nine and never let up. When we got to the 18th hole, I noticed that he had parred every hole on the back nine. Being a good friend, I made sure he was aware of it so that he wouldn’t mess up. You know how good friends are. We want our friends to succeed. So I said, “Mark, you have parred every hole on the back nine, so don’t blow it now, OK?”

I don’t have to tell you what he did, do I? (OK, for the record, he muffed the fairway shot and wound up with a bogey for a 37 on the back nine and a 79 for the day. Me? I bogeyed 18 also for a 90. Not bad for me.)

CCOP is in great shape and their weekday fee is only $27, even for non-members. A great deal in my book. Here is a brief video of Mark and I teeing off on No. 13. If you have golf videos or stories to tell, let me know about them.