Since no one has come up with a good plan for 2009 GGR Invitational. Would anyone be up to comeing to the Denver area again this fall? With any luck, we should be able to talk Bill into a short trip south from the Wyoming Club for a few days. End of August the weather should be great, and the courses should be in good shape. Will have to check the aeration schedule for the local courses, but it should be okay. Anyone up for Denver this fall? I heard from Laney, and it sounds like she's in. Anyone else?

I might be up for it depending on the scheduling. Only issue for me is dealing with childcare on flights that far west. I usually lose a day just on travel so it's a shorter trip for me. But I'm open to definitely consider it.

Way to go Scott. Laney is thinking of comeing up to Denver area in August, and now Scott is thinking it might work for him. Anyone else up for a few days of golf, good food, and bad company?

I'm not promising yet, but I think I should be able to make it in August. The idea elsewhere about being near an airport hub next year is spot on.

If we do make it an event in Denver, I'd like to go play Buffalo Run which is not far from the Denver Airport. Heard good things about it from a friend that played it.

I'm out...we are going to Florida in begining of November for a charity fundraiser golf thing for my husband's fraternity. Cashing in Amex points to cover hotel/air so we only have to pay for golf/food.

Understood Aimee. Laney and I are tossing around the idea of heading to Denver sometime in the next couple of months.

For another course idea out there, Golf Digest says the best munny in Denver is : COLORADO: City Park G. Cse., Denver,. So let's put that one on the short list with Buffalo Run.

Also, Riverdale Dunes Knolls Public course was ranked No. 18 on the list of 50 best courses under $50 so maybe we should consider that one too, along with Murphy Creek Golf Course. Both were recommended by Golf Digest as good golf for good values.

Laney, Don, Bill and others, my schedule for a GGR event in August has probably changed with some potential surgery for my brother that's likely going to happen sometime between now and early August. It's a good thing in that he's getting an organ transplant. Anyway, with his recovery time assuming things go well, I probably won't be able to leave town until mid Sept or early October. Sorry about that. Hopefully I'll be able to make something though.

Thoughts and Prayers for your brother...
Keep the faith...

Best wishes for you brother, keep us abreast of his progress..I'm out..all available funds going for new computer, CAD software upgrade and new color plotter; have to get new everything, probally the final upgrade for this stuff in this lifetime.

Scott; Best of everything for your brother.

I read that Riverdale Dunes was in the top 10 courses in Colorado, so Wade and I played it when he was here. He didn't care for it, and I HATED IT. It might be okay course, IF you play it enough to learn your wat around, but for a one time deal. it stinks. There were lots of time where I had to ask the other 2 guys we were playing with WHERE THE FAIRWAY WAS AHEAD OF ME. It was that hard to tell where you were. Also had lots of 2 feet tall grass areas around the greens to lose your ball in. This was especially hard to deal with when I had to hit my approach shot over a 20 feet high hill between me and the green. With tall grass on 3 sides of the green, I had no idea where the look for my ball if it wasn't on the green.

I played Murphy Creek 2 years ago. and it' a nice course, around $40 plus cart. And you NEED a cart for this course. I walked it, but it was not much fun by the time I got half way though the back nine. Too many long walks from green to next tee box to allow for walking it.

I can't come...pretty obvious. Hopefully in a few years, when I'm off on my own, not still a kid, this site will still be going and I'll be able to come to this.

If we are going to have the 2009 GGR Invitational in Denver area this year. YOU GUYS NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME DATES. I'm open to just about anytime you decide on. Weather should not be a problem as it stays nice here well into late October or later. It would be great if we can get everyone here at the same time, with Bill coming down from Deadwood. But that may not be possible, so you guys and gals will have to figure out some dates that work for you. Pick some dates NOW, so you can get decent prices on plane tickets. I hope to see you soon. Just tell me when, and I'll be here.

I think Laney's busy with work again but she and I were talking up the idea of coming out to Denver again for a GGR event. My situation is that the doctors have told my brother that sometime soon he will likely be having his transplant surgery. So with that pending, I'm not booking any travel right now. but I would expect if they are right, then I'd think by mid-Sept he'd be back home and recovering at his place. But everythings a guess right now.

Mid September should be fine weather wise. Do the rest of you want to figure on mid Septemeber and go from there? Course Aeration should be over by then, so that shouldn't be an issue.

That sounds like fun. I would be interested depending on the date. It sounds like you all have done this before. Did you have a big turnout in the past? I have relatives in Denver, Rifle, Durango and Greeley so that would be cool. If you have room for another I would be interested.
Tony

Sure we have room Tony. We did it, last year or the year before and the year before. The last one, I and Laney joined Don and his wife and some local friends for rounds. And at that time, Jake was active on the site and we all caught up for a round with him. So we usually had 4-8 people. Denver is the place again I think.

So do you have any dates that are better or worse than others?

Right now I am open in September. We were talking about it last night and Carol is not sure she would be able to golf by then (She had an operation in April) but she said she would be up for the trip. It would be nice to meet people and I always love to play golf at a new course. August is not good for me we have a trip to Vegas planed for my birth day mid August.

ewwwww, Vegas Baby.... Now that's my place. Thinking about heading out there again in Oct maybe. Go several times a year.

Sept is probably ok for me depending on the extact when. It helps me if we do something like Sat/sun/Mon/Tues or Sun/Mon/Tues/Wed type thing just because of kid's schedules.

Last year Laney got out there a day or some before I did so it doesn't really matter.

We'd be happy to have you join in this year Tony.

Laney: are you going to make it this year? It was 2 years ago you and Scott were here, and Lynn and I are looking forward to seeing you, Scott and a few more GGR members.

Bill. Are you going to honor us with a visit as well? Would love to see you again as well.

Anyone else interested in coming out to play a few rounds of golf, and eat some good food and drink a few?

Thanks Don just let me know when and it is going to be. I will make plans to be there. It sounds like a fun time and it would be nice to get to know people from the site.

Tony, mostly waiting to hear from Scott about when he might be able to make it.
Scott. Any more work on when you would be able to come to the GGR in Denver?

Nope, not really. Brother just got admitted to the ER for complications so we'll see what this does to any time tables. He should be fine may just delay things but since there was no time table before other than "soon", I'm not sure it matters. So no idea at this point. So I would say work with Laney, Bill and Tony's schedules and target September, maybe more mid-late and it'll probably work out for me.

OK Scott, thanks for the update.

What do the rest of you think of target dates of Sept 20th to 26th? That's the last full week in September. Will that work for you? Don't have to come out for the entire period, but we can work with each of you for the dates you do want to come out and play. I'll comtact Jake and a few others and see what I can do on this end. Weather should be in the mid 70's, cooler in the mornings for sure. Let's see if we can get some feedback on these dates, and make some plans.

So my brother is out and is home. The dates above could work for me assuming he doesn't have any other complications. I would probably fly out early Sunday and return Tuesday nite or Wednesday morning.