This will be the first of two blogs telling summer tales from my annual Guys Golf Getaway to the Jackson, MI area and our family's trip to the wedding of cousin Luke and his bride Rachel in Wisconsin.
Usually reserved for the first weekend of August the GGG has become an annual tradition of now 12 years for buddies, Mikey D., Petey, and Jimmy Jazz. We decided to stay downstate this year and do an abbreviated trip and take in a couple of fine golf courses over in the Jackson area which we had heard good things about and were a good deal. The courses were the Grande and Calderone Farms. We had good weather both days cept for a brief shower on the first day at the Grande which was typically hot and humid for this summer. Grande is a very nice course with a laid back vibe located just south of Jackson. After a good day of golf where Petey and I won the $ on the par 3 Greenie contest and Mikey D. and Petey won the Vegas game we played. We decided on Italian for the night and ate at Giglio's where the food was good but the service not so much. We made an early night of it and just hung out back in our rooms at the Hampton for the rest of the evening, myself nursing my overeating of the clam linguine I had for dinner and the cannoli we had for dessert.
Friday morning we had an earlier tee time and a farther drive over to Calderone Farms on the east side of Jackson just off the 94 corridor. The day was cooler but pleasantly warm and Peter shot a great round just missing breaking 80. Mike was feeling the pain of tendonitis and tried bravely to finish his round but ended up being our cart caddy for most of the last nine holes. Jazzman did well for not playing much this summer and finished both days unhappy that a Greenie ( greenie is the player closest to the hole and on the green for par 3's) was not be for him or anyone else on the second day as we were all shutout. Calderone is a pretty Links style course for a great price where a laid back vibe also makes for a pleasant round. After, we headed back after a tour of Jackson looking for a bank we hit he rooms for a rest as we planned to head out to Chelsea for dinner at the acclaimed Chelsea Grill. The Chelsea Grill did not disappoint as the food there and service were top notch, even without reservations we got in with less than a half hour wait.
The evening wound up with us playing poker back in Mike and Pete's room, situating the card table between the two beds. Jazz and I were the winners at cards. We took a smoke break for cigars and ciggies and danced having a little PLP in the hotel lot. I should mention that Jimmy and I celebrate our 40 year anniversary of being roommates at Western this fall and we still be hangin out as good friends.
Our trip concluded with a quick stop the next morning to the new Firekeepers Casino near Battle Creek and I left there with a bit more money than I walked in with, bonus. We were all home early on Saturday with another GGG trip filed into the memory banks and photo albums representing our annual 3 G.
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