Laurie and I went to San Francisco for the annual Conference for Global Transformation. Laurie is the Chairperson of the conference while I am accountable for the Journal and all the presentations at the conference. What this means is that Laurie is my boss.
Each year, the day before the conference I play golf with Blair, a good friend of mine. We play either Spyglass or Spanish Bay (when we can’t get on “Spy”). Both are part of the Pebble Beach set of courses in Monterey, California, but Spyglass is better known because it is used on the PGA Tour. This year, we played “Spy” along with two pilots from American Airlines, Ron and Blake. We had a great time.
Number 12 at Spyglass
This is the third time I have played Spy with Blair. The previous two times, the course embarrassed us. But this time was different. No, we didn’t bring the course to its knees, or anything like that. We did, however, make fewer errors between tee and green than in previous years. Our best hole was number 12, a downhill, 140 yard par 3 (see picture). Blair was the first to hit, and made a great shot about 6 feet from the pin. I hit next and ended up inside of him (see picture). Unfortunately, Blair missed his putt, while mine went in for a birdie! It was one of the few putts I made all day.
Before I left for the conference, I put the following goal in my schedule “I have had my best game ever at Spyglass and a GREAT time with Blair”. While at lunch, I told Blair what I had written in my schedule. We both agreed we had had a great time and that Ron and Blake had made it even more fun. We also agreed that it was my best game ever at Spyglass – I got what I scheduled!
Close shots
But I didn’t get what I wanted. I wanted to play my best game from tee to green and I wanted to make lots of putts and I wanted to have a great time. In short, I wanted to play to my handicap and shoot in the upper 70’s (par is 72 and I shot 84). And I would have had a few more putts dropped. So, I got what I scheduled, not what I wanted. Perhaps if I had been more specific in what I wanted and scheduled “I had my best game ever at Spyglass and shot in the upper 70’s while having a great time with Blair,” I might have putted better.
