The end of the golf season is pretty much here in

Fort McMurray.

The Fort McMurray Golf Club is closed and Miskanaw is

no longer taking tee times and shutdown is imminent.

My first season of golf in northern Alberta has been one of

great fun. My handicap has blossomed upward as my

focus shifted entirely to recreation. For the first time in

decades my rounds played were reduced to 40 - something

from usually topping out somewhere in excess of 100.

I played for the joy of "being out there", the company,

the good shots and the bad, always with the view to having

a laugh or two. My goal next year will be to make the full

transition from Atlantic Golf Radio to Alberta, or Western

Golf Radio.

I doubt my approach to my own game will change much at

all. Enjoy the good shots and endure the bad ones.