The Ides of April

April 15th, a day of reckoning; a day of postmarks; a day of writing big checks and thinking that one part of the Republican platform suddenly seems to make a lot of sense - you know, the one where everyone gets to keep all of their money because corporations will do the right thing and take care of everything for us if we just leave them alone; a day of deductions and receipts; or, as Wesley Snipes calls it "the day before April 16th"

and....the day of the latest GHIN handicap revision.  For the first time in recent AI history we have a new name at the top of the list.  Yes, Paze's program of spending 6 weeks in Florida taking lessons and revamping his swing after 50+ years has paid great dividends already:  an increase of 4 strokes to his Index, proving once again that practice doesn't necessarily make perfect.

Meanwhile, Gordon continues to play on a pitch and putt course so he can break 90; Heimsch is sporting a new eye ball and awaiting another one; Burke and Marinari try to fit in as much early evening golf as they can before the onslaught of the inevitable heat; while excessive viewing of the Premier League has Reef wearing a beanie and a scarf and speaking in a Liverpool accent to the consternation of his students

Here are the numbers as of today's revision:

                                 INDEX         BAY HILL (yellow tees)
BURKE:                      8.9                11
PAZE:                        10.1               12
HEIMSCH:                11.7                14
GORDON:                 15.2                18
MARINARI:              34.5                39  (white tees)