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Mike Barbone


Nickname: "Lefty"
Hometown:  Sacramento, CA
Age:  58 Years Old
Birthdate:  4/4/51
Professon:  Landscape Manager (who deep down wants to be an Options Trader)
Family Life:  Married, two Children


What’s on TV ... Fox News, CNBC, ESPN, & the History Channel.

What’s in my Ipod ... Stones, Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Seger, Pink Flyod, John Cougar, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Who, Cars, Aerosmith, Dire Straights, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Cocker, & Roy Orbison.

Favorite Movies ... (Still working on this one!)


What’s for Dinner ... Filet Mignon, Shrimp, & Pasta.

My RRR (Road Rage Rating) from a scale of 1-10 is a ... It varies depending on the situation ... 1-5 people who drive to slow in the left lane or 6-10 when waiting at red lights.

My bucket list still includes ... making a bucket list.


Home Course:  Wildhawk Golf Club - Sacramento, CA

I started golfing at age 30.

Rounds played each year: 25-30

Lowest Round & where: 78 Tahoe Paradise Golf Course, Lake Tahoe, CA

 

Handicap: 20

My Top 10 favorite courses are: 

  1. TPC Sawgrass
  2. Coghill Dubsdread
  3. Pelican Hill
  4. World Woods
  5. The General at Eagle Ridge
  6. Edgewood Tahoe
  7. Bay Hill
  8. Weaver Ridge
  9. Ocean Hammock Ocean Course
  10. Reunion Course Legacy

In the bag ...
Driver: Cleveland Hibore

Woods: Ping

Hybrid: Cleveland Halo 3i

Irons: Ping, Cleveland lop wedge

Putter: Odyssey white hot

 

My shinning best moment on a golf course was ... when I chipped in the cup from a bunker on a par-four for an eagle.

 

With money on the Line, I can be counted on in the clutch to ... PUTT!

 

I could shave five strokes off my score tomorrow if ... I could.

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