Squeeze Play

This past weekend began the march to see who will be the 2013 Club Champion.  Mad Dog squeezed off the tee times for the Pot Game down to single time.  Obviously he was trying to force Pot Gamers to sign up to play in the Club Championship but forgetting how many Pot Gamers work at the course or are pros or are "old as the hills" and can't play from the Golds.

So when 16 players showed up on Saturday they had to invent their own method of getting a round in by starting on the 3rd hole North and pray that they could somehow squeeze in holes 1 and 2 when they completed the 18th.

Triple N captained 40, Tractorman and Loy first off the tee looked they were winners until they played holes 1 and 2 at the end to lose by 1 on the front.  Team #2 lead by Captain Pudge with Skrocki, Birdie and House got off to sluggish start and never recovered.  Team #3 Captained by Brad-Brian had Mixologist Danny Roy, Cheez and Dr Dave nipped Team #1 on the last two holes and took the front with +6 3BB.  Team #4 with Bear, Sandy, Billy D and Fireman never could get out of their own way and shot a miserable +16 on the front, however they roared back to take the back nine with a solid +3.  Team # 3 won the overall with a great score of +11, when everyone else was +19 or +20.

There were 11 skins worth $7 a piece( Bear 2, Mixologist 2, Triple N 1, Brad-Brian 1, House 1, Sandy 1, Tractorman 1, 40 1 and Skrocki 1).  Low scores of the day were Mixologist 74, Triple N 75, Bear 76 and Brad-Brian 78.  Everyone else was in the 80s or 90s.  Bear continued his match with Pudge and was able to win $4 so YTD Pudge up $4.

Dr Dave continued his streak of taking home Pot money as did the Cheez despite his struggling play which included one Chinese shot on 14.

Brett and TJ were the only Pot Gamers playing in the CC.  TJ prevailed 4&3.  Brett didn't so he can play on Sunday.

Sunday was cool to start but turned into another beautiful late summer day, sunny and in the 70s.  Fifteen players showed so they decided to play 2 BB with three man teams.  Skrocki lead Team #1 with Tractorman and Blue Tees.  They set a new speed record with a time of 3hr 22 minutes.  They never saw Team #2.  Team #2 had Andy Mac, Dougie and House.  Team #3 was Bear, Jay S and Brett.  Team # 4 Mad Dog, Billy D and Cheez.  Bringing up the rear of the pack was team #5 Brad-Brian, Birdie and Fireman.

Team # 3 despite a slow start was able to shoot +2 on the strength of Brett's eagle on 5 and his birdie on 7 and a whole bunch of pars.  The other teams were shooting between +5 and +10.  On the back nine three teams tied with +1 (Teams #1, #2 and #3).  So Team #3 took 2.3 sides and had to take the drink orders.

There were 7 Skins worth $10 a piece (Brett 2, Tractorman 1, Mad Dog 1, Bear 1, House 1 and Blue Tees 1).  Low scores of the day Bear 72, Skrocki 76, Mad Dog 77 and Andy Mac 78.  Everyone else kept it in the 80s.

Mad Dog coughed up $5 to Bear in their automatic match making the YTD Bear up $3.

Cheez with his game on suicide watch had only one fear before tee off,  that he would be matched up with Mad Dog who would have him under his microscope all day long.  When the teams were announced you knew what was going to happen and it did.  Mad Dog after the front nine described his team mates as "Train Wreck" and "Derailment".  Billy D did put his game back on the tracks on the back nine but poor Cheez was done before he started and struggled all day long.

But Cheez wasn't the only one who hit a hosel rocket.  Brett after driving around the corner on 12 promptly deposited his ball in the river to the right with a power shank.  Jay S seeing that could barely pull his club back to hit his shot for fear of copying his playing partner.  Sixty yards from the green they made bogey double bogey.  The fear of the shank is as powerful as the shank.

TJ won his second match and will not be playing the Pot Game next Saturday.  Good Luck TJ.