Team #1 Bear, Dougie, Cheez and Bill M teed off first. Bear brought along a roll of duct tape and bailing wire to try to hold the Cheez's game together in the event it started to go sideways. Team #2 Skrocki, Walt, Skooger and Fireman looked confident on the first tee after they got a good look at their competition. Team #3 Mad Dog, Billy D, Birdie and Blue Tees were the favorites on paper to win all three sides, but we all know what happens to "paper" favorites.
Team #1 and Team #3 shot average scores of +7 which in the 3BB format with no superstars is normal. However Team #2 shot an almost impossible -1 on the front led by Walt's one under 35 and Skrocki's even par 36. The ever optimistic Cheez when hearing of Team's #2 score said to his team "Well total is gone, but maybe we can win the back".
Team #1 pumped up by the the inspirational words of the Cheez, started out making two birdies on holes 10-12 which launched them to -6 to start out on the back nine. They rode that hot start which included one more hole (15) with two birdies to a +1 score. This despite the Cheez's lug nuts loosening and eventually his wheels falling completely off on 15, when he hit a classic hosel rocket into the swamp which was followed up by a super chunk which drowned a second ball. The visor on his cap dipped down and he slowly walked down the path away from his team toward the next tee to have a Zen like moment to clear his head (didn't help though).
Team # 2 went into a funk on the back when they failed to get a single birdie on 10 and it followed it with a string of poor play which included having to use a 8 on the 12th hole. They limped in with a whooping +19 on the back.
Team # 3 was cruising along until 13 when they all made double bogey 7s which shot them up to +7 from which they never recovered ending up with +11. But the real story of the day was record number of trees that Mad Dog shots hit on his way to shooting one of his high scores of the year (84). The damage to the trees was so extensive that Bretwood maintenance had to hire an arborist to assess the extent of the damage.
So when the smoke cleared Team #2 took one side and Team #1 took two sides. Low scores of the day were Bear 70, Walt 73, Dougie 77 and Billy D 78.
Billy D was called out by Blue Tees in the Pro Shop before teams were picked calling him "Derailment". So when Billy D had had enough he challenged Blue Tees to a dollar a hole match. Then they were on the same team but it didn't stop the match or Billy D from clipping him for $7.
Mad Dog tried to pay off the Bear with a twenty so he didn't have to read off his score card in front of his fellow Pot Gamers, but they wouldn't let him get away with it. He saved himself some money when they matched cards as it only cost him $13, which makes the YTD Bear up $16.
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