Lumpy & Bumpy

Saturday brought out 18 players despite cool temperatures.  Mad Dog with his calculator on his phone was able to divide the Pot Gamers into 6 teams of 3 playing 2BB with all balls counting on par fives.  Team # 1 Triple N, Cheez and Jerry Mag got off to a horrendous start with +10 lead by their B man Cheez shooting 48.  Team #2 Bear, 99 and Fireman shot a unimpressive +9 which proved to be second best score on the front.  Team #3 Mad Dog, Birdie and Chimney all shot in the low 40s on the front which resulted in +11, good for nothing.  Team #4 TJ, Billy D and Skooger joined the chorus of high scores and shot +9  which tied for second and got them no money.  Team #5 Molasses Boy, Joey M and Dicky Mac quietly cruised an impressive +5 winning the front by a wide margin on the strength of two Joey M birdies.  Team #6 Dougie, Jedi and Rama stumbled out of the gate after waiting over half hour to tee off with the big field and followed the trend with a +10 on the front.

The back nine was a whole different story.  Team #1 with Triple N firing a two under 33 and three birdies coupled with his partners adding three more birdies shot a unbeatable (they thought) -4 for a total of +7.  All the other teams #2 through #5 were coming to the deck with tales of woe after shooting +2 to +7.  Team #1 was so confident their Captain went to the range to test new hybrids he would buy with his winnings.  The other two Jerry and Cheez were smiling while they replayed every shot as to how they got to -4.  However the smiles soon gave way to shocked jaw dropping faces as Team #6 announced they birdied their way to -5 after being +2 after the 11th hole.  Dougie and Jedi both had three birdies and Rama had another with his back nine even par 35.  Their total of +5 beat Team #1 by 2. So Team #6 served the $20 beers to all the deck dwellers with smiles on their faces.

Low scores of the day Triple N 72, Jedi 76, TJ 77, Mad Dog 78, Dickie Mac 79 and Joey M 79.  There were 6 skins worth $15 (Dougie 2, Chimney 1, Joey M 1, 99 1and Dickie Mac 1).  Mad Dog continued to take advantage of Bear's late summer swoon and clipped him for $7 making YTD Bear up $4.

Sunday's weather called for showers early but aside from some impressive clouds there was no rain at tee off time.  Mad Dog decided to sit out because there were exactly 12 players signed up.  So he created 3 teams of four which meant 3BB was the game.  After avoiding the plugged sandy lumpy greens of South for weeks the Pot Gamers finally ventured out to give it a shot.

Team #1 TJ, Tractorman, Dr Dave and Dickie Mac struggled on the front to shot the highest score of +6.  They knew they were in trouble when their usually reliable B player Tractorman came within a few inches of killing Billy D with a super shank that rocketed from the 7th tee across the 6th fairway missing Billy D's head and into the river.  Team #2 Bear, Billy D, Cheez and Rama lead by a shaky Captain, somehow they found their games and shot a nice little +2.  Team #3 Skrocki, Molasses Boy, Fireman and Chimney lead by the two birdies from Fireman and a timely 9th hole birdie by Skrocki tied the front with +2.

Team #1 after getting a glance at the new snack shack girls on the 10th tee got a shot of testosterone which propelled them to go eagle, birdie, birdie (-4) on the first hole (10th) on the back.  Even with a cold front closing in with its 30 mph winds, they couldn't be stopped as Tractorman led them to a back nine -5 on the strength of his exceptional 32.  They actually got it all the way to -7 but lost two over the last two holes.  Needless to say they won back and over all as the other two teams were shooting +11 and +5.

Low scores of the day were Tractorman 73, Molasses Boy 75, Bear 75, TJ 76, Skrocki 78, Dickie Mac 79 and Cheez 79.  There were 11 skins worth $5 a piece (Tractorman 4, Dickie Mac 2, Fireman 2, Skrocki 1, Bear 1 and Billy D 1).

Notes
The greens 1-8 were as bad as advertised full of holes, sand and broken down cups.  Putting was a challenge but chipping was even more so with the holes shooting them in all directions.

Cheez breaking away from the dreaded "laterals" and finding his game, did hit one classic on the 15th which went so far right into the swamp even the beavers won't find it.

Bear on a terrible birdie drought finally made one after 40 holes without.  He threw in a few others just for good measure.

Rama is hitting it as well as anyone in the Pot Game.  His drives are long and right down the middle.  When his short putting comes around we will have ourselves a new B player.

Dr Dave again found his way on a winning team.  What he shoots makes no matter good or bad he is cashing in.

Dickie Mac quietly breaking 80 every time out and collecting a little cash himself.

TJ earned his first X for purposely hitting his drive on 14 N directly at Birdie's cart with Birdie in it.  He said he saw him dressed in a "red" sweatshirt and thought that liberals were banned from wearing that color. His defense was he did it on behalf all conservatives.

99 suffers from the same "Chinese Disease" as the Cheez, so when Joey M yelled down to him on the 10th fairway "Hey, Jay shanked any lately" it was a very low blow, especially since he just about to pull the trigger on his iron shot.  No he didn't shank his shot; he duck hooked it right into the pond to prove Joey M wrong.

Billy D's New Neighbor Poolside Photo By Visor Cam