Pea Soup

Wednesday remains the most popular mid week day to play in the Pot Game.  But this Wednesday was unseasonably warm and muggy with incredible pea soup fog enveloping the entire course at tee off.   Normally with early morning fog you can see 50 0r 60 yards off the first tee, not today 10 yards maybe.  It lasted for 4 holes before it gave way to hot broiling sun and temperatures soaring into the 90s. 

Fourteen players teed off on the South course to avoid the newly punched North course greens.  But the greens they putted on were in the worst condition of the summer, long shaggy soaking wet grass still healing from the punching of several weeks ago.

Team #1 Triple N, Molasses Boy and Otis teed off first and shot a nice little -1 2BB on the front but it wasn't good enough.  Team #2 Bear, Skrocki and Billy D got off to a rough start with three bogeys on the first hole but brought it back to even par but well back from the winners.  Team # 3 Mad Dog, Sandy, Fireman and Johnny Hilow (great to have him back with us) roared out of the box on the strength of Sandy's 4 birdies in the first five holes (33) to shoot -4 to win.  Team #4 Bayou Bomber, Walt, Cheez and Skooger shot even par despite Cheez shooting 1 under on his own ball.

Usually when a team jumps out to a big lead on the front they can't sustain it on the back and today was no exception.  Team #2 and Team #4 both staged comebacks to shoot -2 to split the back nine.  Team #3 shot even par which was good enough for total at -4.  Team #1 a dream team on paper could only manage to shoot even par.

Low scores of the day Sandy 70, Otis 72, Cheez 72 (no joke), Bear 74, Walt 75,  Billy D 76, Mad Dog 76, Triple N 76, Bayou Bomber 77, Skrocki 79 and Molasses Boy 79.  Only three players shot in the 80s.

Mad Dog on the strength of his $4 eagle on 10 nipped Bear for $1 making the YTD Bear up $3.

Cheez trying to shoot his age (70) was on pace with two holes to go until he finished bogey, bogey to shoot a great 72 but oh so close to a life goal.

Sandy made 5 birdies most of them on the front nine when he couldn't see the pins on the greens because of the fog.

Triple N again fails to cash.  He is starting to get a complex about it.  Speaking of which why does he carry his bag on occasion like a sack of potatoes over his shoulder?  What's up with that.

Despite the complaining on the course and on the deck about the terrible condition of the greens and broken down cups, there were a record number of players in the 70s.

Billy D's New Neighbor With Flag In Honor of  9-11-01