It’s a gorgeous Sunday morning, and Slamma and TGA Tour vets, LT, Dagenator, Grand-Par (hitting the links hard after a short hiatus, by golfing both days!), Alice (back from Jamaica, looking tanned and relaxed) and Roofer making a rare appearance are joined by up and coming TGA Tour star Crack along with Robin (yet-to-be-named) and Crack's neighbour Doug (aptly filling in for Gazebo and probably shooting the same score ~ 125!)
The tour takes us to the province of Ontario for the first time, and the Hawkesbury course La Cite. It's not a long course, with the emphasis being on shot placement. The course was disappointing in the fact that there were about 5-6 temp greens, the course should have let us know at booking time, but we were out golfing on a beautiful day, so that made up for some of the disappointment.
This being our first double tee time of the year, teams are selected by captains Alice and LT, the teams are:
LT, Grand-Par, Dag and Robin
Alice, Crack, Roofer and neighbor Doug
As per usual, the birdie contest is on with Alice, LT, Dag and Crack (I think)....
I can't comment on the first group (I'm sure LT will provide commentary) but highlights from the 2nd group were:
- Alice plays his usual steady and safe game (I tried to coax and cajole him into trying the 220 yard 2nd shot over water to the green but he played it safe of course!) , except the back 9 which is a bit of a crap shoot with triples or birdies being the order of the day (talk about consistency!)
- Roofer really likes playing from the woods today and spends most of his day within the trees, even on the last hole where the only trees are 30 yards from the tee box on the left, Roofer decides that's where he wants to play from instead of somewhere on the fairway.
- Crack had a pretty steady round going and could have broken 90 for the first time in his life, which the golf gods must have realized, and thusly resulted in double bogeys on holes 16 and 17 (to take that dream away...aargh...) allowing him to post his usual score in the 90's
- neighbor Doug, what to say? Tough day but his bogeys on the last 2 holes will keep him coming back to the altar we call golf.
- There is talk about changing Crack's handle to Rim...(get in the hole ball, don't you want to go home ball! Suck my white ass ball!)
- Alice wins the birdie competition with 2 on the back 9 (I owe you $4!)
- Team 1 wins the team competition handily
until next time, Crack signing off.....
Short update from Team 1 highlights!
LT - There were no highlights... lowlight was 17.. Great tee shot.. great 5 wood.. but sneaks into a bunker.. shanks a lob wedge out of bounds.. or was it 18 when his driver gave up and he put two in the water.. no.. not the big bit of water... the stream 30 yards ahead of the tee box.
Grand Par - perhaps the shot of the TGA Tour season so far, 7 iron into the green on the 10th, bounces a foot before the hole, hits the flag and stops 3 inches from the cup (no.. he didn't miss the birdie putt)
Dagenator - Misses a birdie putt early in the round on the par 3..and another 2 foot putt missed on the back 9. Ah.. sorry.. forgot to mention.. he was putting on a fairway resembling a farmers field, and LT rolling out a line with his golf cart didn't help the line.
Robin.... Ah ... Robin Robin Robin... sigh... He had fun.. and good value for money.. Did lose his shades at one point, and after a tip from LT, stopped slicing his drives into the trees on the right... now he's pushing the ball directly there without the slice!. TGA Tour name STILL to be assigned to Robin... the list of choices is just too much !. (suggestions please !)
A great day... with the players suggesting that anyone but Crack chooses next weeks venue..
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