2010 Club Championship…..(revisited)

[Bump-n-MI]

Our club championship is a 36 hole stroke play format (18 Saturday / 18 Sunday).

Day 1:
Saturday started out extremely wet and it continued for the majority of the day, actually it made for great scoring conditions. Greens were shaved to the bare minimum and double rolled but were extremely receptive because of the wet weather. Started out hitting 3 straight fairways and 3 straight greens but failed to capitalize on any of the birdie puts. #4, man how I hate that flippin hole! It's a shory at only 315 yards but takes über accuracy and you must favor the left side of the fairway (OB right and a huge oak with overhanging limbs on the right as well). I almost missed my hybrid (hit it high on the toe) and pushed it OB. Re-tee, perfect drive and hit my approach to 2 feet. It was a very good bogie under the circumstances. Proceeded with 3 straight pars and a birdie on #8. Then comes the par 5 9th (only 500 yards). My scoring average on this hole is 4.85 so this is one was counting on to get me into red figures. Hit my drive OB, chunked my 5th and was fortunate to get an 8. Thought my chances were over but played solid on the back with 9 straight pars and ended up shooting 75. Unbelievably I was tied for 4th and only 4 strokes behind the two leaders.

Day 2:
Beautiful morning. Much cooler and less humid. Greens were still fast and receptive. Rough was lush, thick and penalizing. Was in the final group and only 4 behind the leaders. Birdied #1, bogied #3 (dumb ass 3 putt), then made 14 straight pars. We get to 18 and I am only 2 strokes behind the leaders (both bogied #17). 18 is a medium length par 5 that was playing directly into the wind. We had a fairly large gallery lining the tee box, portions of the fairway, and surrounding the green. I'm up first and hit a beauty down the pipe. Leader #1 hits next and pushes his drive OB…..leader #2 also pushes his drive toward the OB stakes. Both hit solid provisionals Leader #2's ball was in play but he could only advance it about 60-70 yards. Leader #1 has 240 to the green and hits a beauty but his ball rolls through the green. Pin was only 2 paces on the green in the middle left (crown shaped green with severe slope). I'm next and have 230 left, hit a 3 wood pin high and thought it was going to be within 10 feet. My ball rolled past the pin and caught the slope and rolled into the thick rough. Leader #2 has about 170 left for his 3rd shot. His ball balloons into the wind and ends up 20 yards short of the green. He chips his 4th shot to about 4 1/2 feet….a tricky 4 1/2 feet! Leader #1 was next and chipped his ball to almost the exact location as leader #2 (4/12 feet). I'm next, had about 25-30 feet chip from an uphill lie. Ball was sitting perfectly and was thinking nothing less then holing it out. I'm still not sure why I chose my 60* from a fluffy uphill lie….but anyway proceeded to pop it straight up to about 5 feet. Sank the putt for birdie! Leader has 4 1/2 feet to win the championship and….

oh well…..2nd isn't too bad

[enis750]

damn dude....if you wouldnt have 3 putted 3 you would have forced a playoff....dumba$$
hahahahha!!!!!!

all jokes dude, all jokes....
nice write up

so what did you shoot on final day then??

[brgolf]

I enjoyed reading that except for the ending.

Well done.