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Sweetwater Country Club 7:22 AM

It is a beautiful morning as Greg and JR meet at the practice facility. Greg is in the cat bird seat in the 2^nd half with a commanding lead. He knows the if he can secure points today and JR does not win he is nearly a lock for the CW cup. They chat about our current economic situation but both are focused on their ball striking as the battle shall soon be joined.

Lou and CW arrive on time and we all chip and putt together briefly before teeing it up.

1^st hole Mr. Mann by 1. The 2^nd hole always chews up some one today it would be CW and Greg. 3^rd had bogies by three while JR records a double. The 4^th saw Greg escape an OB but had such a terrible lie that he would record a triple. The 5^th which is Greg’s home hole provide a tie with he and Lou. The match was square between Greg, CW and JR and Lou was only one back. These guys have a way to stay around one and other. 6^th had 3 bogies and Lou would record a 6. The 7^th saw wheels fall off for both Greg and JR while Lou made up many strokes. On to our 8^th the par 3 water hole. It seemed that CW was in a zone again as he secured a par on this tough hole. All the rest where double bogie or worse. On the 9^th Greg felt he could catch CW and recorded an easy par to be one back at the turn. Lou was 3 back of him and JR 2 back of Lou.

Greg how am I doing on the score so far?

10^th saw the leader come back one to tie Greg and the match was up in the air. JR would record bogie on the tough 11^th a 5 par and close the gap on the leaders by 2 more. His par on the 12^th was a statement that today maybe his day. So on to 13. Here we go again with the ground keepers. Remember RSR and the devilish pin placements. Today they decided to play with the rough. At one point it was measured at 4” ( by our resident member). Well it clearly added an hour to our round as every ball not on the fairway required 4 people doing a walkabout to find it. To our competitors surprise not one ball was lost off the fairway today. Yet holes 13 to 16 produced some very high numbers as all of our boys found the rough numerous times. As we find ourselves on the 17^th par 3 CW has a 2 shot lead over Greg followed by JR and then Lou.

Well CW hits his 3 wood perfectly on to the green while all others are off. Chips are hit and putts rolled. The only par was CW’s so on to the 18^th CW in control with a 3 stroke lead. He and Greg are secure in 1^st and 2^nd while Lou is chasing JR. Down by 2 and hoping for a par and a double to square their match. Drives are struck and all parties can hit again. Lou is on the green in two. JR and Greg are off the front while CW is in the rough. He chips his on and it rolls and rolls and rolls until it finds the downhill side of the green. There any other week it is in the water and he would be hitting from the rough again but lying 4 with Greg licking his lips. Yet today that same grounds keeper has grown even that rough up and the ball stops 12 inches from the water.

None of our boys where proud of the play today but a winner has been crowed that be CW. He bested Greg by 3 who beat JR by 2 and he was over Lou by 2. We all hope that the cryptic scoring prevents anyone from really understanding what a blood bath we had today.