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3/6/08 began at 2Pm ish at Sweetwater Country Club. Greg sprang to the front by paring 1^st and 2^nd holes. He slid a little on number 3 when Jim & Lou pared while he bogied. The boys traded punches and arrived on the 9^th Tee box with Greg up by three. He blew driver OB but still managed a 7 on the hole with a towering shot from 148 yrds out. The turn was made with Greg up 2 on Jim. Then came the rains and winds, the contestants continued to play on through 10, 11 and 12 spraying balls everywhere. Walking off 12 he was up by 4 and looking strong. Bogies where had at 13 and everyone was wild on 14 but he gave one back to Jim. The 15^th was Greg’s with a par and he got one more on 16. So we step on the 17^th Tee box and one would assume the game over. Right? After all Greg is up 5. Well you know the Golf Gods do have their way with us. Greg’s drive finds the mulch by the cart path on the right side of the green. He attempts a chip that hits the concrete and bounces back and hits him and then rolls under a bush. He takes an unplayable lie and drops back from the bush where he chips close and then 2 puts for what he believes is a 6. Charlie (aka Cwillie) questions if there may be a penalty Jim believes there is if your ball hits your equipment but is unsure if the same applies for your person. They decide to continue with the score as provided until we can get a ruling.

They move to the 18^th where Lou hits the best drive of the day well over 250 yards as he is only 75 yards off the green. It was by far the best drive we have seen on this hole. Yet long drives do not always assure us of a win. Greg Jim and Lou all shared 5’s for the hole

That did provide Greg with enough strokes to offset a 2 stroke penalty so the CW sits tied with Greg and Jim each having 4 victories Greg picked up another stroke on the Tie breaker. So the chase continues but we have a week off as Jim and his lovely wife will be volunteering at the Arnold Palmer Golf Tournament. It should be noted that Cwillie did drive the ball quite well today, he must find a way to chip more balls in from the fairway, for he has no putter.  Let the history note the Ruling was supplied by no other than John Atwood, Past Club Champion at both Rolling Hills and Alaqua Lakes.