Underway for 2013

May 17, 2013 – 01:15 PM

Here's my report of our first Waterfield match on Friday May 17th:

    A lot of bizarre things happened at Garrison this past weekend. Glen went four up in a Mano only to lose that lead to Fred, only to win it back and put the double defending champion in grave danger of not getting out of the round robin. Chuck won his whole division of the Mano in one round. Yours truly took only ten shots to play 3, 4 and 5 on Saturday (I will give $10 to the first person who beats that this year) including an ace on #3. Chuck and Fred were 6 down after eight to GMcD and John McDonald, who made five pars on the back and still lost to back-to-back birdies on 17 byChuck and on 18 by Fred. But the strangest, craziest, most unlikely event occurred when winless-to-date GordT and Bobby Sly beat the previously undefeated and heavily favoured Wayne/GMcD team in a Friday Waterfield match. Here's how they did it.

#1 Wayne and GMcD have tap in pars. GT is off the green. The bastard rolls in a 50 footer for bird to put his squad one up.
#2 Wayne and GT par for a push
#3 GMcD has the best shot to 12 feet. But LB gets up and down while GMcD goes putt-putt-putt and GT/LB are 2up.
#4 Wayne gets one back with a net birdie. GT/LB 1 up
#5 Wayne's net par matches LB's par. No blood.
#6 GMcD's net par matches GT's par. No blood.
#7 GMcD's par matches those of both his opponents. No blood.
#8 Wayne's 15 footer for par drops to match LB's of similar distance. No blood.
#9 LB makes 7 but everyone else makes 6. No blood.
#10 Wayne's net par matches real ones by the other guys. No blood.
#11 All 3s. No blood.
#12 GT plays it "maturely" (his word), doesn't go for the back right pin but leaves it pin high 25 left, then rolls it in for birdie. Blood. GT/LB 2up
#13 GT and LB both make par. Wayne's three putts and GMcD's bath mean it's GT/LB 3up
#14 GMcD makes par. Nobody can match it. GT/LB 2 up
#15 A turning point hole. Wayne is close in two then goes brain dead and ends up with 7. GMcD is able to match GT's par. LB is in the trap left. He hits the sweetest little sand shot this reporter has seen in many a year. It settles six inches from the hole. Birdie from the sand! What do you call that?? GT/LB Dormie.
#16 Everyone nets to 5. It's not good enough. The unthinkable has happened - GT/LB win it 3 and 2.

LB 41-38 79 net 73
GT 38-37 75 net 69
Wayne 42-48 90 net 76
GMcD 44-47 91 net 77

 

Additional info , Wayne missed some putts but also made 4 CLUTCH 5' + putts 

 Please add the following to my report:
                 "While GMcD did not putt particularly well, Wayne made four clutch 5+ foot putts to keep his team in the match. These guys will be a major force to be reckoned with."

I don't know if i'd go that far : )