CigarStone
For once, knowledge is making me poor!
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I typically don't take part in the "what ifs" and "if onlys". But it's 6 days later and I can't stop replaying this in my head.
Doug and I usually get so drunk Thursday that Friday is an absolute klusterfuk. However, last Friday after our first two 9 hole matches we were the leaders of our flight and our third match was against the second-place team..... we were leading by two points and we were playing a couple of our best friends.
There are 19 points available in a match, two points per hole, and 1 point for winning the match. We knew there was a strong possibility that Saturday could be a complete rain out although we didn't know how the club would handle that.
We played our friends on the back nine knowing that if we just halved the match we would be the leaders of our flight.
Doug and I each had a 4 and 1/2 to 5 foot putt on the 15th hole to win that hole and we both missed. I had a 7-foot up hill birdie putt on number 17 with 4 inches of right-to-left break and I would have bet my entire cigar collection that I was going to make it, it was a simple putt. I missed. We lost that match by one hole giving them and 11-8 Point Victory. Now we were one point behind.
Saturday was washed out due to rain and they concluded the matches based on Friday's play.
If you win your flight, you play in a shootout against the other nine flight winners. They played the shootout late Saturday after the rain stopped and our friends won the overall championship.
I don't think I will ever forget those two putts I missed.
Doug and I usually get so drunk Thursday that Friday is an absolute klusterfuk. However, last Friday after our first two 9 hole matches we were the leaders of our flight and our third match was against the second-place team..... we were leading by two points and we were playing a couple of our best friends.
There are 19 points available in a match, two points per hole, and 1 point for winning the match. We knew there was a strong possibility that Saturday could be a complete rain out although we didn't know how the club would handle that.
We played our friends on the back nine knowing that if we just halved the match we would be the leaders of our flight.
Doug and I each had a 4 and 1/2 to 5 foot putt on the 15th hole to win that hole and we both missed. I had a 7-foot up hill birdie putt on number 17 with 4 inches of right-to-left break and I would have bet my entire cigar collection that I was going to make it, it was a simple putt. I missed. We lost that match by one hole giving them and 11-8 Point Victory. Now we were one point behind.
Saturday was washed out due to rain and they concluded the matches based on Friday's play.
If you win your flight, you play in a shootout against the other nine flight winners. They played the shootout late Saturday after the rain stopped and our friends won the overall championship.
I don't think I will ever forget those two putts I missed.