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Hard to Win with Double 9′s

Yesterday, I played in the 1st Little John Golf League event of 2010.  (Actually, their first event of 2010 starts in 2009, but that’s a different story.)

The setting was Bear Creek – Masters Course. If anyone looks all the way back to the beginning of this blog (a soft launch last March I think), I played an LJGL event there which almost caused me to quit playing golf altogether.

My 1st shot of the tee was into a hazard!  Luckily, it was a par-5 and I was able to save a bogey, so that felt good.  The next 2 holes, I sculled 6-irons from the fairway and couldn’t save bogey either time.  Then I bogeyed 3 out of the next 4 holes and thought I was starting to put something together, until another 6-iron (which has been my go-to club the last month) screwed me on the damn par-3 and I dunked one into the water!

(One of the dudes in our group, Travis, trying his best Vijay Singh par-3 Masters impersonation, dunked 3 tee shots and suffered through a 12 on that hole.  One of the best meltdowns I’ve ever seen, but this kid was a monster with a driver in his hands.)

On the back-nine, I proclaimed to make the Bear Creek Masters course my bitch, barely missing a par putt on 10.  That’s when the golf gods puked on me and I carded a 9 on hole 11… and then again on hole 13.  Hole 11, I made a bad decision (I’m not talking about the decision to even show up) by trying to clear a tree with a 9-iron when I should have punched it under.  (I was in good company because my cart-partner, Randy, was nailing more trees than Woody Woodpecker.)  Hole 13, I pushed my tee shot OB.  Both holes, the bad snowballed into worse and I didn’t come close to recovering.

On the back-nine, I had 1 par, 6 bogeys, and 2 9′s.  Take those nines off and I’d have been in good shape.

So this morning I look and even as poorly as I played, I ended up in 3rd place.  I lost the tie-breaker, though, because it’s based on the net score on the highest handicapped hole which, coincidentally, turned out to be one of my 9′s.

I didn’t deserve to win, so I’m glad I didn’t sneak into any money with that round, but I’m closing in.  I think the next tourney I’ll play with them is in 4 weeks at The Golf Club at Cinco Ranch, where I’ve scored a 94 and 95 the last 2 times I’ve played there.  We’ll see if I can keep those scorecard killers off of my card next time.

Little John Golf League

The Little John Golf League of Houston is having their League Championship the weekend of 10/10-11 at The Golf Course at Cinco Ranch and Cypresswood Golf Course.  Rick Kimbrell, the President of the league, had some time to talk about the upcoming championship and the golf league in general.
 
Houston Golf Nut: Give me a little history about the league and why it was started.
Rick Kimbrell: Quite a number of years ago, the league was started by the IOF fraternal organization.  The league went through a number of iterations while sponsored by the IOF but all association with the IOF ceased long before my involvement with Little John Golf League.  However, why it was started pretty much remains the same today…to provide a venue to play competitive golf, in a friendly atmosphere, with other guys and gals who are interested in promoting the game of golf.  It does not matter what your background is, what type of job you have, whether you’re rich or poor…all you need is a love of the game and desire to compete.
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Getting Ready for League Event part deux

I’m officially joining the Little John Golf League tomorrow.  I played in my first event as a guest at Blaketree about 2 weeks ago.  Our event tomorrow is at Bear Creek Masters.  I played there once before about 2 years ago and shot horribly. 

I remember the day before that painful experience I thought I had figured out “the secret” to golf.  I crushed balls on the range that day… no matter what weapon I chose, it was long and straight.   “Eureka!” I thought, “I better book a tee time ASAP so I can utilize my newly discovered talent and wisdom….”  The next day when I went out to conquer the world, I shortly realized any gained insights on the driving range vanished while I slept and I went on to shoot my worst score of the year!

Hope the sequel is better than the original!