Ready To Come Home

Sorry about that last post but I'm having trouble with this Spanish keyboard. Anyway, as I started to say, the weather would be great here in Panama today to play. Sam and I hope that it's raining up there. The trip to Jaque was great and we have returned to Panama City. In about an hour we will be site seeing, including a trip to monkey island. Sam and I were able to tee it up at the prestiges Jaque Golf and Country Club. I hope to post some pictures in the future of us teeing off on #1. It is ranked as the most difficult hole in all of the Darien. I haven't heard the official results from last week, but I understand it was the best golf that I played all year! This is the last Friday of March and TFF has only play together once this year. We hope to be back to Memphis around 3 tommorow. Please pray for everyone to have a safe trip. LT, tell Jill that several of the men prayed for her brothers every night in a room before going to our tents. Also, many made a special trip to the beach late one afternoon where Larry Chambers lead a beautiful prayer asking for God to heal them. Hope to see everyone Sunday!

Well it's Friday and if the weather permits, once again only 3 of the 5 will play today. Too bad everyone's not in

Adios Mis Amigos Del Golf

Mientras Sam yviaje de Karlos(with a K) a Panama, dejaran a los tres amigos para jugar para las proximas dos semanas. Who am I kidding? My Spanish is actually limited to:abra la boca(open your mouth) and escupa(spit).Sam and I will enjoy the break from the pressure of competing with The Friday Fivesome for the next two weeks. Hopefully LT will return from the IR and we will continue to pray for Norma. Please keep good records for rankings, shot's of the year, etc. By the way, mission work is worth 500 points per day of mission toward The Provisional Mulligan Cup. Due to Sam being in Panama longer than Karl, he will be the early favorite to be #1 in the next rankings. As requested by Mike, he is to give Ron ocho strokes this week.
ADIOS AMIGOS!!!!!!!!!

Down goes Wylie! Down Goes Wylie! Down Goes Wylie!

As he walked off the 18th green, Mike, sounded like Howard Cosell describing the Frazier/Forman fight of years gone bye: "down goes Wylie!" he kept yelling. "I'm just telling it like it is", Mike said in his attempt to imitate Cosell. Indeed, Mike was dominating in the best front nine in memory of TFF play, making the turn at 2 under par. By the 16th hole, Sam did appear to be a little punch drunk as he took a nine, and the end of his undefeated season was only a matter of a couple of holes away.Once again, LT remained on the IR and without his trophy, as the other 4 headed east to Falcon Ridge. From the start, it appeared to be a Warren/Short match. Both parred #1, and on #2, Karl had the shot of the day: from 158 yards out he went over the trees landing 3 feet from the hole for an easy birdie. However, Mike nailed a 10 footer for birdie and a 3 stroke lead on Sam. Karl was asked about the possibility of beating his partner before they teed it up on #3. "Obviously, I'm in the zone, if I can just keep this up, at a minimal I'll shot 9 under; but that's being conservative. I don't think Mike can keep up with that." Karl preceded to take a 7 on the par 3-3rd hole. As Mike continued to par holes, the frustration began to mount for Sam. He tried to intimidate his opponent on the par 5, #5 with the drive of the year, a 387 yarder(wind aided but no cart path). However, Sam was only able to par and in fact had his 1st round without a birdie all year. Ron had a nice 13 foot par putt on #7 to remain only 1 behind Karl.(even with the stroke Karl had to give) The killer for Sam occurred on #8 where he had an excellent birdie opportunity only to watch Mike putt in a 27 footer for birdie from off the green. Karl had 1 of his many 3 putts of the day on #8 and Ron picked up a stroke. #9 proved to be costly for Karl as he 3 putted for a double and Ron picked up 3 as he birdied with a 21 footer from the fringe. TFF blogspot editor would like to take this opportunity to make the following announcement:" TFF will no longer keep statistics, nor report club tosses as this statistic is clearly interfering with what we term "natural responses to the game." As an example it was clear that Karl desired to toss his 8 iron 50-60 yards on #9 but knowing that TFF reporters would record it for all to read he gently dropped the club instead.(TFF estimated the gentle drop to have covered 37 yards.)It is our hope that the readers of this blog will understand the need to let the emotions of TFF players naturally be released without fear of documentation."Now back to the match! At the turn:
M-34!!!,S-39,R-42,K-45
With the hopes of an under par round in his thoughts, Mike took a triple bogie 7 on #10.However, Sam was only able to pick up 1 with a 6.Sam picked up 1 more on 15 to close into within 3 of keeping his undefeated season alive.Then came #16 where Sam's previously recorded quadruple bogie occurred.All matches were pretty much over at this point. Mike beat Ron by 12, and Ron beat Karl by 2. Mike will give Ron 8 strokes next time and Ron and Karl will play even. Karl bought Ron's lunch at Hardees and everyone is "all square" on lunches.
Stats of the Day:

Scores:
M-77
S-84
R-89
K-91

Shots of the Day:
K-158yard #2 to 3 feet
S-387yard drive #5

Putts of the day
M-27feet #8
R-212feet#8

Birdies
M-2
K-1
R-1

Club Tosses
This stat is no longer being recorded