Team Karl/Mike Remain Undefeated

In what appeared to be LT/Ron's first victory of the year was denied by TFF administrators. Apparently the official scorecard is missing. TFF released the following statement: "According to TFF bylaws, in order for official scores to be recorded, we must have a scorecard. Until the scorecard is found, Karl/Mike are still undefeated. Also, all lost dinners must be returned."

TTF Facing Uncertain Future

Before we get into this week's actions of TFF, we must address a most uncomfortable subject: lack of viewership. Lack of viewership could lead to the demise of TFF blogspot. What can be done? First, it's important that viewers make a comment when they read this blogspot. I contacted former blog administrator Ashley for any suggestions. Her suggestion was to write about something other than golf. No wonder she was fired. Who would want to read about anything other than golf? We could show a video of a chimp scratching it's butt, sniffing it's finger, then falling backwards to increase viewership but what blogspot would stoop so low?( go to Ashley's bogspot to see the video of the chimp and several other humorous videos at: http://lifeonthenatureisle.blogspot.com/). Anyway, any suggestions to increase the popularity of this blogspot please let us know.
Now, onto this week's action! All five were able to play at Falcon Ridge on a rain free mourning. Team Karl/Mike had to give Ron/LT 14 points. After 6 holes, R/LT were up 1. Karl hit a 22 foot putt on #7 for birdie. However, Ron answered with an 18foot birdie himself. Sam then topped both birdies with an 8 footer. Team K/M picked up 1 on both #8 and #9 to finish the front all square. After 9:
Sam-39(double boggie #9)
Mike-39(double boggie #3)
Ron-39(no double boggies! but wait for the back)
Karl-43(double boggie#6)
LT-44(also doubled #6)
Sam got the back 9 off to a good start with the shot of the day, a ninety one foot chip-in for birdie. Mike hit a 5 foot down hiller for birdie on #13 that put K/M up 3. Mike was down by what appeared to be an insurmountable 10 strokes to Ron at the turn. Even after his birdie on #13 he was still down 7. #14 proved to be a challenging hole for Ron. His tee shot forced him to lay out in front of the pond. He then hit his next two shots into the water, and finished with a 9. After 14, Ron's lead over Mike was down to 3. Ron was able to come back with a par on #15 and pick up a stroke but then triple boggied #16. With 2 holes to play, team K/M had won to remain undefeated for the year and must give 15 next time, Mike was only down 1 to Ron (making up 9 strokes in 6 holes). Karl was up 4 on Ron with the 1 stroke. LT was pretty much out of contention at this point, despite playing well for most of the day, he just couldn't score. Ron was able to pull off 2 great pars on 17 and 18 to go on to victory over Mike, but to lose by one to Karl. Sam birdied #18 to stay in the 30s. (Sam also birdied 18 last week and did not receive credit, it will be added in his yearly totals this week.)
Scores:
Sam39/39-78
Mike39/41-80
Ron39/48-87
Karl43/44-87
LT44/46-90

M/K will give 15 to R/LT
M gives Ron 9
K plays LT and R even

Year to Date Stats:
Rounds:
S-14
M-13
K-13
R-10
LT-9

Birdies:
S-22
M-13
K-7
LT-6
R-5

Scoring Average and difference from last average:
S-78.61-down .34
M-79.85-down .40
LT-88.44-up 1.11
R-89.20-down .80
K-89.38-down .24
S-

Writer's Block

I've sat down to record Friday's action several time's, but there is something about Darby winning that interferes with my ability to write. So, briefly, Sam, Mike, Ron, Karl, and guest(Brad), went to Jones Creek and attempted to golf. Ron's 200 yard club led him to victory. Hope to see everybody next Friday.
Scores:
Ron-40/41-81
Sam-44/37-81
Mike-44/39-83
Karl-44/40-84

Birdies:
Ron-1(#13)
Mike-1(#12)
Sam-1(#16)

Eagles:
Brad-(#16)

We're All Winners!!!

Everybody won!! LT beat Mike, Mike beat Ron, Ron beat Karl, Karl/Mike beat LT/Ron, Sam beat Mike,LT beat Karl.It was a day of winners!! Well, I'm trying to be optimistic! We all stunk! Here are a few of our accomplishments at Chickasaw Friday:best ball-even(72) , worst ball-38 over(110), 1 birdie thanks to LT but he had to hit an 18.5 foot putt to keep TFF from being shut out for the first time this year, 36 bogies,17 doubles,4triples, and 1 quad. A special congratulations goes out to Karl who hit for the cycle(that's a bogie,double,triple,and quad, all in only 18 holes.(he actually had 3 doubles and 3 triples)If this were baseball, Adam Darby's stats wouldn't stand a chance against Karl's. Even Mike managed to pull off a double/double(that's back to back double bogies). Fortunately for TFF, Mike had not yet obtained his handgun permit. As suggested by LT, in the future each member of TFF will have to walk through a metal detector before being allowed to be seated in their golf cart. Despite the poor play, there were a couple of exciting matches. After Mike's double/double, team LT/Ron took a 5 point lead going into #13 and appeared headed for their 1st team victory of the year. At this point, team captain Karl called the obviously shaken Mike aside for a pep talk. When asked after the match what he said to Mike, Karl responded: "I simply told him to sit back, relax and catch a ride on the K-Train and that I would carry us to victory." True to his word, Karl had a low ball par on #13 then hit the putt of the day(23 footer) for another low ball par on #14. Heading into #15, team K/M were only 1 shot down but the K-Train was running out of steam. Team LT/Ron picked up 1 on #15 thanks to a double by Karl but the K-Train appeared to be back on track with Karl's best drive of the day on #16. However, only 215 yards out the K-Train was heading for a wreck of Casey Jones proportions. Fearing the sand, Karl elected to lay up to the right so that he would be sure to have to go over the traps. His 3rd shot went in the sand, but he caught a break when his bunker shot was able to hit a tree and remain in play . It only took 4 more shots for Karl to get his 3rd triple bogey of the day. Going into #17, Team K/M needed all 4 points for victory. Karl stepped up to the tee and following his "teacher's" advice, took the ball out over the water, brought it back in and had the "pressure" shot of the day on the back of the green. Ron took the opportunity to do some math and secretly announce to his partner LT that they were dormie. Thinking the match to be over,LT hit his 1st shot, then his mulligan into the water. Karl's low ball par brought team K/M to within 1 going into 18. A pressure packed mulligan drive by Karl, went right down the middle. LT had a good second shot, but when his putt from just off the green was left about 12 feet short and Mike's birdie putt stopped 6 inches from the hole, the pressure was on LT. If he missed the putt the match was all but over. LT's putt broke off just short of the hole and Karl's 2 putt from 6 feet gave Team K/M the victory and kept their hope for an undefeated season still alive. Mike's par also gave him a 1 stroke victory over Ron.
Scores:
S-41/38-79
M-39/44!-83
LT-43/48-91
R-45/49-94
K-51!/47-98!

Birdies
LT- 1-#5

Match ups:
Ron vs. Karl- will play even next time, even on lunches
LT vs. Karl- Karl gets 1 stroke, LT owes 3
Mike vs. Ron- Ron gets 11 strokes, Ron owes Mike 5!
Team LT/R gets 14
Sam vs. Sam - even, Sam owes Sam 1 lunch