"That's Good"

"That's good" are words every player loves to hear, even if they don't hear it. (I'll explain later.) S,K,R, and M traveled to Dyersburg to play The Farms on an unseasonably cool and beautiful Friday. Although a little wet,(cart paths only), the course was in excellent condition. Mike was feeling frisky and demanded that we play from the back tees. M gave R 10 strokes and R gave K 2. Ron hit a 22 foot putt on #1 for birdie. Karl hit the shot of the day on #2, a 215 yard 5 wood into the wind to within 6 feet. He hit the putt to go 1 under. His stellar play continued and despite having two 5 foot putts lip out, was 2 over going into #8. Karl hit a perfect drive over the lake, He took his trusty 5 wood and hit a good shot pin high but left. Unfortunately, the ball had apparently hit the cart path and was just out of bounds. Karl went to drop where his drive was and completed the hole. However, as he stood over his putt for an 11, the rest of the group had departed for #9. Karl hit what he thought was a perfect 5 foot putt only to have it go 365 degrees around the hole, so he tapped in for a 12. While Karl struggled on the hole, Sam had his only birdie of the day. At the turn: S-37,M-40,R-41,K-46.Ron putted well all day and sank a nice putt for his second birdie on #12. Karl fought his way back but was only able to get within 3 going into #18. Karl laid up his second shot to 138 yards. Ron, however, hit his second into the water. Ron's 4th shot just made it over the water(thanks to encouragement from Karl) and was to the left of the green. Karl's 3rd was about 14 feet from the hole. He hit an absolute perfect birdie putt, only to see it lip out. Ron was able to get on, 2 putt, and get a 7 for an apparent 1 stroke victory over Karl. Mike hit a nice 9 footer for his only birdie of the day, but Ron was able to beat Mike by 2. Now, back to "That's Good". As the four players headed to Neil's for lunch, Karl was reminiscing how many putts he had lip out, and especially the one on #8 for a 12. His partner Mike then asked: "You mean you counted that missed putt? Ron had already said "That's Good". So Karl went from the depths of despair to the sweet taste of victory(or at least a tie).
Scores: birdies
Mike-40/39-79: 1
Sam-37/43-80: 1
Ron-41/47-87: 2
Karl-45/44-89: 1

Mike owes Ron 1 lunch and will give 9. Ron and Karl are even and Karl will get 2.