All Square

Last Friday, M,S,K, and a first time guest to TFF, Clark(M's son) went to Jones Creek to experience what Mike had heard were "awesome" greens. However, it was later discovered that M was not wearing his hearing aid when he called to ask about the course. What he heard was "awesome" but what Jeff the club manager really said was "awful". To try to make the match interesting, K agreed to allow Clark to be on his team and S and M got to team up for the first time this year. From the start, it was clear that Clark was out of his league. His drives were typically 60-70 yards from the others and that alone put him at a real disadvantage. While K was often able to use his 5 wood on his approach shot, Clark was forced to use his pitching wedge. Despite K's stellar play, S and M went on to an easy victory and TFF only hopes that Clark will not be too discouraged by his performance. K, tried to take some of the blame for the loss, but it was obvious to all that Clark was unable to handle the pressure of playing with "The Legend".
As the month of September has come to a close, the intensity of playing for the Provisional Mulligan Cup, has increased. One interesting observation, is the head to head match up of S and M. The two have played head to head 19 times this year. Sam got off to an impressive start by winning the first 5 meetings between the two.Mike responded by winning the next 3, but this only motivated Sam to win the next 4 and take a 9-3 advantage. However, in the last 6 matches, Mike has won 5 and tied the other 1. So going into Friday's match, S held onto a very slender lead of 9-8-1(tie). M took an early 3 stroke lead after the first 4 holes and went on to post a 2 stroke lead at the turn. S gained 1 back on #10 and then hit perhaps the putt of the year, a 90 foot 3 inch putt for birdie, that squared the match up. Mike parred the challenging #14 par 3 over the water to go up 1. M and S both stepped it up a notch off the tee on # 18, easily out driving Clark. S, failed to come through on his approach shot and M went on to a 2 stroke victory. So, as we approach the last 3 months of play, Sam and mike are all square.
Scores-birdies
Clark-37/34-71-3
Mike-40/37-77-0
Sam-42/37-79-1
Karl-51/43-94-0