THE BIG TWO Struggle in Early Season

Well, the season is officially one sixth completed and there is still no winner of last year's Provisional Mulligan Cup. The month of March is underway and it may be hard to get all 5 together this month. Sam will be gone to Panama this Friday. By the way, what a great sermon Sam preached Sunday! I was so fired up about loving my brother that I almost considered having another Darby Day, oh well, maybe we'll try it again next decade. After the first two months the biggest question is what has happened to THE BIG TWO? As if Sam's nine holes without a par at Adamsville earlier this month wasn't bad enough, his poor round was upstaged by Mike this past Friday at Jackson National. LT was unable to play, and evidently neither were the four that did. Because of the sub freezing temperatures during the night the greens had been covered and the foursome had to start on #10. No one could have imagined when Mike missed a 3 footer on the first hole that he would go on to record 9 straight boggies! His perfect round, however, was ruined on the 10th hole when he doubled. After 10 holes Mike is 11 over and that's not even the bad news. The other 3 are playing so poorly that he is only 2 strokes behind Sam and Karl and 1 behind Ron. In fact, when Mike parred the next two holes, he was within 1 shot of the lead. Before the day was done, and despite a total of 4 pars for the day by Mike, Sam would finally heat up and play the last 5 holes at 2 under. Perhaps even worse was Ron, who didn't par a single hole(he did have 1 birdie). Hopefully as the weather improves our play will also!

Scores:

Sam-44/39-83-2

K-44/45-89-1

M-45/44-89-0

R-45/48-93-0



Notes of Interest:

M owes R 3 and gives only 6

K and R are even and play even

LT and K are even and K gives 2

LT/R get 14



2010 Stats:

Rounds Played:

1.K,M, and S- 4

2.R-3

3.LT-1



Scoring Average/2009 season average/ + or - from last years average

1.Sam-79.5/78.53/+.97

2.Mike-82/79.2/+2.8

3.LT-84/89.65/-5.65!!!

4.K-86.5/88.79/-2.29

5.R-89.33/87.65/+1.68



Birdies-per round

1.S-5-1.25 per round

2.M-4-1 per

3R-1-.33 per

4K-1-.25 per

5.LT-0-0



Team Records

1. LT/R-1-0



Head to head:

S-3-1 vs. M

3-1 vs. K

3-0 vs. R

1-0 vs. LT



M-3-0-1 vs. K

3-0 vs. R

1-0 vs. LT



K-2-1 vs R

0-1 vs LT



LT- 1-0 vs R



Hope to see ya'll Friday-Sam hope you and Dr. Bob have a safe and prosperous trip

What's Up With Mike?

For the first time this decade, all of TFF were able to play. The fivesome rode in the LTmobile to Falcon Ridge on a very pleasant February day. Making his 2010 debut, LT was playing like the golfer that won the 2008 player of the year. Long drives backed by exceptional putting led his team to an easy victory over Karl/Mike. After only one round, LT is the clear leader for TPMC this year. A little work on his short game and some improvement by his partner Ron, this team could run the table this year. Ron started slow again but finished strong enough to defeat Karl by 2 strokes. Karl and his partner Mike were non factors in their team and individual matches. Sam recovered from last week with 2 birdies and a respectable 75.


As the fivesome loaded up in the LTmobile, there was excitement in anticipation of the voting on last year's Provisional Mulligan Cup that was to take place during an enjoyable time of lunch and fellowship. Mike, however, quickly put a damper on the day as he demanded that he had to rush to Nashville and there was no time to eat, or vote. The team of LT/Ron were devastated as they had anticipated enjoying the fruits of their victory with a well deserved free lunch. TFF blogspot has learned that Mike never went to Nashville and all indications are that Mike was simply trying to put off the vote. It is unclear at this time why Mike is trying to delay the vote but one can only surmise that his lawyer is behind it.

Scores-birdies

1.Sam-37/38-75-2

2.M-42/40-82-1

3.LT-40/44-84-0

4.R-44/42-86-0

5.K-41/47-88-0



Notes of Interest:

K owes R 1 and will get 1 stroke

K and LT are even and LT gets 2
R gets 7 from M and M owes 2
LT/R get 14

Some Firsts For Sam

It was a day of several firsts for Sam as TFF (minus LT) traveled to Shiloh Golf Course in Adamsville last Saturday. It was Sam's first time to ride in Ron's new LTmobile. Ron named The LTmobile after his mentor and partner LT. It was Ron's first match of the year and he started off 6 over on the first two holes and after 6 holes Ron trailed Karl by 4. Just to make things more interesting and to lift Ron's spirits, Karl took an 8 on the par 4 #7. Sam who last year dominated TFF in birdies, picked up his first birdie of 2010 0n the par 5 #4. For the first time this year, Sam was beating Mike at the turn(by 2 strokes): S-39, M-41, K-46, R-49. Mike was feeling the pressure as he teed it up on the back and responded with a double on #10 and a triple on #11. Mike became the 2010 leader in trees hit on # 11. With 7 holes to go, Sam was up 5 on Mike. With an undefeated season on the line, Sam went 10 over on the final 7 holes. The good news is for the first time this year Sam beat Ron(first time Ron played). Sam lost to Mike for the first time this year by 4. For the first time since Sam was a young lad playing on the blue grass back home in Kentucky, he didn't par a hole on the back nine. To make matters worse, Karl shot a 38 on the back and for the first time in recorded history(K's historic round in Decatorville a few years ago was denied by everyone involved), Karl defeated Sam!


It is rumored that LT will be making his 2010 debut this Friday. LT is the current leader for this years Provisional Mulligan Cup as he is undefeated in both individual and team play. If all 5 show up the 2009 PMC winner could be announced soon!


Scores/birdies:


M 41/41-82-0


K 46/38-84-0


S 39/47!-86-1


R 49/40-89-0


Notes of interest:


R gets 8 from M and all even on lunches


R and K play even and even on lunches


LT owes K 2 lunches and gets 3


LT/R get 15