Karl Finally Gets A Break

As the first quarter of 2010 play came to an end this past Friday, Karl(with a K) finally got his first break of the season. However, the break didn't occur until the 18th hole. It has been a frustrating season for Karl who has often been just one break away seemingly ever round from stepping his game up to the next level. Before we report on Karl's Big Break 2010, let's recap the day at Falcon Ridge. LT was unable to play this Friday due to Casey Jones dying unexpectedly in a train wreck.(Casey's wreck was mild compared to the crash Karl was about to experience.) TFF welcomed back Ron (Don Ho) Darby who was back after a 2 week absence from play. Ron(Real Golf) Darby insisted that in the absence of his partner LT, that we play it down with no mulligans. Historically, TFF has lived and died playing "LT Rules" and "LT Rules" are the only official rules of TFF. Although all four agreed to play by "Ron's Rules", one anonymous player has already retained the services of an attorney to dispute the legality of the round and is demanding that all scores, etc. be stricken from the 2010 records. Until this case is settled, TFF will report the results of Friday's action but will not add the stats to the 2010 totals. Mike had the shot of the day when he left himself a 3.5 foot putt for a birdie on #1. When Mike birdied #9 he took not only a 1 under par 35 to the back, but a 9 stroke lead over Sam! Ron had a 44 also and his 43 on the back was just enough to defeat Karl but feel far short of Short(Mike) who shot a very impressive real golf 75. Sam was able to recover some with a 39. Karl was in a zone all his on. He played bogey free golf until the 17th hole where he picked up his only bogey of the day, but his birdie on #11 made up for the slip. So for 5 holes Karl was even par. On the other 13 Karl carded 4 doubles(missed by 2 Darbying the round), 3 Sammy's, 4 Shortsky's, and 2 LT's. Now back to Karl's Big Break 2010. Karl's second shot on #18 just missed going in the hole but instead got a very bad bounce off the cart path and ended up past the practice putting green and against the far corner of the cart shed. After consulting with rules officials, Karl was given a drop. Desperately needing to hole this birdie chip out to get within 24(23 with the one stroke Ron had to give), Karl finally got his break. Shanking his third shot into the newly enclosed pavilion behind #18 green, Karl's ball broke a window. Fortunately it was a double pane window and his ball remained in play. Karl was able to finish with a Sammy on #18 thanks to the break he got from the window being double paned and went on to a very respectable 28 stroke (27 with the stroke) loss to "Don Ho" Darby. TFF caught up with Karl after the round and he made the following statement:"I was proud of the way that I was able to stay mentally in this match even though my tempo was a little off today. A wise golfer once told me that if you can't Shortsky the hole at least get a LT. I could have easily T-boned three or four holes but I was able to keep focused. If I can just stay mentally in the game, I think more breaks will start going my way. Believe me, I was close to breaking more than a window today and I'm proud of the way that I was able to keep my composure. I'm going to take a couple of weeks off from TFF competition, to re-evaluate my game and perhaps "tweak" a few things. I'll use today as a learning experience and for motivation to come back and win the 2010 Player of the Year."

Scores:
M35/40-75!!-2(Birdies)
S-44/39-83-0
R-44/43-87-1
K-58/57-115-1