... and I was on his. Yes, I hit the ball right by the woods on #18 again today. This time, as I passed the water hazard by the woods the alligator was RIGHT there on the line between the hazard and the rough, just staring at me. I stared him down - he wasn't moving. I walked passed him to my ball, and then proceeded to turn my back on him as I took my swing, a knock down 8-iron under the trees. I stuck it to 10 feet, AND I kept all of my limbs... I consider that an accomplishment. The rest of the day I was in really good spirits, amazing what not being eaten by an alligator can do for your day. Dan Allen was in the group behind me, and by that point the gator had moved himself out of the hazard and fully into the rough. Dan hit his shot RIGHT over the gator, the ball ending up 10 feet away. I have no doubts that Dan probably could have taken the gator down, but he decided to take a drop on the other side of the fairway and abandon any hope of retireving his ball. Probably the right move.
More crazy happenings. On #14, I hit my drive along the treeline on the right side. I didn't think I'd have a hard time finding it, but it wasn't anywhere to be seen. My whole group (and my playing partner's parents) all started looking, and after a while a ball just dropped right beside me. I thought it was the group behind hitting into us, but it was MY all - it had gotten stuck in the tree and sat up there for a few minutes before falling down. It was an incredibly lucky break, but unfortunately I ended up with a double bogey on the hole.
Again, I can only really say what happened in my personal round, but all my fans will be pleased - I ended up with an 80, a whole 6 shots better than yesterday. I was putting light out all day - I make no secret of my passionate love for Australia (for all the readers that don't know, I created the "Macalester Australia New Zealand Adoration Club"), and after only a few rounds I have to admit I'm passionately in love with my Aussie putter; let's just say I was considering naming this post "Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!!!" My chipping was also pretty lights out, which was necessary since I only hit 4 greens all day. My playing partners told me after the round that it was fun to watch me play - they were pretty impressed with my short game (I kind of need a good short game, because I've never played with a college golfer who hits it shorter than I do... get it, SHORT game?).
Anyway, here's the other scores for the day: Ben 76, Colonel 80, Nick 81, Dan 85, Matt Butler 88. For the women: Jordan 88, Ellen 97.
After the round we chilled for a bit, then headed to "Mudcat Charlie's" for dinner - it's a seafood place a little ways up the Georgia coast from Jekyll Island. It was our night for a splurge dinner - a couple of the guys ordered the full seafood platter, another couple got "flounder stuffed with devilled crab", Ellen got "grouper fingers" (and a purple "Mudcat Charlie's" t-shirt), and the people who had shrimp agreed it was absolutely delicious (we're in a shrimping hotspot down here). I had fried flounder, made for pretty good fish and chips.
Nothing much to report after that. Oh I can't forget - Ben pretty much saved the day with his mix CD. It was very much appreciated.
OK, I mean it this time I PROMISE not to hit it at the gator on #18 again - I might just have to get out my putter and tap it down the hole to make sure... Angie and I were talking about what to do if I ended up in a footrace with this gator, we agreed that if that happened I'd probably have some pretty good adrenaline and be able to get surprisingly high up a tree... Oh, and last thing - today I marked with an ichi, "一", for Ichiro, staying with the Japanese baseball theme. Actually, I only decided that the "一" stood for Ichiro on my second last hole, I just had it on there anyway, and I still have it, didn't lost it either (those gators keep trying though...). I'll have to decide how to mark my ball tomorrow.
We're off early again tomorrow, everyone's teeing off around 9 am, men and women. It's the final day of the tournament, stay tuned on this blog for results!
Much love,
- Colonel
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment