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My player this week is Kim Saiki
Sunday: Drove half way
to Aberdeen MD and most of it was on Rte.1. I95 was a parking lot.
Monday: Morning rain
shortened the pro-am to nine holes which left the course wide open in the
afternoon except for a small group of qualifiers. I walked the course and
in it's superb condition. It does have a different look though, many trees
have been removed even some were in strategic areas affecting shot
placement.
Tuesday: WASH OUT! The
course was closed due to more rain and didn't open till 10:30. By 10:50 it
started dumping again. No golf today. Wish I had my camera right now.
There are three players (with caddies holding umbrellas) on the practice
green putting during the present deluge. Some just can't take a day off.
E-9 for us tomorrow as we're alternating early.
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Man oh Man;
There was more to the Man situation in last week's final round (check
out Williamsburg) than met the eye
. Before they teed it up, he was still professing his refusal to
work and a replacement was sent to the range. He finally relented but
was no joy to be with. The following is a description as told by an
eye witness.
Man does nothing the whole time.
No yardages, no lining putts, barely cleaning clubs, no conversation
between them at all. He's even worse as usual with the other caddies as he
won't take the pin or rake the trap on the 16th for both players as is
customary. The other two caddies have the "oh well we have to
work with Man" look on their faces all the way around. Of course with
no conversation there are no arguments so there are no problems as they go
around. The scorer told me he kept taking the standard's
chair at each hole and went on saying that "she no putt or she
stupid". Things got better on the front as she birdied a couple of
holes and they started to have some conversation when the rain delay came
up. That's where I left them and I guess they lived as a team for another
day.
Wednesday:
Played the E-9 on the back as expected. Surprisingly, after all that rain yesterday, most
of the fairways were fairly dry and the greens perfect. They even got in
some play late yesterday the course drains so well.
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New wheels; As
Jill McGill's group was turning during the pro-am, (played the back
first) one of the amateurs spouted off to his buddy that the whole
group just won a car. Actually, it was a two year lease on a Mercury Zephyr.
I didn't confirm it, but if it was the 16th even the pro and her
caddie are included.
Thursday:
Got bit in the butt on the infamous par three 16th with a
double but the rest of the round was stellar. Finished -2 for the day. we
played 'ball in hand' as the fairways wee still a bit soft and more rain
expected this afternoon.
Mike Hobbs (Jill's toter)
looks over his new ride with fellow cadero Lane Kjeldsen
Friday:
At least an eight hour weather related delay.
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Stir
crazy; With plenty of time on our hands we all get a little punchy.
Scraper, in a bit of a frolicsome mood, walked the 'caddie
runway of fashion' demonstrating one of his prized, albeit a little
weird, attire.
Super Bowl sleepwear?
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Add two; A
couple players had to adjust their score yesterday with a two shot
penalty over infractions unrelated to hitting a single shot. Susie Perry's
cadero (must have been a local) had 'the need for speed' and jumped on
a golf cart for a ride during the round, which is forbidden, and Kelly
Cap failed to show on time to tee it up.
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Horror stories;
Plenty to go around on this track. The ninth and sixteenth holes seem
to be vortices that attract some of the ugliest and most unfortunate
play on tour. Both have extremely severe greens that eject any shot
that's even a bit amiss. One player's third shot, a 15 foot chip above
the hole on the ninth, wound up to be a 62 yard fourth shot! If you
roll off the front nothing can stop the ball till it settles well
below the level of the green down the fairway. The par three sixteenth
is just wicked. The most unfair putting surface on the planet by my
estimation. Knees shake on even the tiniest of putts above the hole,
as they may easily roll off the green into heavy rough if missed.
Saturday:
Two doubles spoiled our day but we're still in good
position at +1. Kim is striking it well but something always holds us
back.
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EEEE! EEEE! EEEE! As
we waited to rip our first tee shot of the day, an unknown bystander
wished Kim well in a very unusual way. The utterance of "Good
luck today, Psycho" took her aback and induced laughter from the
group. I continued with the theme by reenacting the shower scene from
the movie of the same name and asking Kim if she had any cutlery in
the bag. The witty rejoinder of "Lucky for you, I don't" was the consummate response.
Sunday: Today's
round was like a voyage at sea, aboard The Poseidon! We were on a voyage in calm waters until a rouge wave of monumental proportions broadsided us
on the third hole. After the severe false front on this par five spurned
our approach back into the fairway, it mercilessly rejected our next
three attempts returning them to the same position each time. A quad was
the result which capsized the ship. The rest of the way consisted of
clawing our way to the top, loosing passengers at every turn, in a vain
attempt to be rescued. But help never arrived and we went down with the
vessel. 81 lashes later it was finally over.
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