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2008
We cut back our schedule a bit in 2008 ... just seven events (plus a Bucks & Does) ... high gas prices and Beverly & Greg owning two houses both contributed to that decision ... and Greg only played a few times besides these events, which resulted in a noticeable down-turn in his game all season, and we had arguably our "worst" year since 2002 ... but the key is that we still had a lot of fun, and Greg promised Debbie that he would bring his A-game back in 2009 ... events listed in reverse chronological order:
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Tournament |
Finish |
Remarks |
Photo |
| Changes of plans (again) ... Greg messed up and didn't get the entry submitted to Lake Valley before the tournament was full, so we played Bear Creek Valley in the Lake of the Ozarks area on Oct 10, then Eagle Knoll north of Jeff City on Oct 11, all to prepare for a tournament on Oct 12 ... | |||
| Gateway National Golf Links Madison, IL 2-person scramble (Oct 12) |
T-3 | So we lucked out and had great weather for the whole weekend ... in fact, it got a bit warm and we were even using sun screen! As nearly as I could tell, there were only about 4 women in the tournament, so we didn't set our sights to high, but we actually played pretty well and managed 3 birdies per side against no bogies for a 65 (par is 71) ... there was a 63 and 64 ahead of us, and one other 65. One of several funny stories: they had designated one hole as the long drive hole for women, but the women's tee was only 217 yds from a creek crossing the fairway so Debbie couldn't use her driver! But it all worked out, as her 5-wood layup was still the longest drive in the fairway for the ladies that day ... still, it makes one wonder ... | (no photo - it was too dark by the time we got done!) |
| Change of plans ... the Fort Dodge tournament was canceled so Debbie got us back into the two Ryder Cup style tournaments that we played in last year. It was a beautiful weekend for golf and we had fun even though Greg was very rusty from not playing since our last tournament. | |||
| Sac City (IA) Ryder Cup (Sep 21) |
T-6 | Another gorgeous day ... we struggled all
day and shot 33 (best shot) + 39 (best ball) + 46 (alt shot) = 118 ...
interestingly enough, that was only 4 shots out of 3rd, despite two
triples on our last nine holes. As I recall, 101 won, then 103, 114,
115, & 116 (or something like that). History: 33+38+38=109 (2nd) in 2007 |
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| Twin Lakes (IA) Ryder Cup (Sep 20) |
Buried | We shot 36 (best ball) + 40 (alt shot) + 30
(best shot) = 106, which wasn't any good, but it was fun and we still
managed to finish in the middle of the pack somewhere. The six
bogies in the alternate shot section were our real undoing. I forget
what the winning score was, but it was pretty low. Lynn and Matt
also played, which helped make it a family affair! History: 32+37+31=100 (4th) in 2007 |
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| Sedalia (MO) Country Club Mixed Scramble (Aug 2-3) |
Buried | It was a brutally hot weekend, with heat
indices well above 100°F and very little breeze. We struggled both
off the tee and on the green all weekend and could only manage 68-70,
which buried us in the second flight (about 26th place overall) ...
3 birdies and a bogie Saturday, and two of each on Sunday ...
interestingly, we played the par 3's in -1 and the par 5's only -2 for the
weekend (leaving +1 for the par 4's, for those keeping score at home). History: 64-72 (9th) in 2007. |
(yes, it was really that hot) |
| West Bend (IA) 2-ball (July 13) |
1st | Similar to Lake City the day before, we
continued our upward trend in scoring at West Bend this year, shooting
39-38 (77), but it would seem that the windy conditions made it tough for
everyone and we successfully defended our championship despite 7 bogies
against only 2 birdies. History: 1st (75) in 2007, 3rd (71) in 2006 |
 (photo from 2007) |
| Lake City (IA) 2-ball (July 12) |
3rd | So the streak is broken ... after finishing
no worse than T-1 in the last three years at this tournament, we struggled
a bit this year but still came in 3rd behind a 73 and 77. We shot
38-41 (79) with 2 birdies, 5 bogies, and 2 doubles! But then again
they stopped giving ribeyes for first place this year, so maybe we just
weren't motivated enough ... yeah, that's our excuse! History: 1st (76) in 2007, 1st (72) in 2006, and T-1 (70) in 2005. |
 (photo from 2007) |
| Columbia (MO) Country Club His & Hers Scramble (June 28-29) |
Buried (but won B flight!) |
We struggled on Saturday and could only manage 14 pars and 4 bogies for a 75 ... it seems that most teams had some problems as there was only one score below 68. On Sunday we played a bit better, eagling #1 and birdying #9 and #15, but we slipped up on #5 with a double bogie and then bogied #18 coming in as well for a 70. Fortunately for us, the shoot-up number in our flight was 6 and our 145 held up to win the flight, so while we were not exactly proud of our performance, we were very happy to accept our first winnings ever in this tournament. As with previous years, we played with some very nice folks both days. History: We shot 69-70 in 2006 (10th) and 68-71 in 2007 (10th) |
 (photo from 2007) |
| Eagle Knoll Bucks and Does (June 27) |
T-4 | We were lucky that they happened to
schedule this for the same weekend as the Columbia tournament once again.
We couldn't really get it going and managed just one birdie and 8 pars.
A 32 and two 34's finished ahead of us, and there was one other 35. History: We shot 34 in 2005 (1st) and 33 last year (2nd). |
.JPG) (photo from 2005) |
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