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| April 1998 | September 1998 |
Final result: Dorrance-Moon 3 Borgstede-Butler 0
An interesting incident occurred on the 14th hole. Janice hit her 2nd shot to the par-5 near the fence close to the green, so she hit a provisional ball, which reached the green. Darkness is rapidly approaching as the search for her ball ensues; the ball found we continue play. In a effort to speed things up, I tell my partner to pick up Janice's ball, only I misinformed him as to which one it is and he picks up Linda's ball. Confusion reigns as they claim that Jerry should be penalized. I bite my tongue because I don't know the rule, but fear that we've lost the hole because most penalties for a breach of the rules in match play is the loss of the hole. After coming to work the next day, I looked it up:
18-3. By Opponent, Caddie or Equipment in Match Play a. During Search If, during search for a player's ball, the ball is moved by an opponent, his caddie or his equipment, no penalty is incurred and the player shall replace the ball. b. Other Than During Search If, other than during search for a ball, the ball is touched or moved by an opponent, his caddie or his equipment, except as otherwise provided in the Rules, the opponent shall incur a penalty stroke. The player shall replace the ball. (Ball moved in measuring to determine which ball farther from the hole - see Rule 10-4.) (Playing a wrong ball - see Rule 15-2.)
In the afternoon round, our team played well enough to take 2nd-place and I managed to win a gross clear by parring a short par-4 with a pennisula green.
Meadows Farms is a fun course that boasts of the longest hole in America (an 800-yard+ par-6) and has a spectacular waterfall par-3. I made the pro's day by purcahsing a small book of golf quotations after he'd made the staff keep the pro shop open passed their normal operating hours.
Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Enterprise Golf Course, Mitchellville, MD
The 9-hole league playoff championship: Jerry Dorrance-Charlie Moon vs. Kim
Credito-Ben Hannon. Jerry plays Ben giving him 7 strokes in their individual
match. I play Kim giving her 5. In the 4-ball match I get 5 stokes, Ben gets 7
and Kim gets 10. Things go well for Jerry, he's dormie after 7; we're 1 up on
the team match and Kim and I are all square. On the 8th, Jerry closes out Ben to
get us one point in-hand. Kim beats me and wins the team with a net birdie.
So, the situation on the 9th is: Dorrance def. Hannon 3&1; Credito 1-up vs. Moon; Team match all-square. Ben pulls his tee shot into the pines on the left. I hit a shortish drive into the burned-out right rough. Jerry, as usual, smokes one down the middle. Kim drives to the middle of the fairway. Hannon hits next and goes into the right rough. Moon hits next and follows goes into into the small pines on the right side of the hole. Credito hits a fairway wood just over the hill and is left with an awkward stance. Jerry blasts a fairway wood that catches the cart path and stops rolling to the left of the path some 60 yards from the hole. Kim hits her third and advances the ball 50 yards... maybe; her fourth leaves her approximately 120 yards from the pin. Hannon hits his third just off of the right side of the green. Moon hacks out of the pines to a yard in front of where his partner's ball is. When I get to my ball, Jerry says to me, "This don't look good." "Understatement of the year," I think to myself. The shot that we're faced with: 60 yards. A curb next to the cart path that's a foot high; overhanging Bartlett pear trees that prevent us from lofting the ball more than 6 feet.
Jerry pulls out his 5-iron a smacks his ball to the small rise in front of the green; the ball then starts tracking at the hole like a putt and rolls five feet past. I opted for an 8-iron (I'm closer to the curb, and I hit the ball low, anyway) and hit the same type of shot as my partner, only I get the ball to 3 feet.
Meanwhile, Kim hits her fifth to the left side of the green. Ben hits a weak chip shot and leaves himself twenty feet. Kim misses her long putt and marks her ball. Ben hits his 20-footer to 3 feet and then makes 6 for a net 5. Jerry misses his birdie. Kim is next and Jerry wants to give her the putt but I tell him to make her putt it. She makes it--7 net 5. I make my par putt to win the team and to square my match with Kim. Final result: Dorrance-Moon 2½ Credito-Hannon ½.
| Hole Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Blue Tees | 348 | 505 | 378 | 155 | 410 | 352 | 383 | 206 | 538 | 3275 | 520 | 399 | 369 | 145 | 505 | 142 | 456 | 380 | 355 | 3271 | 6546 |
| White Tees | 325 | 484 | 369 | 141 | 380 | 346 | 363 | 183 | 521 | 3112 | 514 | 361 | 337 | 115 | 463 | 128 | 431 | 366 | 337 | 3052 | 6164 |
| Red Tees | 275 | 401 | 333 | 129 | 315 | 315 | 327 | 151 | 470 | 2716 | 412 | 221 | 254 | 92 | 369 | 112 | 361 | 322 | 281 | 2424 | 5140 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Women's Handicap | 17 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Handicap | 16 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |||
| Chas. | 4 | 7/6 | 5/4 | 2 | 5/4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6/5 | 42 | 8/7 | 4/3 | 8/7 | 3 | 5/4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 87 |
| Jamie | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 92 |
| +/- | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +5 | +5 | +6 |
| Tee | Course Rating |
Slope |
| Blue | 71.7 | 128 |
| White | 70.1 | 124 |
| Red | 69.6 | 114 |
In the semifinals, I'd get the winner of the Rick Denby-Chris Dyke match. Jamie and I played with Director's Cup semifinalists, Janice Sebold and Lee Harvey. Lee won their match 2 up--he never led until the 17th hole. Janice blew a chance to go 2-up on the 4th when she hit her ball sideways with a practice stroke... went from looking at par to making a double-bogey.
So, the scene is set: If Chris can beat Rick (a tall order--he must give 22 strokes) then the 3 remaining people in the tournament can finish it off at Myrtle Beach because we're all on vacation there starting Sept. 12th.
| Hole Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Blue Tees | 348 | 505 | 378 | 155 | 410 | 352 | 383 | 206 | 538 | 3275 | 520 | 399 | 369 | 145 | 505 | 142 | 456 | 380 | 355 | 3271 | 6546 |
| White Tees | 325 | 484 | 369 | 141 | 380 | 346 | 363 | 183 | 521 | 3112 | 514 | 361 | 337 | 115 | 463 | 128 | 431 | 366 | 337 | 3052 | 6164 |
| Red Tees | 275 | 401 | 333 | 129 | 315 | 315 | 327 | 151 | 470 | 2716 | 412 | 221 | 254 | 92 | 369 | 112 | 361 | 322 | 281 | 2424 | 5140 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Women's Handicap | 17 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Handicap | 16 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |||
| Roy | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 87 |
| Chas. | 4 | 6/5 | 6/5 | 3 | 5/4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5/4 | 44 | 6/5 | 5/4 | 4 | 3 | 4/3 | 3 | 7/6 | 5/4 | 6 | 43 | 87 |
| Don | 4 | 5/4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | DQ | 5/4 | 44 | 6 | 4/3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6/5 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 89 |
| Emmett | 5 | 6/5 | 6/5 | 4 | 6/5 | 6/5 | 5/4 | DQ | 7/6 | 50 | 6/5 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 3 | 7/6 | 4 | 4/3 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 44 | 94 |
| +/- | E | -1 | -1 | -1 | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 |
| Tee | Course Rating |
Slope |
| Blue | 71.7 | 128 |
| White | 70.1 | 124 |
| Red | 69.6 | 114 |
This is the 4th time that Roy and I have won this tournament. We seem to do very well in it every year. Two other times we've been to the finals and lost, so I think we've got a pretty good victories to defeats average.
| Hole Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Blue Tees | 569 | 186 | 405 | 181 | 398 | 208 | 568 | 414 | 392 | 3321 | 367 | 510 | 167 | 408 | 518 | 405 | 424 | 180 | 421 | 3400 | 6721 |
| White Tees | 534 | 147 | 379 | 149 | 364 | 173 | 534 | 376 | 356 | 3012 | 338 | 479 | 138 | 372 | 485 | 369 | 396 | 155 | 394 | 3126 | 6138 |
| Senior Tees | 486 | 128 | 332 | 126 | 342 | 143 | 498 | 335 | 324 | 2714 | 312 | 442 | 113 | 343 | 458 | 330 | 339 | 138 | 358 | 2833 | 5547 |
| Red Tees | 440 | 106 | 300 | 104 | 310 | 123 | 447 | 307 | 287 | 2424 | 297 | 409 | 94 | 301 | 432 | 296 | 319 | 116 | 284 | 2548 | 4972 |
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap | 1 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Chas. | 5/4 | 3 | 6/5 | 4 | 4/3 | 3 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 5/4 | 4 | 5/4 | 8/7 | 5 | 6/5 | 3 | 7/6 | 47 | 87 |
| Chris | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 76 |
| +/- | +1 | +1 | E | -1 | E | E | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | E | -1 | E | E |
| Tee | Course Rating |
Slope |
| Blue | 71.9 | 128 |
| White | 70.1 | 122 |
| Senior | 67.0 | 114 |
| Red | 70.2 | 119 |
Chris lipped out a birdie on the first. I canned a 40-footer on 2. I lipped out on 3 after hitting my tee shot a mighty 2 feet. I canned a 25-footer on 5. I drained another long one on 7. I putted from the fringe on 8 and made it; another >20-footer! On 11, I made a 15-foot putt. I made a miracle 2-putt on 13 while Chris 3-putted.
Now comes the slide: I hacked up 14 after a beautiful drive. I made another long putt on 15 to force Chris to make a 6-footer on 15 for the win. I drove into the water on 16 but hung in there and he made a putt to beat me--I've turned a 2-up lead to a 1-down deficit in 3 holes.
Now we go to a par 3 where I've not been doing that great. Chris gives me a gift by missing a 2-footer and the match goes back to all square. On 18, I promptly step up to the tee and drive my ball into the pond on the right. Chris gets up, and anticipating a fade, hits "the dreaded straight ball" into a pond on the left. At this point he blows his stack: "You fucking choking dog! You can never close in these things..." etc. We both chop our way to double- and triple-bogey.
The match ends all square and we've agreed to play a nine-hole playoff the next day at Wachesaw Plantation East. ...I feel like I dodged a lot of bullets. Major putt cannage total: 6.
| Hole Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Green Tees | 390 | 410 | 530 | 165 | 403 | 380 | 580 | 180 | 420 | 3458 | 545 | 410 | 185 | 395 | 405 | 195 | 410 | 500 | 430 | 3475 | 6933 |
| Blue Tees | 376 | 385 | 510 | 155 | 393 | 365 | 550 | 173 | 400 | 3307 | 515 | 386 | 172 | 378 | 381 | 185 | 395 | 485 | 414 | 3311 | 6618 |
| White Tees | 351 | 375 | 495 | 145 | 373 | 342 | 530 | 162 | 390 | 3163 | 484 | 356 | 166 | 358 | 360 | 170 | 370 | 470 | 400 | 3134 | 6297 |
| Gold Tees | 328 | 353 | 445 | 135 | 328 | 319 | 490 | 151 | 363 | 2912 | 449 | 332 | 133 | 332 | 335 | 160 | 340 | 456 | 378 | 2915 | 5827 |
| Red Tees | 260 | 235 | 425 | 121 | 310 | 287 | 450 | 136 | 273 | 2497 | 425 | 290 | 116 | 262 | 270 | 140 | 275 | 415 | 305 | 2498 | 4995 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Women's Handicap | 11 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Handicap | 11 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Chas. | 6/5 | 4/3 | 6/5 | 2 | 5/4 | 6 | 7/6 | 4 | 3/2 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 92 |
| Chris | 4 | DQ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 42 | |||||||||||
| +/- | -1 | E | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | E | +1 |
| Tee | Course Rating |
Slope |
| Green | 73.6 | 135 |
| Blue | 72.0 | 133 |
| White | 70.3/76.7 | 130/140 |
| Gold | 67.9/73.6 | 117/133 |
| Red | 68.8 | 117 |
This is the 9-hole playoff. If we're tied after nine we'll go to sudden death. Chris made a miracle par on number one after driving into a pond that you can't see from the tee. Chris played Lee Harvey's ball and vice versa on the second to lose the hole. I canned another snake on number 4 to go 2 up. I made another 20-footer on 5 when it looked like Chris could easily two putt for a win. I gave away the 6th; my tee shot was long and in the middle, Chris was in the trees on the left near a drain (it didn't interfere with stance or swing, so no relief). I pulled my 9-iron shot badly and ended in the trees to the left of the green. We both hacked double bogeys.
Another slide: I hit a couple of balls that had some "hang time" on number 7 and my stroke isn't enough to recover. On 8, I barely missed a putt to halve the hole. The match is all square and is now a sudden death affair.
Dyke drives his ball long down the right side of this dogleg right par-4. I hit my tee shot to the middle of the fairway leaving 170 yards. I hit a lovely cut 4-iron that avoids the water guarding the right side of the green; the ball hits short and runs up to within 4 feet. Dyke hits his approach to within 25 feet. "I guess it's clear that I have to make and you have to miss," says Chris as he stalked his putt, lining it up. He missed. I made. Moon wins the 27-hole semifinal 1-up.
Harvey vs. Moon for the cup will take place on Thursday at Long Bay where both contestants have played before.
| Hole Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Gold Tees | 408 | 568 | 401 | 472 | 182 | 394 | 543 | 179 | 370 | 3517 | 352 | 552 | 443 | 156 | 432 | 492 | 433 | 203 | 445 | 3508 | 7025 |
| Blue Tees | 386 | 538 | 377 | 443 | 166 | 377 | 507 | 166 | 357 | 3317 | 327 | 520 | 408 | 140 | 404 | 463 | 408 | 194 | 412 | 3276 | 6593 |
| White Tees | 377 | 524 | 364 | 419 | 149 | 363 | 485 | 147 | 327 | 3155 | 315 | 498 | 375 | 123 | 376 | 449 | 380 | 170 | 368 | 3054 | 6209 |
| Red Tees | 319 | 491 | 338 | 382 | 133 | 319 | 442 | 123 | 288 | 2835 | 289 | 482 | 354 | 86 | 333 | 429 | 357 | 146 | 329 | 2805 | 5640 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Women's Handicap | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| Handicap | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Chas. | 7 | 6/5 | 5 | 4/3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6/5 | 45 | 96 |
| Lee | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 92 |
| Match | -1 | E | E | +1 | E | -1 | -2 | -1 | E | -1 | -1 | E | -1 | -1 | E | -1 | E | E |
| Tee | Course Rating |
Slope |
| Gold | 74.3 | 140 |
| Blue | 72.1 | 131 |
| White | 70.5 | 129 |
| Red | 72.1 | 127 |
Lee had to give me 3 strokes. We both tried to give each other the match all day. I had a bad slide on hokes 5-7 but managed to pull even at the turn. On 10, Lee made a bogey after dribbling one off of the tee. I thought I was in big trouble when Lee knocked one stiff at about four feet on 14. I made a one-putt par and he then missed his birdie. I pulled even with a nice par on 15, while Lee almost made a 5 from the water. I hacked up sixteen miserably to go 1 down.
The tee was being rebuilt on 17, so we played from the women's yardage. Lee knocked one on the green to about 10 feet; I'm thinking to myself, "Jesus, if a don't get this close I'll lose the match right here!" BOOM! I hit an 8-iron to within 3 feet. Lee missed his putt and I made! All square going to the last hole. I promptly hit my tee shot into the pond on the right. Lee wants no part of the pond and pulls his tee shot into the unfriendly territory left of the cart path. Lo and behold! My ball is on a bit of mud at the edge of the pond and playable. I march into the hazrd with a 9-iron; making sure not to ground my club, I extricate myself and have about 100 yards left to negotiate. Lee semi-tops one and is still away. He next chops one to about 30 yards. I hiot my sand wedge onto the front portion of the green and leave about 25 feet uphill for a par. Lee wedges on to 20 feet.
Greed rears its ugly head at this point. I figure I've got this match in the bag, so I'm going to try and bag a "specialty." The group I'm playing with this week gives money to all garbage stuff like "fishies" (making a par after being in a water hazard--which is what my putt would qualify me for), "sandies" (making a par from the sand) "chippies" (making a shot from off of the green), etc.. Well, I blow my putt past by 5 feet! Lee drains his 20-footer. I'm now left with having to make this mid-range putt for The Cup.... I get it started a little left and it stays put, catches the left edge and spins out to two feet. I tap in for a 6 net 5 and Lee and I will have to playoff at The Members Club the next day.
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