Mike Cirba, using his powerful lefty draw, tried to gamble as close to the bunker as possibly, ending up just off the right edge of the fairway. Since he plays from the wrong side of the ball, Mike was left with brutal sidehill lie that yield a high number.
John,
At age 52, anything I do these days that's described as "powerful" always gets my attention.
The following day at Mountain Ridge, my "powerful lefty draw" almost killed the entire contingent of GCA congnescenti, as Ran, Patrick, Brad Klein, George Bahto, Tom Paul, and various other interested parties were teeing off #5, as my duck-hooked lefty 3-iron on the par three 4th curved around the trees to the right and came to rest just off the tee box where they were all congregating.
Almost immediately after, Tom Paul donned a long trench coat and pulled-down brimmed hat in an effort to go incognito deep-cover, likely assuming the offending shot was the start of a planned "hit" plot on him stemming from either Columbus, OH, or Los Angeles, CA.
Despite his paranoia, there was a method to my madness. Little did they realize that with my ultra-strategic golf brain, I realized that the sucker far back left pin position on the 4th could only be reasonably accessed from the far right side. From the 5th tee, I wedged to that back tier and just slid the 10-footer for par by the hole.
One would think that such an elite group would have applauded my strategy, but alas...
The view from the tee.
My view from the 5th tee for my second shot on the 4th hole.
P.S...
John, it was a real pleasure to play with you and hope we can do it again soon.
I enjoyed Hackensack a great deal, and it's exciting to see the re-Banksization that the club has been implementing...the Biarritz is beyond cool and they had a really good redan and Road hole as well.