Personal "Bests": Offbeat Achievements in 2006

[cary lichtenstein]

When I was young, the first time I broke 80, I shot 77.

I could keep my mouth shut all day, bragging to everyone how I finally did it, etc.

They next day, I shot 91  

But a worse story is when I won a club championship and the next day went to play with my buddies who were all in the next class. I rolled my tee shot on #1, rolled my 2nd and 3rd shots, and I heard about this performance for 15 years

[Bill_McBride]

AHA!

Used to be known as San Ramon Royal Vista... pretty darn fun course - and yes, there is an island green, the surroundings of which swallowed by misplayed wedge shot last time there.  It is indeed surrounded by houses now... but it's not too awful in that respect.

Interestingly, and topical to this thread if this we can back up 6-7 years, this course also saw a tournament win by yours truly, one of few in my mediocre golf career... This was a church fund-raiser for a friend of mine, and being it's a Catholic church, it shouldn't surprise you to hear massive quantities of alcohol were consumed during play.  Perhaps this helped... as I somehow managed a gross 68 and won the tourney by 6 shots... much to the chagrin of many....

 

Interesting...I don't recall the course as being that easy...  

[Tom Huckaby]

Bill - it's not that easy.  Next time I played it after that beer-induced 68, I struggled to something in the mid-80s.  That church tourney was just one freakishly good round.  And it did occur at the beautiful and challenging San Ramon GC.

 

[Scott Stearns]

personal best-golf trip to 3 courses in ohio with fellow travellers--guys who appreciate GCA

personal worst-the quality of my golf game on the trip, coupled with the fact that I played the best golf of my life after returning.

[Garland Bayley]

john, i'm guessing garland's opponent would argue that he never gave wrong information (however untrue) and that the information given was just misinterpreted....
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I am not too concerned about it as I am a high handicapper and play in flights for high handicappers. I win most of the money in our club tournaments since I don't engage in "rolling the ball" and "picking up" so my handicap probably is a better indication of my ability than others at my level who engage in such behavior. The USGA's handicap guru Knuth says the same about his tournament play so that is where I got my explanation.

The result is that I know not to play with this person in the future and if we happen to be matched in the future I will have a grudge to act on. The last time someone caused me to hold such a grudge, I shot a personal best that still stands in my next tournament match against him and buried him.

Since we are mentioning day and night nines in the same 18. I attended my one and only GCA get together last year. Being a high handicapper playing amongst these low handicapper GCAs, I was real nervous and shot 54 on the front. I got it together and shot 42 on the back with two birdies to shoot about my handicap. Had 2/3rds of the birdies that day and perhaps rubbed it in a bit much as I haven't heard from Mr. Erdmann since. It must be that new baby in the Erdmann household that has kept him quiet (or at least I hope so).
 

[Mike Hoak]

Took trip of a lifetime to Monterey this summer and managed to play holes 6 through 10 at Pebble to a score of two under par, while going a cumulative 12 over par on the other 13 holes.  The very next day I was even par walking off of the fifth hole at Spyglass and preceeded to completely self destruct, finishing with a 91.

[Bill_McBride]

Since we are mentioning day and night nines in the same 18. I attended my one and only GCA get together last year. Being a high handicapper playing amongst these low handicapper GCAs, I was real nervous and shot 54 on the front. I got it together and shot 42 on the back with two birdies to shoot about my handicap. Had 2/3rds of the birdies that day and perhaps rubbed it in a bit much as I haven't heard from Mr. Erdmann since. It must be that new baby in the Erdmann household that has kept him quiet (or at least I hope so).
 

Hopefully Mr. Erdmann will spot this and respond suitably!  Every time I play with him, Mike beats me to death.  My brother and I visited his very nice course at Ilahee Hills in Salem Oregon last summer and he was not very gentlemanly as he stomped me yet again.......

[Tim Bert]

When I was young, the first time I broke 80, I shot 77.

I could keep my mouth shut all day, bragging to everyone how I finally did it, etc.

They next day, I shot 91  

But a worse story is when I won a club championship and the next day went to play with my buddies who were all in the next class. I rolled my tee shot on #1, rolled my 2nd and 3rd shots, and I heard about this performance for 15 years

Cary - The last time I broke 80 was in the first round of the C flight of the club championship.  I shot my career best 76.  I followed that up with an 87 (I still won the C flight by a wide margin) and I haven't broken 80 since (5 years.)

[Garland Bayley]

Hopefully Mr. Erdmann will spot this and respond suitably!  Every time I play with him, Mike beats me to death.  My brother and I visited his very nice course at Ilahee Hills in Salem Oregon last summer and he was not very gentlemanly as he stomped me yet again.......

Probably was still in a foul mood after being shown how to make birdies by a high handicapper.

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