The big story of the day (October 19) was a par by Jim Mason on #12 (East Course).
The 100 foot putt in a putting contest at Yahnandasis C.C wasn't enough. Nor was the par from short of the drainage ditch on #18 in the Harmon Cup to win his match and the cup. Or even the par from the left rough on #16 East with a driver in 40 degree weather into a 20 mph wind over two bunkers to a tucked pin for birdie.
Let's not forget the three club championships and numerous other golfing feats and even the fact that he's a really nice guy.
Nope, some people just can't resist the urge to bet against Jim Mason.
So let's set it up for those who weren't there. Jim was last to tee off and hit some kind of ugly low, pull hook ground ball that managed to clear the creek in front of the tee, clank off the trees bordering the maintenance road, bounce across the road towards the 6th green. At one point it looked as if it would go in the creek by #6 and finally came to rest maybe 100 yards off the tee between the road and the creek.
As the ball was bouncing across the road Brad McAreavy comments "let's see him make par from there". Having witnessed more than my share of the above described feats I instantly offer to take the bet if I get 10 to 1 odds.
Brad accepted just as Jim launched a 3 wood to the end of the fairway. Now all he had to do was get up and down from 75 yards to a back left pin - I figured my odds had now gone up to 50/50.
You know the rest of the story; Jim made the 15 footer for par and we split the $10. Brad was last heard mumbling something about the fact that losing $10 wasn't as bad as the fact that I was going to put the story in the blog.
He was right.
The other big highlights of the day were my greenie, birdie, loner on #15 and the fine mark performance by John Teegardin (5 or 6 marks).
Unfortunately, I had to leave right after the round and the crew did not keep the scorecard so there are no results to report.
The 100 foot putt in a putting contest at Yahnandasis C.C wasn't enough. Nor was the par from short of the drainage ditch on #18 in the Harmon Cup to win his match and the cup. Or even the par from the left rough on #16 East with a driver in 40 degree weather into a 20 mph wind over two bunkers to a tucked pin for birdie.
Let's not forget the three club championships and numerous other golfing feats and even the fact that he's a really nice guy.
Nope, some people just can't resist the urge to bet against Jim Mason.
So let's set it up for those who weren't there. Jim was last to tee off and hit some kind of ugly low, pull hook ground ball that managed to clear the creek in front of the tee, clank off the trees bordering the maintenance road, bounce across the road towards the 6th green. At one point it looked as if it would go in the creek by #6 and finally came to rest maybe 100 yards off the tee between the road and the creek.
As the ball was bouncing across the road Brad McAreavy comments "let's see him make par from there". Having witnessed more than my share of the above described feats I instantly offer to take the bet if I get 10 to 1 odds.
Brad accepted just as Jim launched a 3 wood to the end of the fairway. Now all he had to do was get up and down from 75 yards to a back left pin - I figured my odds had now gone up to 50/50.
You know the rest of the story; Jim made the 15 footer for par and we split the $10. Brad was last heard mumbling something about the fact that losing $10 wasn't as bad as the fact that I was going to put the story in the blog.
He was right.
The other big highlights of the day were my greenie, birdie, loner on #15 and the fine mark performance by John Teegardin (5 or 6 marks).
Unfortunately, I had to leave right after the round and the crew did not keep the scorecard so there are no results to report.
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