Won Club Championship This Weekend

[Bagger Lance]

Well, I managed to win the club championship at the little SCGA affiliate club I am a member of.

Steph - you just made my day!
Great job.

Thanks

Bagger

[drewitgolf]

The cream rises to the top. Congratulations Steph!

Now, are you going to tell your fellow competitors how you did it ?

[ThinkingPlus]

The cream rises to the top. Congratulations Steph!

Now, are you going to tell your fellow competitors how you did it ?

Thanks. I played well the first day and shot a 76 (good ball striking - 11 GIRs on a long, but easy course).

On Saturday I started well with a 38 on the front, but we got behind and the marshal started hassling us (NMF - we had a C player who was very slow). He threatened to bump us up a hole which DQs us. Play deteriorated rapidly and I hacked my way to a back nine 44.

Started the final day 4 back with no chance to win (in my mind). Ball striking went south and the rough at the shortest course was U.S. Open (3" - 5"). I did not see a ball hit the green all day in our group from the thick stuff. My chipping saved me until the ball striking kicked in the last 5 holes. EA plus BRW plus vertical hinging saved me. The vertical hinging allowed me to play high soft shots out of the super thick rough (pure hitting technique on the chipping). I did not get up and down that way (putter, arrgghh), but no doubles. Others were blading / chunking balls back and forth across the greens. It was painful to watch.

Once the ball striking came back at the end, I poured it on with the 9I 123 yards to 1 foot on 17. I hit driver 265 (downhill - don't get excited) on 18 and hit another 9I uphill 105 to 15'. Made the putt which felt really good since the putter was a block of ice all weekend.

[birdie_man]

Wait a minute....you won against the men??

[ThinkingPlus]

Wait a minute....you won against the men??

Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.

[sdsurfmore]

Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.

steph be proud of that nine(i'm at 8.4) ..at times we are the burr in those 1-4's.. when i was playing in my cc i kept wondering when it was my turn cause you see all this carnage around you...but thats whats fun about seeing how you react to new situations...

[ThinkingPlus]

steph be proud of that nine(i'm at 8.4) ..at times we are the burr in those 1-4's.. when i was playing in my cc i kept wondering when it was my turn cause you see all this carnage around you...but thats whats fun about seeing how you react to new situations...

Sorry, I did not write some of that well. My women's index is currently a +0.2, but my men's equivalent index is 5.3 (I use a spreadsheet to keep the men's and the SCGA does the women's). I had roughly the 3rd or 4th lowest index of those who played in the tournament. Given my index it was not unreasonable that I could win, but most folks would consider the courses too long for me to have a chance unless they knew how far I can hit the ball. Length off the tee these days allows me to play reasonably well out to 6700 - 6900 yards as long as the slope isn't too crazy.

[YodasLuke]

Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.

Good job!

If you wanted to salt in the wounds , you could use one of my favorite quotes from one of my Tour ladies. She always says (after beating a man senseless), "you're pretty good, ...for a guy."

[ThinkingPlus]

Good job!

If you wanted to salt in the wounds , you could use one of my favorite quotes from one of my Tour ladies. She always says (after beating a man senseless), "you're pretty good, ...for a guy."

I couldn't. The guys are mostly real nice. I really felt bad for a couple of them. They only needed to shoot average rounds to win. The eventual A-Flight net winner and the 2nd day leader (our president who should have won) both commented during the round about the inability to swallow. I have been there and felt their pain so rubbing it in would have been inappropriate. However, there are folks on occasion who I might slide one between their ribs, but they have to earn it!

[drewitgolf]

Wait a minute....you won against the men??

Hey Birdie,

Ever hear of Billie-Jean King ?