You who braved the inferno are true golf legends! Reading sHank's commentary
makes me feel like I was right there (but without the searing heat and lost
balls). By all accounts, you Tarnished Ten well espoused the tenants of
SOGAGG, comporting yourselves appropriately. I'm sure the many complaints
lodged had no merit!
Hoping to get out there next year again to bring the scoring averages up.
Between the Gold Coast tournament and the SOGAGG Cup, I'm hearing there are
far too many straight shots and low scores. This must stop!
Congrats to White. Hope they bought the drinks in true SOGAGG tradition!
Trek
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hank
Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 7:02 PM
To: sogagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sogagg] SOGAG Cup 2017 Results
For those who missed it, here are some pics and recap. In the closest match
in SOGAGG history, and why wouldn’t it be as it was the first one, the White
Team narrowly edged out the Green Team 3-2 claiming the Cup. It was an epic
match in brutal 100 degree temperatures on an unforgiving course.
Divot(Green) vs. Shaft(White)
Divot, absolutely crushing the opening drive of the tournament, led the
Green
Team to an early lead. Shaft hung in there, even claiming closest to the
pin
along the way, got to within 1, but Divot came to play and put the first
point
on the board for Team Green.
sHank (White) vs Rules(Green)
Another great match with each going up and then down by 2 a couple of times
in
the match. The golf gods were on the White Teams side when the Ramona winds
pushed Rules tee shot on the 17th into the trees landing within a few feet
of
Docho’s, not 1, but 2 golf clubs he left behind! Rules then made an
incredible up & down playing from on the cart path, pushing the match to the
18th, only to come up a little short on the final hole.
Birdee(White) vs Axe(Green)
White teams rookie Birdie made an impressive SOGAGG debut, but the veteran
Axe, remained cool in the heat, and posted a 6 spot on the long tough uphill
par 5 13th (matching or beating ALL the SOGAGG guys) on one of the toughest
holes in San Diego, put a green flag up for her team.
OB(White) vs Woods(Green)
OB, parred the first to go up by 1. Woods rallied to go up by two, but OB
turned the table to even it at the turn. Back & forth it went, with each
going
up by 1 only to have the other battle back. OB prevailed and the White Team
registered a point.
Ace(White) vs Docho(Green)
The White team, shaken by Divots opening salvo, needed a hero, but the White
Team had an Ace up their sleeve. Aces’s towering opening tee shot easily
cleared the lake and it was game on from there on out. Check out the pic
with
the point by Ace, and this was only hole #1! Rory and Patrick were boring
compared to Docho and Ace! Ace parred the opener, but Docho battled back
and
in yet another back and forth match, Ace, and the White Team narrowly
prevailed.
I suspect that a rematch will soon be in order with rumors of a Pinehurst
format in the near future.
Thanks to all, and especially Rules for the custom score cards!
Have a Great Holiday Weekend!
sHank
