Sunday Finale

Entering Sunday's round, Tad, Mickey and Tony all had a shot to win. Charles joined them in the final grouping. Tony got off to a quick lead when Tad and Mickey scored 9s on the first par 5. Tony built a 4 stroked lead over Mickey at the turn and Tad was checked out. Mickey got hot and tied it after 11 holes. On #14, Mickey found his ball that we assumed had gone in the water. He chipped onto the green for par and took a 1 stroke lead. On #15, TA rocketed out of the fairway bunker and it was headed deep into the woods but squarely hit a tree and bounced back safely. TA 4 putted and MY 3 putted. The pressure was getting to them. Down 2 with 3 to play, TA got par on #16 and closed the gap, but Mickey got the stroke back on #17. TA had one last chance on #18. Down 2, he stuck his approach 15 feet from the pin for a makeable byrdie. But Mickey almost holed his approach (for the 2nd day in a row) and won. It was a storybook ending that deserves to be a major motion picture someday... Mickey sleeps on a mattress outside with no blanket and beats out the heavy favorite, Tad Selby, who slept at the Ritz and had breakfast in bed.

From Rob...
"The Emry vs Tom match was also dramatic. Emry was up 1 with 3 to play. Tom completely blew up the par 4 16th and Emry made a natural bogey to go up 2 with 2 to play. It was back and forth the entire round. Emry’s knees were practically shaking on 17, which was a long par 5. Emry is greenside sitting three, but there is a bunker between him and the green. I tell him, “Whatever you do, don’t hit it short into the bunker.” He doesn’t, but instead hits it long across the green into the bunker on the other side. Four swings later, he picks up his ball and takes a double par 10. Emry is up one going to the 18th tee, a 350 yard par 4. Tom crushed his drive to within 60 yards of the green; Emry hits his classic 200 yard drive right down the middle. Emry hits a great approach that is pin high to the left – IN A BUNKER!! Emry is getting a stroke from Tom on this hole. Tom hits his pitch shot about 20 feet off the front of the green. So he is sitting 2 there and Emry is net one in the bunker. With his solid bunker play from the previous hole is only swing thought, Emry hits the shot of his life out of the sand that rolls about 15 feet past the hole that leaves him a down hill put from there. Tom, of course, takes the pin out of the hole indicating he intends to make his chip shot. He hits his shot and it lips the cup leaving him a 3-footer for his par. So all Emry has to do is two put and he is guaranteed to at least halve the hole and win the match. “Inside the leather, Emry; that’s all you have to do,” I tell him. It is a downhill, with a slight left to right break. I am telling you, he TAPS the ball and we all think it is tracking perfectly to stop short of the hole by about a foot to close out the match, but it rolls four feet past the hole!! So now he has to make the 4-footer for the half and win and drills it into the bottom of the cup for the match win!!"



The Deadbreads won 4 of the 6 individual matches and won the weekend 10.5 to 4.5
SK over CW
NJ over CJ
TA over TS
MY over CR
ME over TC
JM over RL
We packed up and went to Chilis in Dalton for a late lunch on the way home.

Other awards...
Fagitas got Schwetty Balls as a consolation prize
Janke wins Tennis license plate for last place
Tom wins prize for worst shot of the weekend
Wyman wins a bunch of long drives. Mickey wins one.
SK, ME, TC win closest to pin prizes.
SK wins farthest from pin
Rob wins Poker champ
Tom is last place Poker
Mickey gets LMA for his eagle chip-in
Jay gets team MVP for going 4-0 and dominating all his matches
Jay wins the NIT