Dew Sweepers at LGC

July 7-8: The Annual Mid Summer Classic at LGC; my second favorite tournament at the club.  I teamed up with my stalwart, jovial, awesome partner M. Keegan.  We paired up with S. Keegan and D. Brennan, the team I consider to be our biggest challenge.  However, my idea of one of our teams winning this thing failed again as Team Caruso continued its dominance (three years in row??), shooting a two day total of 125.  Nice going to Paul and Jim!

Steve and Dan finished solo second at 128 and Mike and I claimed a tie for 4th place at 131.  We had perfect weather both days, sunny and 80s.  My morning loving playing partners chose to subject me to 716am tee times both days.  We literally we sweeping the dew of the greens.  Despite that, the greens were rolling great, almost at club championship speeds requiring delicate touch from all angles.

Mike and I shot 63-68.  On Day 1 we had a very strong start to the back nine going (on a best ball net basis) eagle, birdie, birdie, par, birdie, and birdie (last three was bogey, par, birdie).  We shot a back nine 30.  Carrying that momentum into Round 2 (modified Alternate Shot), we made a long birdie putt on 1, bogeyed 4, birdied 5, birdied 7, bogeyed 8, and parred 9...to make a long story short, Mike and I played great for the first 7 holes, then went into a +5 on 6 hole stretch that knocked us out of the running.  While we stumbled, Steve and Dan surged, reversing a poor start and making a solid run on the back nine with well played shots around the greens.

Regardless of the results, this group always has a boatload of laughs.  They even got to me have a Corona!  My shot of the weekend came on the 17th hole in Round 2.  Playing as a 100-yard par-3 into a slight breeze, I opted (after some internal resistance) to play a 3/4 gap wedge to lower trajectory instead of a full SW.  Might sound easy, but it can hard to pull out the longer club!!  I struck it perfect, landing inches from the hole and stopping on a dime to inches, tap in bird for my partner.  If often pays off to take out the extra club, leading to a shorter backswing and better tempo!

Mid Summer lived up to all its greatness.  Awesome weekend!  Two weeks until the LGC Club Championship.  I expect another great tournament.

Cheers to the Dew Sweepers,
Kurt