Random stuff from this weekend:
The course set-up at DeLaveaga has been the same for the last 5 years. It's 24 holes with hole #'s 20-24 omitted. There have been 4 times when -11 has been achieved. Paul's -15 destroyed that record.
I talked to Paul before his first round. Another guy just blurts out, "Are you going to win this tourney" and Paul, without hesitation, said "Yes!".
The poison oak was bad in places where you shouldn't throw you shots. This is the first year that I can remember where the TD's allowed relief from the PO. After you play DeLa, it's a tradition to go swimming in the Pacific. That will clean off your PO oils.
Nate Sexton's death putt on hole 6 squirted OB and landed on the road in the first or second round. It was obviously on the road, but he cried and complained like a baby until the TD came over and ruled that since you couldn't see the road under his disc (it was on dirt that slides up on the road when people slide OB) the TD ruled his disc safe. That was the worst call I've ever seen at a tourney. I've been where NS was and there is no way that I'm going to ask for a call. It was clearly on the road. Later, I find out that other players landing in the same spot took OB's like men/pros. I lost respect of NS right there. Paul couldn't believe he got the the call and I saw his face. Paul was rolling his eyes. The next morning, the TD had a broom and swept all of the dirt off of the road.
Yesterday, during the 3rd round, Big Jerm threw a thumber on a short hole and landed on the green that was over a hill for an OB. When Jerm got to his disc and was told where his thumber was last in bounds, he also did the entitlement argument that his disc was "no way" that far left. His cardmates gave him the call and he banged a 60-footer for par. After the hole I walked up to a friend that was up on the green at the time of the throw and that the throw had gone directly over his head...30 feet to the left of the mark that Big Jerm lobbied and cried about until he got it. Very sad professionalism was what I witnessed by Big/Sexy.
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On a side note, I won my division by one shot by shooting a last round -4 on DeLa with no scores larger than a 3. I'm glad I didn't have to play the ball golf set-up. I definitely prefer the old school course.