Defacing the Leader Board
Three friends and I signed up for a one-day invitational women’s tournament at a club. Two of us were looking to get in a little competition during the college off-season. The other two were strong players as well. We knew we had a good chance to win, but we all had it going that day. We went low, like, too low. We tried to not make a big deal about it, accepting our award without fanfare. We hung around for the post-round party, but the tension made it obvious some competitors weren’t pleased. Our team might have had the only college players in the field. As we left the course, we looked at the leader board and saw that our names had been ripped off. Apparently, someone in the field had lost her temper when looking at our score. Who’s the jerk here is up to you: us, for stacking a team or the sore loser who committed petty vandalism.
is this ball On the conforming list?
WINNING THE CHEAP WAY During a club championship final at a private club outside Chicago, the match was about to end when the player on the losing side asked if his opponent’s ball was on the USGA Conforming List. The ball – a two-piece Surlyn-covered Wilson with a SpongeBob SquarePants logo that no one in a million years would use in a club championship but for the greatest of fathers honouring his young child’s love of a cartoon – was not. According to Wilson, the company viewed it as a novelty product that would never be used in competition. The opponent insisted on the DQ and was awarded the win, about as empty a club-championship victory as is possible. Although the DQ’d player was upset at Wilson for not listing the ball (which Wilson did thereafter), everyone who sees the paint on the board is reminded who the real loser was. !
80 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
JUNE 2024
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