February 19th, 2000
Eric, Doug and Jim were joined by last minute arrival Nate. Jim and Doug went O.B. on hole one, Jim on his first shot, Doug on his second. Eric score a deuce to capture the early lead. Jim came right back with an ACE on hole two, a perfect long drive, curving left to right into the tree. Doug hit a long approach for a deuce, Eric's drive landed O.B. in sand, but he made putt for a par. Nate got hung up at the wall on his approach and fell into the sand for O.B. Scores, 1-2-3-4! At hole four, Eric's drive failed to turn and went straight into the water, unrecoverable. He pushed his next shot a little too hard and he slid off the bank into the water again, for a double O.B. Nate deuced hole eight and Eric started a double deuce series at hole eight. Jim also made a nifty deuce at hole nine. Jim and Eric were tied at 27 after nine holes, Doug had 28 and Nate had 29.
Doug bogeyed hole ten, while Eric was starting a double bogey series. At hole twelve, deuces were scored by Doug, Jim and Eric. Nate took two shots also, but an O.B. cost him a penalty stroke. Eric had a huge drive on hole thirteen and scored a deuce. Doug and Nate had medium drives, but both hit long approaches for deuces also. Jim flubbed a possible deuce, going just left of the pole for a par. At hole fourteen Nate hit a long shot for a deuce, while Doug completed his third deuce, capturing a piece of the lead, with a hit on a very long approach. Everyone had pars at hole fifteen, and then Jim fell out of the lead with a bogey at hole sixteen. Eric deuced hole seventeen and Jim started a double deuce series at seventeen, which carried him into the lead at the finish.
Final scores were Jim 27-25 for a 52, Doug 28-25 one behind at 53, with Eric and Nate tied at par 54. Jim finally broke Eric's win streak of 2000.
Congratulations to Jim as Winner of the week.
