2nd Annual Alister MacKenzie Tournament to Save Sharp Park - Denouement

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Last Hole

Approach shots on 2 (our last hole witth the shotgun start). The Other Mike got it to 12 feet.It was a makeable birdie butt, and our last chance to break par on the team scramble. To partially make up for the patent unfairness of high handicappers playing against low handicappers in a gross score scramble format, I stepped in to help the team as the fifth putter when needed.  We needed this putt to finish in red numbers:

We did not finish in red numbers.


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The Other Mike on eighteen ...

... is desperately hoping to contribute to the team effort before we run out of holes.

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Thank you Bob...

... for once again saving the team from complete humiliation. On the 17th he stripes it down the middle of the fairway. Rick puts it on the green to 18 feet. And Roy drains it for the bird.

My coaching was instrumental to securing the bird and getting the team back to even. The Other Mike contributed... um... uh...  moral support in this team effort.

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16th tee portrait

Team mw.

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Birdie putts on 14...

... all missed.


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Roys approach on 13...

... bailed the team out after some poor team decision making earlier in the hole.

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Team NetSuite at the turn

Lookin' good...

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Putting for par on 10.

Which they could not sink. Our first team bogie of the day. Back to even.  These guys are embarrassing me.

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Everybody missed their birdie putt on 8

Look. I am doing what I can,  but these guys are fundamentally uncoachable.

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Coaching makes me thirsty.

And watching these guys play, makes me thirstier. There is only so much I can do. At some point, they actually have to get the ball off the tee and on the fairway or green.  I'm doing what I can.

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The Other Mike tees off on 4...

... into the trees on the right.  Just because he is my pinch hitter, it does not mean he should play like me.

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And we're off...

Shotgun start on the 3rd hole.

 Scramble format.

 The team  chose to use Rick's tee shot. Bob's approach got us within five feet of a birdie. All we needed was someone to sink the putt.

A great start. Team MW is one under after one. Little did we know that we had peaked out.


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Live Blogging Sharp Park Tourney

 Sunny and warm. We couldn't ask for a better day.

But they switched the tourney format from net best ball to a scramble. My high handicap team is screwed.

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Second Annual Alister MacKenzie Golf Tournament to Save Sharp Park

My well-worn SF public golf cap collection

The San Francisco Public Golf Alliance is again sponsoring a benefit tournament to help protect this civic gem from the continuing assaults of the W.E.B.L.E.E.D.U. Axis.

  16th Tee - (click to enlarge)

Details here:

"The Second Annual Alister MacKenzie Tournament to Save Sharp Park will be held Saturday, June 22 at Sharp Park Golf Course. The tournament will be hosted by the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance, together with the Sharp Park men's and women's golf clubs, Pacifica Chamber of Commerce, and Pacifica Historical Society. All proceeds go to our ongoing campaign to Save Sharp Park Golf Course.

Your entry fee pays for a long day of fun, 18 holes of golf, a great tee prize, and donation to the great cause of saving Alister MacKenzie's historic public golf links. The tournament format will be foursome best ball (1 ball) , net and gross. We will have 2 shotguns: at 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., followed by silent auction, a raffle, and other festivities in the Clubhouse."

Adding to my cap collection

Heading to Pacifica now to join my foursome.  We had a great time last year, and this year promises to be even better.  Only problem is that  I can't swing a golf club. No matter. I have designated Other Mike as a pinch hitter, and will be coaching the foursome to victory.  And live-blogging of course.