Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Bits and Pieces: Last Tuesday Scramble (maybe), Presidents Cup, Coach K

-The last Tuesday scramble of this season (maybe):  Doug Denson, Tracy Rayhill (the guy with the hottest clubs) and George Templin shot a nifty 30 while Dave Wininger and Mike Bird, with balky putters, shot a 33.  Shot of the day:  Tracy's approach shot from about 100 yards on #8 which stopped two feet behind the flag.  That followed a Wininger/Bird birdie at #7 which brought them to within one shot of the lead, was dropped in for a birdie, and, coupled with a bogey from the other guys, expanded the lead to an almost insurmountable three strokes.  Playing together, we started at 4 and finished at 5:35, and, yes, we still could see the ball playing the last hole.  (Balky putters:  the missing of 5-8'  putts on the first three holes and four overall.)

-The Presidents Cup:  The first matches are foursomes (alternate shot) and include Woods and Stricker going up against Scott and Choi.  Advantage:  Woods and Striker.  Live coverage starts tonight at 9pm on the Golf Channel.

-Coach K becomes the male basketball coach with the most wins as Duke beats MSU in the State Farm Classic last night.  Another Coach K, Bobby Knight, calls him the best college coach ever.  That's cool.

-Cool and cloudy today.  Might be a better day to work on the wood pile than the golf swing.  Guess I'll just go do that, at least for a little while.