Cut
 

Participated in the annual Club Championship again this year. For some reason I managed to comfortably make the cut last year.

This year the field was smaller and the championship mgmt started talking about not having a cut at all.

Enter Metallion.

In a lengthy letter I demanded a cut do be established, for the following reasons:

• If I have not played good enough, I do not want to play Sunday
• I do not want to play Sunday with others not having played well enough to contend
• Probably some who have not played well will not want to play Sunday, but I do not think that they can leave the tournament unless they are injured
• Those who have no real chance of winning (such as undersigned) will still have the CUT to play for.

...and so on.

They listened and set the cut to top-whatever and ties.

It turned out I was one shot from making the (54-hole) cut. Even though my 54-hole score was 9 shots better than last year.

I told the mgmt that I gof a chuckle & exactly what I deserved. They agreed.

I played 54 holes. All those small misstakes I could have easily avoided any day. I only needed one shot less.

Imagine how frustrating in one sense.

Still I think promoring that there should be a cut was the right thing to do.

I'll make it next year. And I'll contend!

Walkin' the Floor Over You
 

This is the kind of thing that keeps TOUR players up at night, Fredrik. They toss and turn for that 1/2 stroke per round that keeps them in the game on the weekend, and walk the floor for that 1/4 shot per round that stands between them and lifting crystal on Sunday.

It's a tough life. But like most of us here...

I'd take it!

LOL and yes. I'd take it too.

It turned out I did make the cut since one of the other participants bailed out due to back pain. Had I only got myself down there this morning I'd been playing. Opportunity lost, but self-esteem restored!

Instead one of my main golfing buddies won by one shot finishing double-double-birdie for a 75 in brutal conditions (wind+heavy rain). He's at home having downed halv a bottle of wine and just called me. I've congratulated him & took some real pleasure in listening to every single shot and every intricate detail of his round.

Me? Well I was off for another stroke play HCP tournament. I did not manage to win it, but I DID manage to bring the scorecard with the lowest gross score to the clubhouse. So its all good.