Season 2 - Opening Day

So we had a little bit of a shake-up with the loss of a team, but I imagine the Asians wanted the day off anyway (word on the street is they got pretty drunk last night).

Bito/GoMex vs. Geoff/Reid
The defending champs opened the season getting 5 strokes from the lowest handicaps. Gomez was a bit concerned about the new "Bito Rule" which requires each team to use TWO drives from every player, on every nine. But the champs came out of the gate slow, shooting a horrendous 8-over on the front side, which included six straight bogeys. Bito/Gomez had an impressive 14 pars and one birdie, to card a three-over 75. Maybe Gomez shouldn't be so hard on his partner. Final score: Bito/Gomez win 75-78 (net).

Exhibition Game
Chandler/Gorecki took on Buchannan/Nate in an exhibition match. We kinda just guessed on the handicap, thinking two strokes at first... but re-adjusting to five at the turn. Chandler/Gorecki played solid, never getting into much trouble during a round in which they rattled off 11 pars and zero birdies. Buchanan/Nate were slightly more sloppy with back-to-back double bogeys on #7 and #8, but still came up with a few clutch chips. Buchanan thought he sealed the deal with a spectacular chip on #18 giving them a tap-in par. But Chandler drained a seven foot putt in the rain to tie 79-79 (net).

Thankfully the weather held out just long enough for us to finish our rounds. I'll book something either tonight or tomorrow for the next week.

Only Reid and Geoff have a bye next week, so they need to find a couple more to play an exhibition match. Everyone else has an official game. If anyone out there not in the league wants to play, leave a comment.