Geoff summed up the day perfectly when he said: "We either need to never play this course again, or move up a set of tees."
We've had worse bloodbaths. We've also played much worse conditions. But the combination of a difficult course, with tiny greens, un-mowed rough due to rain, and a piss-poor recent verticut on the greens made for a very frustrating day.
For most of us. Reid and Melberg didn't seem to struggle, tying for the victory with Melberg breaking his own course record with a 74 (gross). It's a really unbelievable score, and now puts him in first place and controlling his own destiny.
On the other end of the spectrum, we saw Brendan with an insane +35 (net) which might be a record (need Faz to check that). Brendan somehow didn't break the course high record (124 by Topor in 2023).
And the 14 pitchers fell one short of our record at Temple Terrace last season, where 15 were purchased by 68% of the field!
Crescent Oaks is now ranked 3rd on our all-time difficulty list... playing to 9.0 median net strokes to par. It's also the most difficult track that we've played more than once!
I personally had a great time, and it was nice to see almost everyone hang out for a bit after the round. But I'm very much looking forward to a more forgiving experience next week — with hopefully better, consistent conditions.
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Melberg's lead over Billy is now 332.5... which will be a tall order for anyone to overcome. Billy needs a victory or solo 2nd to get there. Troy, Reid, Brendan, and Topor are still alive... but need to win. And they all need Melberg to finish in the bottom half of the standings.
As previously mentioned we're playing Cabot Citrus (Roost) with an early 7:36am start. I'll post a bunch of information soon... as there will be a lot of tee options.
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Tall Mike and Chandler (that's me!) are currently sitting in the two Rapture Captains chairs. It looks like Melberg, Troy, Gorecki, and Ho can still technically get the #1 Captain spot with a win. Geoff and Reid can't jump Moostie but can get the 2nd Captaincy. Of course all of this hinges on how the top two guys perform as well.
And there's a great battle going on at the cut-line to qualify. Gary and Dave have never missed a Rapture, but are both currently out!
Remember we are only taking 12 people this year... because we don't have enough fully qualified and committed people to take 16. Having people fail to qualify (which will someday happen to me) is the entire point! The Rapture is an end of the season reward. Some of you need to sit your ass at home like Jordan Spieth during this year's Ryder Cup!
Stay tuned for info on Cabot later today.
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