The NFGA Surgeon’s Cup Summer Round One was played on the afternoon of June 20 and what a round it was.
Even with two of the league’s top players not making the cut, the competition w ...
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The NFGA Surgeon’s Cup Summer Round One was played on the afternoon of June 20 and what a round it was.
Even with two of the league’s top players not making the cut, the competition was still fierce, and as expected, came down to the Travis Trail to finish it off.
The four players making the cut for the summer round were the current Cup holder MaT, BOB, Travis and Wayne.
MaT took an early lead on the first hole but Wayne kicked it up and at five under was up by a stroke over MaT, two over BOB and three over Travis by the turn.
BOB started to press on ten with an eagle but Wayne kept the lead until his patented missed putting technique started to plague him on thirteen which led to a three way tie for the lead with Wayne, BOB and MaT at eight under par. Travis parred thirteen leaving him at four under.
Wayne, BOB and Travis followed that up with pars on fourteen while MaT started his attack with a well placed second shot to hit a bird.
Moving to the uphill fifteen, Travis hit his first bogey on the first hole of the Trail named in his honor. Both BOB and Wayne took par while MaT struck another bird.
Sixteen was again parred by Wayne, BOB and Travis while MaT took yet another bird to give him a three stroke lead going into the most forgiving hole on the course, known as LF17 (Lofty and Forgiving Seventeen).
Travis birdied the par 6 while both Wayne and BOB hit the regulatory eagles. MaT, on the other hand, pitched his third shot a bit past the hole and too far to the left. Missing his fourth shot, he landed behind the hole and had to then toss a lay up to finish at par.
All players hit birdies on eighteen finishing the first round of the Summer Surgeon’s Cup as follows:
1 MaT -12
3 BOB -11
3 Wayne -11
4 Travis - 5
Additional medallions were picked up this round with MaT earning a Postal Service on 8 and Travis picking up an Automobile Association on 17.
Based on this round's participation the APAR has moved to 7.
The second round of the Summer Surgeon’s Cup will be played on the Old Peachtree Walk course next Wednesday, June 27 at 6:00.
This rounds anonymous sound bite was, “Are you kidding me, its 20 minutes to tee time!â€
