Sammy scored the highest round ever for a Surgeon’s Cup round at -17! Add that to the fact, that he also holds the all time course record of -19, and you have what will likely be a “ho-h ...
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Sammy scored the highest round ever for a Surgeon’s Cup round at -17! Add that to the fact, that he also holds the all time course record of -19, and you have what will likely be a “ho-hum†round for the Cup next Wednesday.
However, there will be a couple of other battles going on behind our leader.
Six strokes behind Sammy are Brad and Wayne (tied at -11). Wayne, who started the round with two bogies, fought back ending with an ace on 18 to tie Brad, and five strokes behind them, are MaT and Robby at -6, some 4 to 5 strokes off their season averages. Dean rounds out the group at +1.
Not since the summer of 2010, has there ever been a larger recorded first round stroke lead, in a Surgeon’s Cup tournament. On July 14 of that year, it was MaT over Robby -15 to -10. MaT would go on to win but it would be BOB, not Robby, who would take second place. All that means is that it’s never over until it is over!
And then there are those league points. If you take a look at them (and they do seem to express consistency) you will see that this round changed the standings a bit. Sammy is now a half point in front of Robby and MaT is only six points behind him. The season ending “double points†format has had an impact on how the league points play out. When the going gets tough, the tough seem to get going! Winning both the Cup and the League is not that easy.
I also need to advise all NFGA members that, after an extensive review, there is nothing in the NFGA charter, nor any charter for any organization with which I am affiliated, nor within the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), that allows any latent video review, of any hole, to reverse any decision that was accepted for the recorded play on that hole. Accordingly, the video that has recently surfaced (which clearly shows a missed, yet counted hole out) has no bearing on the final score of the associated round.
This week’s anonymous sound bite was, “That’s unbelievable that he picked up on the fact that we are playing a championship round!â€
