It was a gray and rain spitting day on our beautiful Mountain View course in The Woods Resort.
For the uninitiated, we are in Hedgesville WV....truly "by God beautiful".
The Club Pro, Chris, the club Champ, Dan, and one of the course Marshals, Kenny , made up the foursome. Every three holes we switched partners and after Kenny and I kicked proverbial butt the two hotshots wanted to prolong their partnership to prove our three hole success had been a fluke.
Yes, as expected, the two truly accomplished golfers both birdied number ten. 11 is unarguably the toughest par three on the course, 179 yards uphill guarded by bunkers, trees, and an undulating green. Rumour has it there have been only three prior aces on this one in the courses history.
Chris and Dan, with no hesitation and little apparent effort, put two consecutive balls on the green, but to the back and right of the pin.
Through a few snickers and mild trash talk, I took the T, girded my loins and took a shot, fully expecting sand or woods to the right.
Dead silence, dropped jaws, then four grown men screaming "get in the hole" , followed by screaming cheers pretty well sealed the competition.
Of course, I refused to get too excited until we drove the hill and I personally looked in the cup to retrieve the pro v1.
Thank you Golf Gods!