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It was tied after day 1. It was close and tense after day 2. Then, with fate hanging in the balance, the Honey Badgers struck. A close and hard-fought tournament was blown open on day 3 as the Honey Badgers took 22 of the available 24 points. The final coronation would come one day later at Heritage as they secured victory over the Disciples by a final score of 56.5-37.5.

The Badgers were led by veteran Danny Marsh who returned with a vengeance from a one-year Myrtle hiatus. Marsh won all four of his matches and only lost two points all weekend. Strong play from rookies Brian Reed and Mark Dinora also contributed greatly to the team victory. In defeat, the Disciples got strong performances from Wood, Markell and Sacks but lacked consistency elsewhere.

2012 Highlights

  • At Eggs Up on Saturday we were all impressed with the waitress taking our orders on what looked to be an iPhone or similar device. Regarding his order Monty said she was typing “fat guy ordered coffee.”
  • Parkland had outdated scorecards and yardage books. I swear the ranger told us “In the yardage book they’re blue. On the scorecard they’re green. On the course they’re white.”
  • Alan and Mike were having difficulty with a par 3 on Sunday. After hitting their fourth mulligan, which again missed the green, Mike proclaims “Bingo!….Playable.”
  • The Parkland ranger called the first group “douche bags” for leaving beer cans on the tee box.
  • The individual shotgun record fell twice – first to Tim who owned the record for two days before Greg did 14 in the final round.
  • Aaron broke the Myrtle nudity barrier, claiming he needed to be more aerodynamic to swim underwater competitively.
  • We got a group text on Tuesday morning that said simply “Stop texting me.” It seems Aaron had used an old phone number for Ken when constructing the group and we had been spamming this person with dozens of Myrtle-related texts.
  • The eastern bloc waitress (“You have coupon”) was still working at Heritage.
  • “Hey John check for me! I think I’m leakin’ oil.”
  • Alan won 3 of the 8 closest-to-the-pin contests.
  • Ken won his own NCAA pool (Shenanigans!)
  • The weather was perhaps the best we’ve ever had.
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