Waterlogged Club Championship

6 inches of rain do not help golf tournaments... or anything else for that matter.

Around 9am Saturday morning the rain started and it still hasn't stopped (other than a few brief moments). We played round 1 of the club championship in a constant rain and it didn't go well for anyone in our 4-some (or most of the players). It was a very long, slow, wet day that featured rooster-tails on the greens, soggy shoes, wet grips and general malaise.

I started out ok and probably would have had a nice front 9 if I hadn't made a couple mistakes and blew up on 2 holes (7 over for those 2 while the remaining 7 consisted of 5 pars and 2 bogeys). In the increasing rain of the back 9 I pretty much fell apart. I ended up shooting 93 (44/49) which put me tied for 3rd to last in the 1st flight.

Afterwards they still held the long drive contest (though fewer people participated than usual due to the rain). In the preliminary round I placed 2nd (274 behind a 281). It just happened to stop raining for about 15 minutes while we were hitting. That qualified me for the final of my flight. Of course, that was 2 hours and 5 beers later. By the time we got out there at 7:30 it was almost dark and completely pouring. You couldn't even see the drives after about 20 yards. The first person missed the fairway all 3 times. The 2nd guy (the 281 guy) went and missed on 2 but hit the fairway once with a nice drive, but it only went 221. I thought I would win easily. I can hit my hybrid that far... I hit my first 2 left but my last one I hit really well down the middle. I thought I would win easily... until they radioed in the distance. 2 - 1 - 9. 219! That's it!?!?!? I guess pouring rain will do that to a ball. I lost by 2 yards and missed out on the $75 prize.

The 2nd round was canceled as I knew it would be since at least 3 greens were under water when we left Saturday night. Oh well. I think most of the courses in the area are closed and it's not supposed to stop raining until Friday or so. Doesn't feel like mid-August, it's more like October. That's the first time it's rained in the CC for at least 10 years.