Duluth, GA USA (AP) – With the lowest participation in Surgeon’s Cup history, three players turned out for the first of three rounds in the NFGA 2013 Surgeon’s Cup Summer Series. ...
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Duluth, GA USA (AP) – With the lowest participation in Surgeon’s Cup history, three players turned out for the first of three rounds in the NFGA 2013 Surgeon’s Cup Summer Series. In order to accommodate known scheduling conflicts, the Cup is being played out over three consecutive Wednesdays instead of the normal two. While allowing more players to participate, the format, gives any player who is able to make all three rounds a distinct advantage as they will have the ability to discount their highest round.
Wednesday’s round started with Sammy Jackson- taking advantage of some first hole strategic and preferential tree pruning - hitting a towering drive that passed the hole and crossed into the second fairway. Missing his second shot, he was in at par with Robby Morgan hitting a long putt for the first bird of the round and Wayne Russell tapping in at par. Jackson then hit birds on both two and three setting the stage for a two stroke lead at the turn.
Heading into ten, and just like last week, the sky let loose with a torrential downpour to dampen play on the back. Grip slippage started costing the group strokes as Jackson lost one to both competitors with a par on eleven. Everyone bogeyed twelve while Morgan slipped into a par on the par 5 thirteen.
As the group headed down “The Trail,†the rains ceased and after searching all available orifices, neither Russell nor Morgan could pull a bird out of any of them. In the mean time, Jackson found his grip and threw three birds in a row.
Everyone made their expected eagles on seventeen and birds on eighteen putting round one on the books.
So, with Morgan scheduled to miss next week, only two players will have the advantage of possibly playing three rounds. And while it isn't likely to matter to one, the other is the current Cup holder and Summer Series leader by 5 strokes.
Can anyone stop the Jackson dominance of this league? With a lifetime highest round of only five under (-5), a lifetime average of eleven under (-11), a season best of fifteen under (-15) and a league record nineteen under (-19), it will not be a task for the weak. History shows that if someone does not step up with at least an eleven or twelve under during next Wednesday’s round, this one “likely†belongs again to Sammy.
This round’s anonymous sound bite was, “I don’t like these discs; they seem flimsy.â€
This round had to have a follow up sound bite; “I got mine for eight bucks!â€
Be sure to register for round two if you plan to man up and play!
