Fear & Loathing

After a Covid 19 break in 2020, Fear & Loathing is back to challenge those who dare to accept that challenge. This event has the reputation of golfers entering and starting with hope of shooting well ... show more ›

After a Covid 19 break in 2020, Fear & Loathing is back to challenge those who dare to accept that challenge. This event has the reputation of golfers entering and starting with hope of shooting well and fear of being devastated by the course, then the vast majority of them going home with self loathing. Hence the name. This event is limited to 34 (or 35 depending on the female contingent) due to the course only using 9 holes of the 27 holes available. Those nine holes are newer, longer, tougher, and just too darned hard for many of our local golfers. Each hole has 2 placements, a red target (short) and a yellow target (long). We will play two rounds of 18 holes, each round consisting of 9 red holes and 9 yellow holes. There's no good way to do tee times, so we will stick with more limited numbers and a shotgun start.

If you didn't notice it in the flyer, the course bounty from our last version of this event is still in play. Zach Melton came over in 2019 to give the course record (60) a shot and was successful at ... show more ›

If you didn't notice it in the flyer, the course bounty from our last version of this event is still in play. Zach Melton came over in 2019 to give the course record (60) a shot and was successful at knocking two strokes off of that with a 58 in the first round. He took home an extra $100 for that, but left another $1500 lying out there in the woods. Had he been able to knock another 4 strokes off of that first round, he would have taken home and extra $1600 to go with his winnings in the open division. Zach scorched the two 9 hole yellow segments, scoring twin 29's both times. He scored a mediocre (for him) 29 on his first round on the reds, giving him a 58 total, but scored a 33 on the 2nd time through the reds. Needless to say, he had room for improvement. No matter who it is this year, the first person to knock a stroke off of Zach's 58 gets $200 for that particular stroke. If they can remove another, they get $400 instead of $200. Another stroke? $800. One more ? $1600. That's the upper limit on the course record bounty. It's not that I think it's impossible for anyone to score a 53, it's just that $3200 is a bit much.