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<----2 1/2 mor feet and Boz would have had an ace
Boz Concedes on the 5th Tee!!!
9/28/2008...18 holes - Boz gave it up after only 4 holes. The two did play a full 18 but Boz could see the tremendous ass whuppin that was coming. He was 4 down after 4 and it was only going to get uglier and uglier. This was the ultimate defeat and humiliation as the Nutster went on to hit 13 of the 18 greens in regulation. Without the concession, the match would have most likely resulted in a 7&5 or 6&4 thrashing. "I don't know...I think Boz is going to regret this. He whipped me 7&5 in a pre-season match. It was painful but I took the beating," was Nut's assessment of Boz's decision to throw in the towel.
The aerated greens continued to plague the Nut as he had 11 birdie putts from 8-15 ft and only converted one.
"The stroke feels good. Most of the putts were riding just by the edge of the cup. It's hard to get the speed right with the sand. The greens will be back to normal in a couple of weeks and I just can't get myself to messing around trying to fix a putting stroke that isn't broken," commented Nutster after completing a superlative ball striking round.
NOTE: the wire services are working on the transmission of the picture of Boz's near ace on the demanding 16th hole. Boz hit it to just 2.5 ft from the cup and was able to tap in the birdie after the Nut made a birdie of his own from 10 ft.
It's About Who Wants It More
9/28/08...18 holes - Nutster takes down the Boz 2 up
They stood on the 17th tee all even. This tough par 4 was playing long and into the wind. Everything prior, including a controversial ruling against the Nutster, was history. It had now come down to desire. Nutster mishit his tee shot but it was straight. The Boz got a bigger piece of his drive but his pull wound up being his downfall. Nutster had a full 230 yds into the wind. He pulled out the 3 wood and hit a cut to keep it away from the tree guarding the green. The mighty blow found the front edge. Boz ended up on the cartpath and had to take an unfavorable drop into the weeds. He hacked it out as best he could, made a brilliant wedge shot, but couldn't get his 12 footer to fall. Nutster lagged his long putt up to about 4 feet and then drilled the cleanup putt dead center. Boz applied the pressure on 18 by hitting his second shot within 30 ft of the hole. Meanwhile, Nutster got a terrible break when his approach shot kicked dead right...missing the green and leaving an awkward pitch.
"I'm not going to kid you. I felt a little pressure standing over that shot. Boz had beaten me 3 straight times. There was no way I wanted to take a chance of it getting to 4. I'd never hear the end of it."
With the memory of whiffing a similar pitch just 3 holes earlier floating in his mind, Nutster calmly pitched to within 4 feet and, once again, drilled the pressure putt into the center of the cup.
Next match: today at 4. Boz has an attempt at redemption....or live through the week trailing the Nutster by a mighty margin.
A Change in the Wind
9/27/08...18 holes - Boz holds on to win 1 up
After being thumped 4 straight times, the Boz now has an official win streak going. Today demonstrated the fluke of match play. When you watch TV on golf, you see stroke play. Stroke play wise, Boz was whipped by 2. This indicates who had the superior skills going. We play match play here, however. After going two up after 6 holes, Nutster continued to suffer due to the condition of the aerated greens. "I couldn't get the ball up and down which is my game. It took me 4 to get down from the edge 4-5 times....that is a fluke. I'm struggling with gauging the modified surfaces. I'll get through this. When the greens get back to normal, it will be lights out," commented Nut after the round.
The next match is scheduled for tomorrow. Based on this reporters observation of how these two are playing, it looks to be a long day for the Boz if Nutster gets the chopped up greens figured out.
Boz Careers to Victory
9/26/08....18 holes - Boz wins 3 and 2
Boz manages to continue his winning ways and has definitely stopped the Nuts winning streak. Even with a couple of penalty strokes, he carved out a 75 on the 141 slope Morgan Creek track.
On the 12th hole with a 2 up advantage and with Nutster looking at an 18 foot downhill putt for birdie, Boz dropped an unlikely 40 footer with 6 feet of break. Boz immediately went into a gallup as he rode the pony wildly screaming, "I'm 3 up...I'm 3 up." The Nut ignored the antics and calmly rammed his putt into the hole for the halve. Nutster then 3 putted 14 which would have brought him within 1 hole with 4 to play. 15 was halved with pars. Nutster suffered a painful lipout and 3 putted 16 ending the match. With the match already finalized, Boz added insult to injury by holing out his bunker shot on 18 for a birdie.
Ever the sportsman, Nutster commented after the round, "What are you gonna do? It was one of those days when everything fell for him. I hit the ball great. I had 8 makeable birdie putts and only got one to fall. When a guy is playing his career best, you can't 3-putt four times and expect to win. The putter was good, though. The greens have just been aerated and sanded. I'm a feel putter so you can see how the greens favor a guy like Boz. He slapped the ball....and it went in. I'm actually happy for Boz because, if he didn't start playing better, I was going to need to find a new person to play with. I'm looking forward to a hotly contested match tomorrow. I am sure I will apply the can of whupass."
Tonight, it is congratulations to the Boz. It is shaping up to be a long weekend as the level of play in the NutBoz league has been turned up. By Sunday, we should see who DA MAN is.
Upset of the Year
9/25/08...18 holes - Boz squeaks out a 1 up win
The golfing community, fresh off it's high from a US Ryder cup win, was brought down to two shocking realities today. Tiger Woods is still not competing and the Nutster was defeated. It was a bad day for Nutster to have his worst round of golf in recent history. With poor play marking this match, Boz sat on the 16th tee 2 up with 3 to go. It was then that Nutster reached down into that place that only he can go and came up with his first ever birdie on the demanding 16th hole. At one down with two to go, it looked like the Nut would rally for the victory. The 17th was marked by Boz barely catching the lip of the cup and the ball barely falling in to halve the hole. Nutster's draw tee shot on 18 found the bunker. Boz hit the same shot but somehow carried it and ended up in a perfect lie. Stuck in the bunker having to hit a 6 iron cut shot over the lake, Nutster overcut it and missed right. Boz used the good fortune off the tee to his advantage and smoothed a shot to 30 feet. It was then that Nutster did the unthinkable. He was too anxious to see the ball he was chipping go in the hole and hit the chip fat. He snuggled the next one up and tapped in while Boz thee putted to halve the hole and preserve victory by the narrowest of margins. While Boz' round was marked by 5 penalty strokes, it was also highlighted by as many good breaks that made one wonder who the golf course was pulling for. Nutster made no excuses after the round, "I played like crap. This is a disappointment. Tomorrow is another day. This was my worst round in a month. Boz hit it better. I deserved to lose today even if it was by just one." It should be noted that this league is played at scratch even though statistics by the Northern California Golf Association say Nutster should get a stroke. That one stroke was the difference as the number 2 hole went to Boz and would have been a halve if handicaps were taken into consideration.
The question looms - is the Boz back? He is going to have to thump the Nut on one of the Nut's average days to be able to make the claim. He has to feel good about getting on the board tonight.
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