Lucky seven....or not!

Lucky seven....or not!

In my polite golfing world, the ball lying between the rocks on the 12th hole at Green Mountain National Golf Course is better known as a 7. For that is the score that resulted after taking a couple of wacks to move it out of it's glorious resting place.

Yesterday was a beautiful early fall day for golf in Killington; just perfect to play the final match in the Presidents Cup at Green Mountain National. Congratulations go to Austin Blackman, this years Green Mountain National Presidents Cup Champion. Austin soundly beat me in the final round of the match play tournament 5 up with 4 to go.

Overall, my round was pretty good. Austin's was just plain better! We had a tight match going through the front nine. Austin had me 1 up. We both were playing well. Unfortunately, I 3 putted both the 2nd and 5th holes, resulting in bogies while Austin took pars. The front nine could have gone either way.

The back nine was a different story. I played the first 5 holes poorly, with 4 bogeys and the previously mentioned 7. Austin did what needed to be done. He was 3 over for the first 5 holes on the back. As I was giving him shots on 10 and 12, we ended up halving one hole with Austin taking the other 4. Match over! You can't win back 5 holes when there are only 4 holes to play! Sorry O.D. So it goes.

We have a few more nice months of golf left at Killington. And with fall foliage colors popping everyday, the views from Killingtons 2 courses is spectacular.

Where ever you may be, keep it in the fairway (and watch for falling leaves).