Respectfully Submitted, Foremost

Mickelson Misses 3-Stroke Opportunity Even Pros suffer mental lapses …as evidenced by Phil Mickelson Saturday during the U.S. Open. Rather than slowly pace as he did and strike the ball only as it gathered speed some 10-12 feet past the hole (missing the hole with that stroke and again missing on a subsequent stroke with the ball at rest), PM should have simply raced to the hole and stroked the ball into the hole as it passed the hole the…

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The players gathered around the table in the locker room enjoying refreshments and settling the afternoon’s wagers. Foremost’s mind was wandering. Although he had won a few dollars with his team, it was hard to enjoy the victory since he hadn’t been allowed to keep score. (The other team was justified in wanting to handle the scoring after discovering F had given them a best ball 7 on a hole on which they had scored a birdie 3). A passerby…

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R15-1,2; R20-6 “the Insurance Rule”; R33-1; App I PartC; and Where’s the Hazard Line? Facts The setting was the difficult Par 4 7th hole at BMCC during the opening match play round of President’s Cup competition. Foremost’s opponent, BB, had pushed his second shot with the ball just trickling over a mound in the direction of Richland Creek. Indeed, upon arriving at the scene, BB found his ball in the water just over the shelf of the embankment. Dropping to…

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Facts The format was team match play with points awarded by hole for low ball, low total, and trash including birdies. Opponents JS and DS were using the flagstick to measure the greenie for closest to the pin. DS claimed victory as his ball was measured at 1 flagstick , plus, extending the flag a second time to his ball lying by the red paint of the flag, while JS’s measurement was one flag, plus, extending the flag a second…

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Setting Issues of world peace and thermonuclear war occupied the conversation of a group recently during a pre-match meal over-looking the scenic 18th hole of BMCC. “Why would North Korea do a deal with Trump?”, one asked, “when he looks so eager to back out of the deal with Iran.” “It must gall the Democrats sorely”, said another, “to have their icons, the Europeans, appear to get along so well with Trump.” He was, of course, referencing the state visits…

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Begin forwarded message: From: taterich Date: April 27, 2018 at 9:49:01 AM CDT Subject: Respect One’s Elders (R9; R10; R20) More From the Livingstone The great thing about a round robin match play format is the opportunity to meet and compete against various members with whom a player might not otherwise have an opportunity to play. New opponents may even be of a different generation, and will certainly present different skill levels and levels of experience. Foremost remembers well how…

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Facts Foremost and his partner, WT, won a nail-biter in the opening match of BMCC’s member/ member Livingstone Tournament closing out their opponents in the esteemed Royal Lytham Flight on the 9th hole for a dramatic 6-4 victory. (The scoring system was a ten point game with one point for a hole victory, a half point for a tie, and a bonus point to the match winner). Apparently, the weight and pressure of the tournament was too much even for…

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1. Facts (Ball Hits Golf Bag) In match play competition, Reader BE bladed a greenside bunker shot on Hole #9. The ball was screaming over the putting green towards the practice tees when it struck his opponent’s bag and ricocheted back onto the green. BE sunk the putt and won the hole. Issues 1) Was either player penalized by virtue of the fact that the opponent’s golf bag deflected BE’s ball in motion? 2) Was BE required to replay his…

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1. Unmarked LWH Boundary- Bahamas         One of Foremost’s favorite golf tracts is the Treasure Cay Golf Club at beautiful Treasure Cay, Bahamas. This Dick Wilson-designed course looks rather benign as it carves it’s way through the Bahamian jungle, but coupled with less than ideal conditions and constant winds, the jungle is a bit of ball magnet for slightly wayward shots, even for a player of Foremost’s caliber. F has, of course, played this course for decades, and…

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“I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag” * Facts The competition was three-ball match play at BMCC. On the daunting Par 3 hole #6 Foremost tugged his 7-iron shot ever so slightly. The ball soared, curved, struck the bank and bounced into Richland Creek. It was a swing F wished he had back the moment contact was made. He quickly recoiled his swing rather than pose in a follow through. Upon…

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