- Sep 1, 2004
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Frequent visitors to this forum know about my passion for Turkeys.
I play an unusual game with my father-in-law each year, to see who is first to win a turkey for the Christmas table. The turkey season begins in mid-October and there are opportunities to win fowl each Saturday in the run up to Christmas. There are usually 3-4 birds on offer each competition depending on number of entrants (usually about 75-100). We play over 16 holes so 32 points means planning to your 'cap. Generally you need 35/36 to have a chance of winning one.
Last Saturday I had a disastrous start. A thin, a duff and a shank, meant I had scored a lowly 2 points after 3 holes. I was resigning myself to the "also rans". But then things picked up. Despite a few more bogeys, I managed to find 5 birdies in the remaining 13 holes, including 3 out of the last 4, to blaze round in 34 points. I caught the hole from 8ft on 16, otherwise I would have creamed the last 4!! Standing over my putt on 16 (my last) I said to my playing partners that this was a turkey putt. I hit a great putt (maybe a little firm) so I was gutted when I missed, thinking I had lost out on a bird.
My FiL had 35 points which rubbed salt into the wounds. But I found out last night that my 34 points was good enough (I had 21 points on the back 8!!) for the last turkey on offer.
So effectively we tied and honors are even, even though he claims his score on the day was better!! So there will food on the table this Christmas.
I play an unusual game with my father-in-law each year, to see who is first to win a turkey for the Christmas table. The turkey season begins in mid-October and there are opportunities to win fowl each Saturday in the run up to Christmas. There are usually 3-4 birds on offer each competition depending on number of entrants (usually about 75-100). We play over 16 holes so 32 points means planning to your 'cap. Generally you need 35/36 to have a chance of winning one.
Last Saturday I had a disastrous start. A thin, a duff and a shank, meant I had scored a lowly 2 points after 3 holes. I was resigning myself to the "also rans". But then things picked up. Despite a few more bogeys, I managed to find 5 birdies in the remaining 13 holes, including 3 out of the last 4, to blaze round in 34 points. I caught the hole from 8ft on 16, otherwise I would have creamed the last 4!! Standing over my putt on 16 (my last) I said to my playing partners that this was a turkey putt. I hit a great putt (maybe a little firm) so I was gutted when I missed, thinking I had lost out on a bird.
My FiL had 35 points which rubbed salt into the wounds. But I found out last night that my 34 points was good enough (I had 21 points on the back 8!!) for the last turkey on offer.
So effectively we tied and honors are even, even though he claims his score on the day was better!! So there will food on the table this Christmas.