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The Crossings at Carlsbad—a course that gave away three times as many bogies as it did birdies, a course that another player complained should have all their greens bulldozed and leveled, a course that was tough for all who played—turned out to be the course that Travis would take home his first amateur golf tournament trophy.
He won low gross score winner and tie for first net score (but he couldn't win two trophies).
Needless to say he is pretty excited to meet his goal of winning an amateur tournament in 2013. This was his fourth tournament this year.
Travis was trying to organize some buddies to join him on the links this weekend. One of his good friends, while on speakerphone said, "Dude, it's the masters this weekend. I gotta watch it live."
"Don't live live (that's liv lyve...yes, I get why English is a frustrating subject) or anything." I muttered.
Travis laughed and repeated it.
His friend said he was going to have to think about that one for a bit. Nevertheless, Trav did find a group to play with both yesterday and today, and caught up on the Masters in the evening.
It was this time last year, when golf finally caught my attention.
Bubba Watson's amazing hook shot on the 18th hole, a shot so seemingly impossible, executed impeccably, with Bubba's own humble belief and confidence that it could be done. In an interview this week, he said he likes "creating" shots. It was clear the way he played that shot that he does. Whether or not I knew what I was seeing, I was impressed.
It went down in the history books as one of the greatest shots in Masters history (or maybe in televised golf for that matter). This week, the Golf Channel did a moment-by-moment breakdown in the physics required to actually make the shot happen.
So that's when I realized that Travis is playing a game that is something bigger than glorified croquet. The words you hear golfers use in their interviews: patience, focus, dedication. The gentlemen's sport fascinates me.
Apparently the downside of more people playing golf is the slowing of the pace of play. The reasons are endless, drinking, talking, golf ball after golf ball lost in the hazards.... People who play but have no respect for the game that was once heralded as a gentlemen's sport. "Candy golfers" as a good friend of ours coined them.
So if there are any golf wives out there who wonder why their men are gone for 8-10 hours...tell your men that they need to sign the pledge.
