Golf (and BEER)

This past weekend I went to Myrtle Beach with a group of 27 other guys for a golf trip. This was the 7th annual golf trip, but this was my first time to attend. The trip was started 7 years ago by some fraternity brothers from VA Tech. They started with 5 people the first year and have reached 28 this year by adding friends and co-workers over the years. My friend Steve invited me this year.

So, we left on Thursday morning with 2 cars with 7 people headed to Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach. We arrived around 2 pm and immediately began a round. This was the "practice round" and was not included in the group package but almost everyone played. I think we had 5 or 6 foursomes. Being the practice round there were no set rules for this round. My foursome played "wolf". I shot a 112 and finished 9 beers. It was about 105 degrees.

After the round we checked into the condos at the resort. We had 7 condos. 4 guys to a condo. Each condo had 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. Each bedroom had 2 queen beds. We ate dinner at the Pub in the resort. Great burger (not that it mattered because I was so hungry).

The official "group" rounds began on Friday AM. Tee times started at 7 AM. We all headed to the clubhouse and ate the included breakfast buffet and then headed towards the course. This round everyone played with their condo roommates and each person was required to keep their individual score so most groups played "wolf". I shot a 105 and finished 6 beers (it was early). Temperature started at 85 degrees and by the end of the round it was 100 degrees.

The scores from the first round were then used to seed 7 teams for the second round of golf so that the teams would be somewhat even. So a quick bite to eat at the clubhouse and then we started the second round with the seeded teams. Format for this round was Captains Choice with mandatory beer shotgun holes on #4 and #17. Also if anyone in the group didn't hit it past the ladies tees then everyone on the team would have to do a shotgun. The entire team must finish a case of beer before the round is over. Must use each person's drive 3 times. And each team was allowed 3 mulligans but taking the mulligan required taking a shot (Beam for a tee shot, Captain Morgan for a fairway shot, and Jose Cuervo for a putt).

My team was a perfectly matched team. Our A and B players both shot 90 on the first round and our C and D(me) player both shot 105 on the first round. Our rankings in the 28 were A-7, B-8, C-21, D-22. We were a perfect team for a best ball tourney and it worked out for us. We finished 7 under and won the round.

The final round was played on Saturday with tee times starting at noon. In this round everyone had been drafted to either one team or the other (2 teams). Each foursome was made up of 2 players from each team. So, the foursomes decided what formats to play and then which ever pair in each group won would then get a point to the team they were on. The team with the most points won and got their names engraved on the "Donkey Cup". Again, my pair won my foursome and my team also won. Similar rules to the previous round about mandatory shotguns on holes and mandatory shotguns for not passing the ladies tees. I lost count of how many beers I had during this round.

So, that was my weekend. Lots of guys being stupid. Lots of beer. Oh yeah and we played some golf too...