Nice Wednesday...plus No Fire Ants

People often complain about things when they golf. Many bad shots are blamed on the lie of the ball or the high wind. Ocassionally people take liberties and ask for drops when they shouldn't. I have heard people asked if a small patch of dirt on our course was ground under repair. It wasn't. It was just dirt. Also there are people who have difficulty making a straight line between two points when those two points are white stakes for out-of-bounds areas.

But you got to hand it to Bryson DeChambeau for going a step further. Yesterday he attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to get a free drop because of fire ants. He said he saw a couple of red ants nearby and seriously tried to make a case that his personal safety was in jeopardy. The PGA official was not buying it. Like anyone who saw the video of the incident, the official likely thought Bryson was simply trying to dodge a bad lie which included some small sticks upon which the ball was sitting and could not be removed.

On Men's Night we had 36 golfers and no fire ants. Conditions were perfect and the vast majority of scores reflected this. Robin Kimpinski had the round of the night with a 35 that included two lost balls. He also added two scores to the ringer board bringing him to a season leading -6. Scott Maynes is one stroke behind at -5.

Robin paired with Blake Hunter for two skins ($22.50 on #2 and $70 on #5). Robin also had 2 of the 5 deuces of the evening to claim 40% of the $67.50 deuce pot. Other two's were recorded by Kory Stebeleski, Chris Malchuk, and Charles McKay.

Other skins included Larry Oakden / Branden Tanner ($22.50 on #6) and Pete Ostash / Chris Malchuk ($22.50 on #8).

Closest to the holes were Joel Ostash on #5 and Charles McKay on #9.