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Any fun anecdotes from the links?
A bunch of us went to Gordie Kluzak’s
bachelor party, back in 2003. It started with
a round of golf at the Golf Club of New
England, and then downtown for a big
dinner. There were at least 20 guys, if not
more.
So we had a big night. Ray (Bourque) and
I were together, and we had taken a limo
because we didn’t want to drive. So we got
back real late. And we had made plans to
golf with two friends of ours for the
morning. So they call us in the morning, and
say “Where are you guys?” And we told
them we decided to play a little bit later
because we were hurting a little bit.
So, anyway, we finally show up, at Salem
Country Club. Now, we usually beat them,
and they figured this was the day they were
going to get us for sure. We both had a bit of
a headache.
So we started the round, and Ray dubbed
his shot, maybe 100 yards on the first hole.
And I was struggling.
Ray hit his second shot with a 5-wood from
about 210 yards out, and it lands five feet
from the hole, and he makes birdie. That
gets the game going. So we’re going back
and forth, and we get to the eighth hole. It’s
a par 5. Ray hooks it a bit left into the rough,
and everyone else is down the middle. He
hits his second shot absolutely pure. It’s on
the green somewhere, but there’s a little bit
of a dip in the green where the pin is, so
we’re not sure where the ball is.
Everybody hits their ball great, and
we chip to the hole. And it turns out Ray’s
ball is in the hole for a two, on a par five.
So these other guys, we all made birdie.
And one guy, Joe, was playing with a stroke,
because he had a handicap a little bit higher
than the rest of us. So he birdied for a
four/three, and lost the hole to a two.
And, of course, we then went out and
beat the crap out of them. l
Brion O’Connor is a long-time freelance writer
and incurable “social” golfer who lives with his wife
in Hamilton, where their neighborhood abuts the
legendary links of Myopia Hunt Club. He has no
idea what his handicap is.
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