North Shore Golf Summer 2020 V2

NORTH SHORE GOLF <<< 9
Mike Alongi competes in the Mass Amateur Public
Links Qualifier at The Meadow in Peabody.
PHOTOS: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
shot on the opening par 5. I parred the
first hole and felt good, and even after a
bogey on the par-4 second still felt I was
going in the right direction. But then
came the double bogeys.
I doubled the third and the fourth
holes after awful tee shots. That
shook me up a bit. But I regained
my composure, parring the fifth
and making a birdie on the par-3
sixth by sinking a 25-foot putt. But
I immediately negated that with a
bogey on the seventh, then finished
the front nine with a double bogey
and a bogey to shoot 43.
I hoped I could play well enough to
shoot around 80. Maybe I'd get lucky
and that would make the cut. But then
I triple-bogeyed the 10th hole. I was
crushed.
I'll spare you the rest of the ugly
details, but I went around the back
nine in 50 and posted 95 for the day. I
had two other triples on that back nine,
something I don't think I'd ever done.
I hit two or three balls completely out
of bounds. I've relived the round in
my mind, and everything is just a blur
after that disastrous 10th hole.
I will say this: I'm not giving up. I got
some great words of encouragement from
Anne Marie Tobin, a colleague and the
winningest woman amateur champion
in Massachusetts history. There will be
more competitive rounds in my future.
Maybe a qualifier for the Massachusetts
Mid-Amateur later this summer.
There's no way I shoot another 95.
... right?
Mike Alongi is the sports editor of
the Daily Item of Lynn.
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