DGIMP Dynasty??? Not so fast!
It was a wet evening. Storms were rolling through the area,
threatening to wash out the event. Certain players had already bailed.
Several were back at home oiling their discs. Others thought that it was
too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry. FWACO Pike and Grandma Klein were
feigning illnesses. However, for the intrepid players that were at the
course, the game was still on, their enthusiasm was not dampen by mere
thunder, lightning or rain. At 6:15 p.m. almost on schedule, the skies
brighten and the rain stopped. The game was on. What new nicknames would
be made this night? What new scores would they shoot? The excitement was
palpable.
First up was Sunshine Reeves, gunning for a score in the 50's. With no
regard to the row on pine trees now commonly referred to as assassin row,
guns full ablaze, KC wound up and heaved it...approximately 20 feet
into... not the first tree (Pike's pine) nor the second tree (Pawson's
pine), but into the hereby unnoticed, and almost impossible to hit and
newly named Sunshine's pine. Letting out a noticeable sigh, it was not
the good start, he had hoped for. Unfortunately, for Sunshine and several
other players, it was a harbinger of things to come. While all of the
other players manage to safely make it past assassin row, discs were
scattering like leaves on a windy day.
It was on the second hole that Dave Miller made his move for a new
nickname. Heaving his disc mightily towards the fairway, up, up and away,
and *THWACK* into a tree. That sound would be repeated frequently this
evening. *THWACK* went Woody Gilman's disc, *THWACK* went Puma's disc.
Like a hulking herd of lumberjacks attacking a forest, the valiant players
went on. Nothing would stand in their way.
Pigeon Taylor went for his new moniker starting on hole #3. While
most players bounce their disc off of trees and bushes through the course
of the night, Pigeon had specifically trained his to return to the coop
once it hit something other than the basket. *THWACK* into a tree and
deflected backwards. *THWACK* into a bush and roll down the hill and back
towards the concerned owner. Like the homing pigeons of yesteryear,
Birdie Taylor had trained his disc well. It was on #5 that his soubriquet
took on a life of it's own.
Hole #6 was the downfall for most. Dave "Woody" Miller cemented his
spot in the history books with a 9 on this hole, thwacking from tree to
tree all the way down to the hole. Thwack, Thwack, Thwack, Thwack, Wiz,
Wiz, Wiz, the sound was hauntingly familiar. Pigeon and Sunshine were all
vying for the Woody title. KC suffered his worst hole of his short career
shooting a 6. However Darrell, who refused to become "the player
previously known as Woody", wasn't going to let go of that nickname so
easily. Sensing that he was losing his stranglehold of Woody, Darrell
stepped up and made a strong bid to retain the title himself. *TWACK*,
*TWACK*, *Wiz*, *Wiz*, oh what a relief it is. Through all of the chaos
however, some rays of hopes still beamed. Randy Knagge was quietly
amassing a fortune in shots, averaging 5 on every hole. Puma was making a
serious effort to unseat Dynasty Dave from his DGIMP throne. Coming out
of the forest, Puma had made it past his typically hardest holes in
fashion, shooting a career low 26 through 7 holes. Woody Gilman,
conflicted between retaining the name he so richly coveted and winning
DGIMP, treaded a fine line attempting to do both and emerged from the
forest fairly unscathed.
Darrell tried throwing his disc into the lake on #9 but manage to
only get it into the small holding pond and rescuing it. Not content with
that effort, Darrell heaved his disc into the pond again on 10, only to
watch it get rescued again, this time by Pigeon Taylor's New and Improved
Disc Rescue Sub v2. However it may have been this excitement that caused
the players to come alive. KC after shooting a 37 on the front 9 went
after Derrick Bad Boy Brooks's record on the back 9. Thwacks were replaced
with pars. Pigeon stepped up on #12 and made a magnificent throw going
from the tee box all the way like a laser guided missile to the hole,
narrowly missing an ace, ending up about 2 feet PAST the hole. Pigeon
made the easy birdie. Puma with his career low 33 on the front 9 knew
that DGIMP was within his reach. Smiling, since he always does better on
the back 9, it was now just a matter of time. Darrell was also making a
strong bid for the DGIMP title having gotten caught up with the
excitement. Woody Miller and Killer Knagge were the only ones not
affected by the growing surge of power, confidence and awesome throws. On
#13, Pigeon made another nice tee shot only to fall behind some trees and
settled on a simple par. On #15, Puma and Sunshine had fair chances for a
birdie while Darrell and Pigeon both had very good chances. However, no
one capitalized. On #16, Pigeon flew his disc past the trees into the
fairway before settling down most of the way towards the hole, where most
mortal people reach with their second or third shots. Pigeon, making a
strong bid to reclaim his previous moniker, stepped up and calmly made an
89-foot birdie putt. Birdie Taylor was back with his second birdie of the
night and becoming the first person in league history to accomplish that
feat. KC after 6 pars in a row and Puma having a 54 at this point, seemed
to get demoralized by this show of youth, vigor, prowess and raw athletic
talent, simply gave up the fight. Both struggled to the finish. However
Darrell realizing that DGIMP was within his reach, surged forward. Would
it be enough? Only the final score would tell. On 18, after watching
Pigeon's long range putting demonstrations for the previous few holes,
several players decided to also prove they were worthy. As dusk was
rapidly falling, the light was low but the discs seemed to be attracted to
the basket, like moths to a flame. Killer Knagge threw his putt (?) 129
feet hitting the post. KC, not to be out done, threw his disc from 114
feet away, hitting the outside of the basket and falling to the ground.
That pretty much summed up KC's night, as that was probably the 5th time
that had happened this round. Tallying up the results, Darrell shot a
career low 66. Puma also had a career low 68. Birdie Pigeon Taylor
after becoming the first player to have 2 birdies in a round finished
strong with a 28 on the back 9 (breaking Bad Boy Brooks record of 29) to
end up at 64.
Next week, the only DGIMP challenge to break up the dynasty will be on
Tuesday. All players are needed to answer the challenge or just one
player is need to sacrifice themselves and take Dave out drinking that
evening and keep him away from the course. Then on Thursday, is the best
ball tournament. Come join the excitement!
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