Event No. 25: Sam Silences the GGW at Silver Lakes

[Nate]

There were young teen girls almost everywhere. On the tee box, in the fairways, at the clubhouse, on the practice green, there seemed to be young girls almost everywhere at Silver Lakes Country Club on Saturday, September 25. It was kind of like a Girls Gone Wild video.

But, instead of swinging college girls without bounds showing off their little goodies, we had good little college bound teen girls showing off their swinging. Some of the girls were impressive, some were not. (Note for you late night GGW perverts, we are talking about their golf swings).

Innocently, nine of “GOLFERS” Gone Wild showed up for a regular tour event with our tee times caught behind 19 girls golf teams at the IHSA Carl Sandburg High School invitational. Needless to say we saw enough loud girls, slow play and wild shots to make it a five hour plus round for the GGW.

At the end of this long day and silencing both GGW groups was the Silent Assassin. Sam shot a net 69 to notch his first victory on Tour this season. Over the last three weeks, the Silent Assassin seems to have recovered his old form and now threatens the competition with his characteristic straight drives and pure putts.

Also returning to last year’s form is the TaylorMade Kid. Two weeks in a row, Taylor had come in second place; this time with a net 72. Following the leaders in a virtual three way tie was Cadillac Blue (73.8), Lucky Lefty (74.4) and The Gambler (74.5) all within a stroke of third place.

Two golfers won all the skins. Silent Assassin won six skins with back to back pars on #11 and #12. But, Country Strong dominated the skins play. Ron shot a decent round (76 net). But with key pars on #4 and #6 plus a final birdie on #18 that Cadillac Blue failed to match from 3 feet, Country Strong walked away with twelve skins and took over the Tour lead with 77 for the season.

Silver Lakes South Course was tough on the rest of the GGW field. Playing from the blue tees (since only girls played from the white), the course layout stretched to 6337 yards, par 70. Rain slowed fairways and heavy rough led to tough rounds for Grade A, Rifleman and Medicine Man, who all shot over 80 net.

Match Play Competition continued at Silver Lakes with three matches.

Silent Assassin (even) quickly executed Medicine Man, 4&3. The Gambler (+6) put a hit on Rifleman, 4&2. And TaylorMade Kid (+5) finally finished off Grade A, 2&1. Both Medicine Man and Grade A are now eliminated from competition as Match Play Champion.

After winning 7 times last year, with his win last week, Sam has now quieted those critics who accused him of sandbagging for extra handicap.

Next week, the Girls Gone Wild video team will be on the beaches of Cayman Island, running a game on young girls who sometimes have little sense of self-respect.

However, the Golfers Gone Wild will be at the Meadows in Blue Island, trying to earn self-respect by winning at a game that sometimes makes little sense.