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Watching the other players go long left, I knew we shot down to the 4th tee to the exact area we talked
needed to get the right number and club for the
hole location. I used my mathematical (adding and
subtracting) skills and worked the number out to be
175. She grabbed her 5 hybrid and made one of the
best swings of the day! The ball left the club, started
right of the green and landed 10 feet below the hole.
She looked at me and said, “Great number kid,” then
walked down to the green. I was extremely impressed
with myself.
The second of my top two moments was on day
2 at the 2nd hole. Now, I have played this hole so
many times that I have hit the ball both far left of the
fairway and far right of the fairway. I knew how the
hole played, either way. The par 5 2nd hole is always
difficult if you do not have a proper tee shot. During
the second round, Lorie’s tee shot was fading to the
right and ended up in the trees. When we got to her
ball, she was looking at her options – her only thought
was to punch it out back into the fairway and go from
there. As she was walking back from looking at the
option, I mentioned to her that instead of going left,
why don’t we advance the ball up to the 4th tee or in
that general area. The way she looked at me, I could
tell she was very surprised but we both knew that it
could work. So being the caddy, I decided to do the
jog up to the area where we wanted to land it and I
scoped out the distance. Lorie proceeded to punch a
about. I looked back at Jan Flott, our 18H Captain
and she gave me the thumbs up, as she thought
it was a great move. As we looked at Lorie’s 3rd
shot, she had a great swing but unfortunately got an
unlucky kick and short sided herself. She proceeded
to make a bogey but overall I thought it was a good
course management move on our part, just an
unlucky bounce. Playing the second hole is always an
adventure for me and I am so glad I had that course
knowledge to help Lorie.
Overall, the experience of caddying for Lorie Kane was
unbelievable. I had a great time during the tournament
and I was very appreciative of her willingness to have
me as her caddy. It will be an experience that I will
never forget - especially when our teamwork was so
great. She went one under on the last five holes!
Dylan
Photo courtesy of Kathy Constantinou, Constant Images
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