Played 27 holes with Sarge!

[psheehan]

I got a great treat the other day, I played 27 holes with 1969 US Open, and 1989 Senior Open winner Orville Moody. Sarge is 72 and has a touch of Parkinsons but he can still find the sweet spot. He hit 7 greens the first 9 in extremely windy coastal sc conditions and in the afternoon 18, with warmer but similar wind conditions, he hit 15 greens..... he switched to the long putter when he went on the senior tour, but his putter wasn't helping him this day... he missed about 10 putts for birdie inside 15 ft... one only about 4 ft. He missed one green badly.... actually fatted a shot, which caused him to comment "I could play 3 or 4 weeks on the PGA tour and not miss a shot, all year without hitting one that bad." The miss left him with a 50 yd. bunker shot from pretty inconsistent sand to an elevated green with the pin about 15 ft. from the bunkers edge. He hit a one bounce and stop shot with his PW that nearly was holed and gently rolled about 6-8 inches behind the hole. I could hit 100 balls in a row from where he was and maybe never get one inside 5 ft.......

What a gentlemen he is... and one of the funniest story tellers I've met. He had me smiling or outright laughing all 27 holes. People like Sarge are why I love this game.

I guess the thing that impressed me most about his game, beside hitting it so darn solid was how darn straight he is.