(Hashtag) What a PGA Championship.
# Seventy-foot chip should have gone in.
# Let’s have foursomes on the final round.
# Television coverage would last 90 minutes.
# Leaves more room for infomercials.
There was more corned beef on hashtags served up then chipped beef on toast during last weekend’s PGA Championship. Did any of these people really see what was going on, or were they buried in their devices?
Oh, wait a minute, I’m sorry ... I am buried in my device! Oops!
Regardless of what golfing fans were doing, last weekend in Kentucky was memorable, if not nail-biting. In the end, ol’ Uncle Mo was in the corner of the big MC, who has owned the latter part of 2014.
Has the baton, or in this case the oversized driver, been passed on to someone new. Only the pressure knows for sure. And right now, Rory McIlroy is handling any and all pressure thrown his way.
Dalton Ranch Golf Club
The Bugler, a guest/member two-person best ball match play, followed by a shootout, Aug. 7-9 (no scores needed in match play):
Animas Flight: Roger Hayes and John Kienle. (Hayes and Kienle won the shootout.)
Dolores Flight: Ricky Rathjen and John Saer.
Electra Flight: Adrian Morse and Robert Morse.
Haviland Flight: Butch Clark and Mark Hittner.
La Plata Flight: Sam Lancaster and Russ Smith.
Lemon Flight: Jeff Huber and Gary Trotter.
Molas Flight: Manny De La Rosa and Mark Gaughan.
Piedra Flight: Van Butler and Loren Hildebran.
Vallecito Flight: Tom Dunne and Mike Mahone.
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Dalton Ranch Women’s Golf Association, Three Queens and a King, Aug. 6:
1. Fred Rusk and Bonnie Johnson, K.K. Patton and Sherri Teeter, 111.
2. Mac Curtis and Lynn Evans, J.M. Jones and Debbie Wright, 113.
3. Dallas Knudson and Diane Curtis, Jill Rickleman and Carol Riggs, 116.
The Dalton Ranch Golf Club Ladies Club Championship and Junior Club Championship were held this week, and I will have complete results for you in next week’s column. On Aug. 16-17, Dalton Ranch Golf Club will conduct its Men’s Club Championship.
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The Dudley Engle, in its 19th season, will play Aug. 16 at Hillcrest Golf Club. This fundraising – and fun – event for the Durango Emblem Club 131 will pay tribute to a man who had his own ideas regarding the game of golf – ideas we all would love to incorporate in our game, but then there are rules. Engle’s rules eliminated anger and stress. The entry fee is $30 per person, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
Dave Bray has been covering the local golf scene for 33 years. He can be reached at dbray3751@gmail.com.
