Ya Sam and I are good friends. We have played against each other since we were 11 or 12. No playoff for the individual medalist. Officially it counts as a win but I look at it as kinda a win. Would have been nice to win outright, the bogey on 18 was lame. We both finished sloppy. Oh well. Still a good week. All five guys in the lineup have now won this year.

Congrats Stads, good playing man

congrats stads...I mean you take it low low. hope to see you on the PGA tour soon

Stads and Cal just got some love on Golf Channel, congrats and good luck at the Championships.

good photo:

http://www.golfworldmonday.com/golfw...yWBoeCBXc#pg14

His latest tweet:

https://twitter.com/mweav27/status/336955732803084289

Just another reason to be jealous of this guy.

Such a sicko

lol...it blew about 35-40mph all afternoon, probably the most wind i have ever played in. 9 is a 280-290 par 4 and three of us got there with iron. Then four holes later on 13 when we were out on the ocean I hit driver 5 iron 40 yards short of the pin on a hole thats about 390. 5 iron from 155 was not enough club. Hit 52degree from 145 on 10, but on 8 I hit 7 iron from 120. Crazy day.

sorry about the wind. tough life *******. first the greens at augusta were too fast during the masters and now this.

On a different note, did you get invited to Colonial? I know the amateur champ is always invited, but it seems like they are always inviting a few ams.

no I was not invited

How did you do on the last par 3 ?

Forgot to ask, did you play with Alan Dunbar at all at Augusta? If so what did you think of his game? He had a tough couple of days. A guy I know is now his full time caddie since he turned pro.

Stads coming to play at our place the next 2 days before NCAA's - great weather in ATL - should be a good week. Looking forward to getting to meet in person! Good luck at Crabapple this week.

Alan is a member at my club - I've watched him play & practice a few times. He's solid, but there are some areas he definitely needs to improve to contend at the next level. Just my opinion though.

I did not play with Dunbar at Augusta

Any cool stories from/about insanely wealthy hosts at exclusive clubs?

Derailing, but why did an Irish guy who plays in Europe join a club in Georgia? Or is it more of an honorary membership to get high profile golfers playing there when they're around?

Double derail, but I woke up at 6am for a 1pm Member/Member and can't get back to sleep so I'm going to tell a story that is barely related. (Ireland + Golf + Course Membership)

I lived outside of Dublin for two years in a town called Dun Laoghaire. The main reason I chose to live in this town was because they had a golf course literally in the middle of the town. I didn't intend to get a car so it gave me a chance to be within walking distance of a course. It was a decent course, but it was 100 years old, no way to expand it or lengthen holes, small clubhouse. I would classify it as well kept municipal course, but they had equity membership that had passed down through families through the years. Over the years, the membership started buying the land in chunks to the point where the membership owned all the land.

It was the peak of the housing bubble and land was at a premium all around Dublin, so right after I moved there (think I had played there twice), I found out that a few years earlier, developers had made a sweetheart deal to the members. Sell us this land to build houses/condos/apartments, and we'll build you a new course 10 miles South of town. There were some members that objected since they basically lived on the course, but overall it was too good to pass up. The money was big, and they were able to ask for the moon on the new course.

27 holes, massive clubhouse, fitness center, indoor training/video center, covered driving range (very important in Ireland). And it's a really cool location, with views of the mountains. So the members got a huge upgrade, and the developers probably went out of business two years later.

Anyway, the new course opened up in August 2007, very close to where Padraig Harrington lives. The story was, Padraig had heard it was going to be first rate, and he showed up right as it opened and asked if he could join.

Seeing as he had just become the first Irishman to win the British Open in 60 years a few weeks before, they naturally said yes and tried to insist that he get his membership for free, or become some kind of Golf Pro Emeritus or whatever. And Padraig being the humble guy he is said he was only going to join if he could be a paying member just like everyone else. So he did.

Cliffs:
-Padraig is humble
-Would be cool to be a member and get that an upgrade like that (plus cash)

Cool story. And yes the devbelopers are almost certainly out of business.

Played CP and is my favorite of the courses in the area. Double brag was a hosted event by Scotia Bank and Dirty Harry was the guest of the night.

He received an honorary membership when he competed in the Georgia Cup, where the US Am plays the British Am champ. He's been around a few times and spent a lot of time playing & practicing at the club.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/ryan...ason-in-style/

GL at Nationals today!

My buddy Nicholas Scot (Kent St) is currently -4 thru 13. Hoping to see both of you in a playoff for individual honors!

Here's the leaderboard

http://www.ncaa.com/content/di-mens-golf-leaderboard

Someone is -8 thru 14 lol

Nice.