One off the lead and in a 3-way tie for 2nd in our Men's league eclectic net in CO at -22. The leader made up 22 strokes a few weeks back and promptly disappeared. LOL.

I've got 4-5 holes that I can and have parred before to win this thing. A few bad putt's last week kept me out of the lead outright.

I'll take all the luck my 25 HCP can stand!

Chew gum
Develop amnesia and forget bad shot immediately
Focus on next swing only

Go and win it!

Well - don't leave us hanging - what happened?

And what is the format where a 25 handicapp can be -22?

Is this the TJN Men's Thursday night league, by chance?

who has the Judge Smails gif...."we are waiting"

While we're waiting to hear what actually happened, the highlight of my "competitive" golf career happened around this time probably 15 years ago while playing in the championship match of my company golf league. It was a two man best ball league. Match is all tied going into the last hole, a short par 4. Everyone hits great tee shots to around the same area, but mine is the closest by a couple yards. My teammate and other team all hit their approaches on the green, but to 20 feet or longer, so not a great chance to make birdie. I step up over my 60 yard shot, hit one past the hole and spin it back to about 6 inches for the win.

Eclectic is an all star or ringer round. I'm +6 gross in it, and net -22 going into the week thanks to my handicap for each hole.

The leader going into the week hasn't shown up since he made up 22 strokes to go to -23 three weeks ago. Three of us are tied at -22, and two more are in striking distance at -20.

Tied my 2nd best score on the front 9, at 45. This week I've shot 44/45/45 on the front, 44 being my best. Unfortunately, I couldn't make up any strokes on the 3 holes that could help most.

The back is normally 5 strokes worse, but this week I've been a dozen worse to go with my great fronts. 11/13/15/16-18 are my opportunities. 11 & 16 are par 5's, I get 2 strokes on, but have had birdie opportunities on both, on 16 last week to get to -24, but missed both the Birdie and Par putts.

I double bogey 10 & start pressing, hook the tee shot on 11 and end up taking a 9. Miss into a hazard on 12 but save bogey. Miss the tee shot in the short right rough on 13, 20 under my average. 180 out with a shaky 5H, I press by trying to stretch my 6i, my best club lately, 15 past it's average, but with a 10mph tailwind. I loft it, but cant really see the landing and what I can leads me to believe I might be in the trap guarding the right side of the green as I've left the shot a bit right of where I'd aimed, despite a bit of a draw. I see a ball next to the trap and hope I can get up and down for a par and tie for the lead. In the other cart is one of the guys I'm tied with, who's had a rough round. As I head for my ball I see what I think is his, on the green. Turns out I'd finally hit a "great" shot and it's my ball pin high, 17' right of the pin on one of the straighter sections of the green, but downhill.

I leave the putt 3" just past the hole and tap in for
Par to tie for the lead. The other guy pars 15 to catch me, and we hack our way through 18 never really threatening to improve. I'm listed first of the T1's but not sure if/how they are breaking the tie.

TLDR: Just missed a 17' putt to win outright, so I'm in a three way tie for the win!

This one is at Raven @ Three Peaks in CO

Eclectic, it's a season long best score per hole format. We have gross and net versions.

Awesome!

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double bogey 10 & start pressing, hook the tee shot on 11 and end up taking a 9.

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I could have easily typed this sentence!