Agreed on all counts

That course was miserable. We kept trying to give it a chance, and it just kept getting worse. I mean seriously, I thought the paint on the garbage cans at Dimmock Hill was bad until I saw this:



Behind the chicken wire with 'H G C' scratched into it is the cart path heading to the No. 8 tee, but it might as well be a sample of many of the fairways.

Today wasn't an accurate representation of our golf skills, that's for sure. Add the dry conditions to an already dreadful course and this is one round I won't fondly remember.

Quickly, though, the employees of this golf course were really great, one of the nicest staffs we've seen. The woman tending bar was extremely friendly and kind, and when we stopped for hot dogs at the turn, a gentleman was waiting with a gas can to check to make sure we'd make it all the way around the course again. Classy employees.

And as for how we played, well, a tie at this point is, in my eyes, a victory. I was up 3 heading to No. 18, and threw the individual win away with a triple-bogey 6, but I drove the ball the best I have in months, and had the first eagle putt of my life after an exceptional (and ballsy) hybrid over a water hazard.

My lead stays at 7, which I am comfortable with. I think I can outplay Alex at Traditions, because I've played there at least a dozen times. His window to make up the difference here is quickly closing.

I'm this much closer to proving, definitively, that I am the better golfer.