Wilderness Falls (Bolingbrook, IL) - Eagle Course

July 29, 2006, afternoon

Despite his disappointment with the back nine on the Bear Course, Drew came out firing, making scores of 2 on each of the first ten holes of the Eagle Course.  We were all playing so well, however, that he couldn't put much distance between us; I was just one back at the turn, having shot par to his one-under, and Karen was just three back at +2.  Unfortunately for Drew, I came in with the 18 he had put up going out, and a couple tough holes derailed him.  After he bogeyed #11, we were tied, and then at #12, I aimed for a hole-in-one shot through a fiberglass log.  I missed, but the slope of the fairway rolled the ball all the way down near the hole, and I made par 2.  Drew hit the log, but his shot was a little too powerful - it ran right at the hole but hit up off it and bounced a number of feet away.  He settled for 3, then gave away another three shots in the next two holes to trail by four.  He birdied 15 and 17 while I could only par them, but I sandwiched in a hole-in-one on #16 to keep the margin at three shots.  Everyone aced the par-one 18th, and that was how it finished.  Karen, who had caught and actually passed Drew following his 4 at #13, ended up falling to him by two shots thanks to his aforementioned birdies.