One of the clubs I play in has a season long match play tournament to determine the club champion. I’ve made it a few rounds in, in the last few years. Each time I’ve lost to the eventual club champ. Last year I shot even par and lost 5 & 4. That dude dropped a 67 on me and apologized.

So my first match of the year is tomorrow. The opponent I drew is none other than my best golfing friend who I play with 2-4 times per week. So the mood for tomorrow’s normal “fun” golf outing will be slightly different. It will be game-face city and the intensity will be off the charts compared to our normal game. We both agree that having to play each other for the first match sucks because one of us will be done for the year.

As much as I’m my friend’s pal, that goes out the window tomorrow…