Event No. 27: Sam Celebrates His 63rd by Shooting a 63 at Coyote Run * Posted by Nate on October 30, 2009 at 3:37pm in GGW Report (Change)

Golfers Gone Wild returned to Coyote Run Golf Course for the third time this season on Sunday, October 18. Just like last week, eight of the GGW met to take up the challenge of the course located in Flossmoor. But this week we made extra plans to celebrate Silent Assassin’s birthday later in Olympia Fields.

Grade A threw down the gauntlet and let him know for all of us that good wishes end at the first tee box. But at the GGW we’re all friends here. We let him win skin on the first hole. Then we let him shoot a 43 on the front nine. Then we let him hit three pars in a row on the back nine. By the end of the round, it seemed GGW let the Silent Assassin celebrate his 63rd birthday by shooting a net 63.

The Silent Assassin won his second tour event of the year, easily distancing the field by 7 net strokes and tied for low gross with 89. Country Strong also tied with low gross and finished second with a 69.5 net. TaylorMade Kid was third less than a stroke behind with 69.8 after applying handicap index.

Cadillac Blue (net 71) and The Gambler (net 72) were also competitive at Coyote Run. Rifleman and Grade A finished with identical 103 gross scores and both were over net par.

Six players won skins on Sunday. TaylorMade Kid led the way with 6 skins using a key birdie at #17. Silent Assassin won 5 skins with a crucial par putt on #7, rated the hardest hole on the course. Solo pars gave The Gambler 2 skins and Cadillac Blue 1 skin. Country Strong won 3 skins with solo pars at #10, #11 and #12 and maintained his season long skins lead.

After the round, Country Strong hosted the GGW at his home to watch the Bears game. Ron gave us only one rule; don’t damage anything in the house. We were all good until shortly after halftime when Chuck combined to fumble a drink exchange injuring a completely innocent area rug. Regardless, everyone made it home without further mishap, but only Sam left a winner; just like we planned.

Actually, if we let Sam win this year, I guess the GGW must have let him win seven times last year too. Anyway, next week, the GGW Tour makes a third straight trip to Coyote Run. There are only two weeks of the official 2009 golf season tour. Since no one has anything else to celebrate. There is just enough time for you to get that last win.