Records

No, I didn't break par, but I have a short and amusing story to tell.

I asked Rich II how he played today and he gave me a wry grin and mentioned 39 on the front nine -- an excellant score, then dropped the other foot that he shot 49 on the back nine.

With that in mind I must tell the time I took John Lawrence out to play golf.  This was in high school. 

John had never played.  He had trouble hitting the ball at all and managed a 350 on the front nine.  Yes, it's a strangely even number, but it's as I rmembered.

The 350 is maybe a touch high and I've never heard of a higher score, but the really interesting part is that John managed a 186 on the back!  This is I suspect a world's record for the greatest differential between nines.  164 strokes is a lot shave from a score.  But as John put it that fateful day, "I cut down on my misses."

So the next time you are in the position of a rotten starting nine or a bad finishing one, you can remember the tale of Mr. Lawrence.