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Big
Swinger loses his Club
Hope
fades as desperate search comes up empty
HALE,
MI. May 26-28, 2001. Friends
and family of Jessica Kemp gathered at her family cottage this weekend in Hale,
MI, a few miles from East Tawas. One
of the highlights of the visit, as usual, was repeatedly pounding golf balls off
the 250 ft. cliff (on which the cottage sits) into the mouth of the Au Sable
river (see picture above). Between Greg, cousin Joe, Todd (the Bod) and Kelley (Kays) Kuehne, we peppered several
dozens of balls into the drink.
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The fun soon turned to dismay when Kays reared back with his trusty 5 iron on
Sunday afternoon. At impact, a large, unfamiliar sound echoed over the
valley. Suddenly onlookers realized that accompanying Kay's ball on the
descent into the river was his club head. Kays sat there with pixie stick
in hand trying to get a line on where it would land hoping for a recovery. A few seconds later, as it splashed about 10 feet from shore, most of
the witnesses were relieved.
Then Joe stepped in and advised, "That thing is gone." Kays
and Greg questioned Joe's confident statement by asking, "How so? It
landed just off of the shore."
Joe explained, "You see, there is twenty foot drop off right from the coast.
You'll never find it." A nervous silence ensued.
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