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BAY CITY MI, July 6-8, 2001
Robert
(don't call me Bobby unless you are family) Pelon and Johanna Ruppert hosted a
few dozen friends at their family cottage in Bay City. The weather turned
out great for sun, volleyball and other beach-related antics.
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Take
your medicine like a man Van
de Velde would have just assumed call it an "F.I.".
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The weekend
would not be complete without a round of golf. On Saturday Kelley and Greg teamed up against Robert and his pal Scotty Rouser at the Apple Mountain GC, about 20 minutes from Bay City.
Robert
devised an intricate betting strategy and after the first 9 holes, he and Scott held a slight lead
(2 pts). It was then that Kelley and Greg decided to turn up the volume.
After winning several presses, rolls, and
triple rolls, K&G found themselves ahead by as many as 93 points. This
was despite Kelley still lacking a 5 iron,
and Greg losing vision in his right eye. They
were aided by a pair of "F.I.s" on the other team's scorecard. Robert and Scott made a nice 40 point comeback on the 18th to finish down
just 53 points.
Afterwards
at the cottage the topic of the "F.I's" came
up. It was explained that an F.I. occurs when a player has a melt down
after too many shots on a hole, or after realizing he is slowing the pace
of play. Usually after the last shank the person utters something like,
"F*** it. Just give me a 10".
Typically the opponent
responds with "Whatever you say, Mr. Grumpy Pants". When
Robert's brother Tom asked Kelley who took the F.I.'s, Kays motioned to Greg and
said, "Not this cart".
Later
on Kelley
and Greg perused the USGA rulebook but were unable to locate any language on
F.I.'s, or on any leeway allowing a player to just "take" a
score. Perhaps this is one of those unwritten golf rules like mulligans,
foot wedges or teeing-up balls in sand traps. Hmm.
We
are still waiting for the USGA to return our phone calls on the matter.
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