[PChandler]

I was in Hawaii playing in a golf league on (Air Force) base. It was a better ball partner format 4-Ball match play and I was the "C" player. The other 3 on my team got held up for work reasons and I was forced to play their "A" and "B" player for a point. My team had already forfeited one match point. I bogey'd #1 and their team both scored a double. I par'd #2 and pushed another point. I teed off on #3 which is a shortish Par 3 but it was a usual windy afternoon. I hit the green on the left side and had a birdie putt. They both went right and drove around to their shots. I was feeling pretty good about myself at the time and I could sense they were feeling a bit tight about the current state of our match. Just as I driving up the cart path a large sprinkler came on. I got a nice shot in the face and was wearing glasses. I became separated from myself and I tried to stop and drive through the sprinkler at the same time. My left side and right brain tried to stop and my right side and left brain tried to get through to the other side. In a flash, I bounded over the curbside and the cart got stuck. The bounce knocked the cable off the battery and the cart did not have any power. The sprinkler was full on and blasting my cart getting a pretty good stream into on on my golf bag as well as me. In my frantic state, I could not figure out why the the cart would not move when I kept stepping on the accelerator. Mr "A" and Mr "B" came to the rescue helped me push the cart back off the curb. They did manage to get a little wet during the rescue but by the looks on their faces it was worth it.

I missed the putt. Lost the hole. And lost the match.

PChandler