Bark or Bite?

"Young Koyama is predicting a dominating effort and will trump all competitors. He will overcome his and his fellow tour member's ridiculous handicaps and do his best Chez Reavie impersonation to pull out a victory against overwhelming odds. He will not use the N.K.B. excuse but will feed off his superior will and determination. Life is a cycle and it's time that Young Koyama returns to his winning form."

There was plenty of lightning and thunder. Menacing clouds loomed overhead, but 7 tour regulars showed up and Mother Nature was impressed enough to greenlight the 6th event of the season.

Elder K and the only caucasian JMT member caught fire early shooting 42 and 41 respectively on the front. John made the turn carding a 51 and thought he'd played his way out of any possible points. Jackie and Peanut each made the turn on pace to break par and looked to be in the running. Then the tables turned. A scoring error was discovered, a birdie had been recorded as a bogey and John's score went from 51 to 49. He then took advantage of the plethora of very short par 4's in the back to record a bunch of bogies despite being horrible off the tee. Petey was making his own little run and carded a 46 on the back 9. Roy, Jackie, Elder K and Peanut all faded and failed to break par. For Roy, fatigue was the major factor. Rumours throughout the gallery suggested Elder K was a victim of some razzing for his playing partners. Peanut was the victim of some alignment issues. Jackie, well- he was the victim of kimbapgate- playing his first tournie without the aid of Margy's laver-covered rice rolls. Petey's run was just a little too little, a little too late, and the rest is history.

The quote above is making its rounds through the media circus that's begun to follow the tour which is now being hailed as golf's version of the ABA. FTF is rooting for Young K to back up his words and return to the winner's circle where he belongs. Jackie was quoted earlier on in the season saying that Young K has the sweetest swing of any golfer he'd ever seen. Immediately following that comment, Young K went out and won his first tour event. Let's see if FTF's endorsement can have a simliar effect at Maples of Ballentrae. Many pundits claim that having too many Koreans is killing the LPGA. By the same token, the JMT needs a Japanese star to win again in the ABA of golf.