Ugly Remembered 1991

Ugly I – ‘The Twin Cities’

Champions – Greg Cross (“Minneapolis”) 
and Bret Hayes (“St. Paul”)

Indian Springs Golf Course
Carrollton, TX
October 11, 1991
(L) OU 7 – TX 10

Looking back, it’s hard to believe this little shindig started 30 years ago. As I recall, it was an impromptu gathering the year after many of us graduated from OU. I also remember the day was windy as hell.

This was smack in the middle of the Gary Gibbs’ years. Coach Gibbs was a solid coach and went on to a successful career in the NFL but he could never get over the Texas hump.

History records that 16 of us played that day and Cross and Hayes fired respective back nines of 38-36, so that meant we had not yet created Best Ball, Scramble or Beer Golf formats. Bowling, God forbid, wasn’t even a glimmer in my Shark Jumping eye at that time.

If you’ve never played Indian Creek, it’s tree-lined with a lot of water so ‘The Twin Cities’, as they are known in Newt Flag Football lore, played some really solid golf that day.

And of course, this was the day Cross shook his head and uttered, “Man, that was one big ugly.”

It was perfect. The name fit and the Ugly was on.