Champions – Barry Carter & Tad Fifer
Tenison Park West
Dallas, TX
October 11, 1996
OU 30 – TX 27
Amazingly, Tennison had us back one more time. We had the largest turnout of any Ugly up to that time – 48 players. For some reason, common sense lost out to insanity, and we implemented the Beer Golf Rule. You would think from what happened the year before, we would be smarter.
We weren’t.
“Beer Golf” allows players to deduct a stroke from their final score for each 16oz. tallboy they drink. Your team score is then what you actually shoot minus the beers you drink.
NOTE: My apologies to Clay Smith and the rest of his group. You see, the original idea was to require the player to shotgun the beer to receive credit. Unfortunately, Clay’s foursome wasn’t made aware of the amendment. Being a man of Fairness and Decency, Clay stuck to the original rule. Much to his chagrine (and his playing partners) Clay was puking to high hell by the sixth hole!
Barry Carter became the first repeat champion when he and Tad Fifer took first place with a two under par 70. They each drank nine beers and thus shot a net 52 winning the Gross and Net honors. The drunkest of the day went to Geoff Wright and Marshall Brown who EACH drank 17 tallboys! They shot a pathetic team score of 90, but when you can deduct 34 strokes, you deserve an honor. They took 3rd.
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