Ohio Golf Blog - Golf Course ReviewsAt the end of the third episode of the Big Break Mesquite, A-God, aka Anthony, blew a short putt sending his Ryder Cup team to a playoff. In the fourth episode, his team lost the playoff and was sent to elimination. A-God blew a 2 footer and found himself, despite his second place overall in points, off the Big Break Mesquite.
Don’t be surprised if they bring him back later on in the show. Villains always get the big ratings and the Big Break is no stranger to bowing to the ratings.
This season’s third episode of the Big Break Mesquite had to be one of the best that I’ve seen since the Pam vs. Danielle feudin’ days. Or perhaps since Don Donatello thought he could beat the world and wound up eliminated.
Hiroshi and Anthony (aka A-God), the current points leaders, were made captains and they had to choose four other players for their teams. Several guys were praying not to be chosen by A-God. The teams were pitted against each other as follows:
1 – two players from each team would square off in a two hole best ball match;
2 – two players from each team would square off in an alternate shot match;
3 – and finally each of the five players would square off against an opposing player in a singles match for one hole.
This episode also pushed me over the edge to get a DVR as they littered it with commercials. The Ryder Cup format made for some great tv, and The GolfChannel couldn’t have scripted a better ending as A-God had a 5-6 footer to win the hole match and he blew it, leading to sudden death on the next episode with the losing team going into the elimination round.
I had an urge to go somewhere that I hadn’t been to in quite some time, and I ended up at Kyber Run Golf Course in Johnstown, Ohio. I hadn’t been to the Run since July 2002. Ouch! Well, I was finally back and eager to see what had transpired in the last six years.
I entered the clubhouse and indicated that I wanted to walk 18. Imagine my surprise and extreme joy when I heard, “That will be 13 dollars.” I had found fall golf heaven at Kyber Run.
The opening hole at Kyber Run, par 5 511 yards
Here’s the unassuming opening hole at Kyber. But watchout because . . .
The opening par 5 at Cook’s Creek
$30 for 18 holes with a cart – Monday through Friday
Par 4 10th at Westchester
Here’s the dogleg right par 4 10th hole at Westchester. You can cut the corner if you are daring but you won’t gain much. Just hit it out there straight and you’ll have only a hundie to the hole.
Westchester’s Par 4 10th hole
I went and played Westchester Golf Course today in Canal Winchester, Ohio. I paid for nine holes and was told that I could pay the difference for 18 if I wanted to keep playing. I finished nine and went back in to pay for the remaining nine. I told the guy at the counter that I had just finished nine and wanted to pay for the remaining nine. He tried to charge me for nine holes at the nine hole rate which was more expensive. I said that I was told that I could pay for the difference.
His brilliant response: “YOU DIDN’T TELL ME THAT BEFORE!”
Sorry, you didn’t get the message the first time. But I did tell you that. It’s too bad you can’t do your job without customers having to tell you two times how to do it.
I’ve been a fan of the Big Break since the beginning but became an avid viewer when Pamela Crikelair squared off against Danielle Amiee in the Big Break III final. You loved to hate Danielle. Unfortunately (as further revealed in the Big Break VII Reunion), Pam wasn’t exactly the flawless underdog. When the pressure got high, Pam usually folded. But, to her credit, golf was relatively new to her and it was a bit early for her to be showcasing her game. Danielle later posed topless (oops, she’s no longer there – it appears there has been an effort to scrub the net of that photo which may have been her best work) and may have fallen out of the good graces of the Golf Channel as a result. I think I may be able to locate the uncensored version of topless Danielle with a little digging. She was at fyr.com under the user name abcgolfmail but no more. I wonder if Pam showcased her . . . clubcovers as well?