Three Years of 11 Under

As tournament director, I hear a lot of comments on tournament day.  Here are the top five reasons I have heard about why teams say they can't seem to beat that elusive 11 under par, which has been the winning score for each year that the Invitiational has been played at Golden Hills CC.  These are my thoughts on actual remarks that I heard on the day of the tournament. 

5.  We missed some easy putts or we would have easily beat 11 under.
John:  Next year, I predict an increase in belly-putters.  Maybe THAT will do the trick!

4.  Our third player was awful...he's gone next year!!  He never helped one shot.  If we would have had ANYbody else, we would have destroyed 11 under.
John:  Your third player said that if you two would have played a little better, you would have beaten 11 under.  He said he is the one who hit all the shots. 

3. Where John puts the tees and pins, he makes Golden Hills too hard!
John:  Six holes are fair, six easy, and six hard.  I'm sure some people think I detemine the tee and pin placements after a really bad day.  The 6-6-6 rule is actually used for course set-up in major tournaments and competitive golf events.  The course yardage is only 6200 yards...Sometimes that is a long trip around the links.  

2.  Man, we drank 12 beers each.  What we needed was more liquor out here, and we would have relaxed enough to shoot some low numbers.
John:  I agree.  I'm sure if you would have had more to drink, you would have  won!

...and Number ONE:
If we would have been playing by ourselves - like we do in other tournaments - we would have had 18 under for sure.  We don't like someone else keeping our score.  Next year, we are going to request getting paired with our buddies, so we can finish 1st and 2nd and break the tournament scoring record.
John:  Because teams record each other's scores, we eliminate the "buddy system" of scoring - which we all know isn't always the most accurate account of what actually happened between the first tee and the eighteenth green.