Ramrod wins Masters in playoff.

In one of the greatest finishes in golfing history, the 1993 Mongrel Masters Champion was determined in a play off.
 

The stage was set for a nail biting finish after Ramrod Ramsey sank a 2 metre putt on the ninth to force the playoff with Harold P Ouvrier, who carded a remarkable 39.Harold P's score was remarkable because his name never figured on the Leader Board until his score card was handed in.
So a huge crowd assembled around the First Tee, to witness the play off . There was an aura of expectation. History was being written right before their eyes.
 

The toss of the coin determined that Harold would have the honour. A hush suddenly came over the vocal throbbing mass of people as Harold stepped up to the tee. Then suddenly the silence was broken with a shriek of" You're the man Harold!" Harold gave a self assured grin to the crowd, made two fluent practice swings of the club and addressed the ball. Without further ado he gave the ball an almighty lick. There were gasps of awe among the crowd as they witnessed the ball travel long and straight down the fairway. It was undoubtedly the greatest shot Harold P. had ever played. People were heard to whisper "Is he a man or a machine?" such was his composure.
 

So it was now up to Ramrod to demonstrate whether he was made of the right stuff to become the 1993 Mongrel Masters Champion. He had just played a very taxing and grueling round, enduring enormous amounts of crap and taunts from Noni. Could he still keep his composure?
 

As Ramrod made his way onto the tee it was apparent that he was being swept up with the emotion of the play off. He seemed agitated and ill at ease with himself. Beads of sweat were noticeable upon his brow, and the crisp fluent swing which got him to this position looked wrinkly and stiff.
He then addressed the ball, but soon became distracted and walked away . Finally after some deep breathes he regained his composure stepped up to the ball and give it a whack. Contact between club and ball was not perfect. The ball sailed high in the air, finally landing, to his good fortune in the middle of the fairway, but some distance behind Harold P's.
 

Both players were mobbed by the massive crowd as they made their way to their balls. Ramrod with the shorter of the two shots reached his ball first. He knew that this was the shot that could win or lose him the Championship, It must hit the green. Without much fan fair he pulled out an 8 iron, addressed the ball and hit it dead straight at the pin. The ball landed on the green, pin high and less than 3m from the hole. It was the shot of a Champion.
 

Harold P's posture seemed to slump the moment Ramrod's ball hit the green. The sweet smell of success that engulfed his olfactory senses were now transformed into the ill winds of the rotting stench of defeat.
It was up to Harold to meet the challenge before him. A short pitching wedge onto the green was all that was needed. Then it would be decided on the carpet.
 

A simple scenario, a simple shot.
 

However, Harold was now showing signs of altitude sickness. His breathing
became deep and erratic and his skin was turning blue. He had reached a height in his life that he had never experienced before. The rarified atmosphere was causing him to choke.

Harold addressed the ball and held his club like someone squeezing the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube, causing his knuckles to go white. He swung at the ball with the style and grace of a lumberjack causing the ball to travel in a horizontal trajectory off the shaft, rather than the customary vertical trajectory. The path of the ball made the spectators leap for cover in fear of being mown down. As fate would have it no spectator was hit to stop the ball reaching its plight, Out of Bounds.
 

Harold P's dreams of winning The Mongrel Masters Championship were lost
It was now a mere formality for Ramrod to two putt and enter the annuls of golfing folk lore as the 1993 Mongrel Masters Champion. He became the first person ever lo don the blue tweed and have it actually fit him.
 

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