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This past Saturday I was fully expecting to get my pants whipped by Tara at the Preserve when I was informed by my golf buddy that we were not playing there.   We played Tara Golf and Country Club instead which was a welcome change.  It was a busy day so we started in a scramble playing a tough par 3 first.  The course was in perfect condition with greens rolling quite fast but true.  The rough was very playable but most of the course was thin fairways with trees or water lurking at every corner.  Most holes turned left or right so course management was necessary for a good score.  Being that it was my first time on the course I did not play so well loosing many balls out of bounds.  I wasn’t the only one though as my three playing partners also shot much higher than their averages with one shooting his worst round in many years.  Play was fast enough, we finished in 4 hours and 15 minutes.  In the end we still all had a great time and we liked the course, tough but fair.

Once again the Americans dominated the President’s Cup even without the help of Tiger Woods on sunday.  For some reason they just rise to the occasion in this event and not in the Ryder Cup.   It does not make much sense why except that Europeans play better as a team then the Internationals.   The Internationals did however win the singles competition for the first time which is something they can surely build on.  It did not seem the matches were as passionate though knowing that the Americans only needed 3 wins to clinch.  Never the less it seems to be a fun competition that everyone likes to play in since they play team ball just once a year.