The Disc Golf Streak, Day 1869 (Osage dubs, ace fund)

Day 1869

Tuesday night, so we did our usual -- out to Osage for dubs.  Found out when we got to the parking lot that it was the last week for doubles for the year (running out of daylight) and that it was a "2 disc -- mid & putter" round.  Red tees to short baskets, so I went with the Roc & Judge and Danny went with the Relay and Judge (kids could use a driver so he brought a fairway driver).  

I drew a newer player (Zach) and Danny drew Jeremy Boling.  Weather was perfect -- cool and dry.  Bill moved almost all of the baskets into the shortest positions possible, so Danny was excited to see some super short holes back in play for the first time in a while.

We had fun with our card, we both threw reasonably well and the highlight of the evening was definitely Jeremy Boling acing Hole 10.  Perfectly straight line, beautiful throw, dead in the center of the heart of the chains with his Pure.

 

 

They went on to card a 12 down (I think) and tied for second, Zach & I took a couple bogeys on longer holes since we were throwing mids and putters so we ended up at 9-under.

So things went pretty well for Danny on our last dubs of the year -- they split the $240 ace pot and they scored well enough to cash ($16 I think) so he went home with $136 in his pocket.

Driving home we were talking . . .

Me: "pretty good night, huh?"

Danny: "Yeah, that was a great night.  Know what the best part was?"

Me: "What?" Naturally I assumed collecting half the ace pot was the best part for him.

Danny: "He actually talked to me.  He was one of the only ones who actually talked to me."  

Me: "What did you talk about?"

Danny: "Oh, you know, just about the round and stuff, but he actually talked to me during the round."

Me: "What about Jimmy Carter?  He always talked with you."  (Danny drew Jimmy three times this year.)

Danny: "Yeah, that's why I said 'one of' . . . "

So, the old adage is that people won't remember what you said to them or what you did for them, but they'll remember how you made them feel.  The quote is usually attributed to Maya Angelou . . . although it predates her.  Regardless, there's a good kernel of truth to it . . . and on a night when he went home with $136 in his pocket (and that is #discgolfrich) . . . what he'll remember is that someone talked to him and made him feel like a partner.