Sorry, no "ooooooooo" moment from this morning's Demon football practice. I was working on yardage elsewhere, teeing up in the Don't Die Wondering Classic XIX that supports Lady Demon basketball.
There were a couple of "oooooooo" moments on the course Saturday afternoon, when Wayne Bostick pitched in from 40 and 80 yards out for a pair of the incredible eight -- count 'em, 8 -- eagles notched by the foursome headed by retired Lady Demon coach James Smith, who showed he can still recruit. Bostick, Smith, Francis Deloney and former Demon golfer Jim Rogers carded a tournament-record 25-under par to win the low net title in a 21-team field on a blistering hot day.
Ordinarily, a 21-under score is more than good enough to win low net. That was the card posted by Demon Sports Network play by play guy Patrick Netherton, who can also recruit. His close buddy Roy Lang, a former Centenary golfer and the assistant sports editor for the Shreveport Times, has plenty of game but wasn't even the best player on that foursome. That was Shreveporter Scott Shelton, a former Mississippi State golfer who owns Moe's Southwest Grill, with locations in Shreveport and Bossier City. The fourth was often leading the way -- Buddy Wood, former Athletic Association prez and the longtime color analyst for the Demon Sports Network football broadcasts. I am proud to say I introduced my buddy Buddy to golf many years ago at Demon Hills. Fair to paraphrase Bobby Jones' words about Jack Nicklaus, and apply them to Buddy: "He plays a game with which I am not familiar."
No worries for the Netherton/Wood foursome, they won the low gross title, which factors in handicaps for all the players. They were not given much of a handicap but after their 21-under score, the next lowest net score was 12 under and nobody got a handcap big enough to overtake those guys.
Complete results will appear on the nsudemons.com site Monday. Suffice to say from my corner, Joe Cunningham Jr., another huge Demon fan, played great to lead us to a 10-under score and Lady Demon volleyball coach Brittany Uffelman and KZBL-FM Sports On Call host Mike Luster showed nifty touches on the green.
Back to the turf at Turpin tomorrow afternoon!
Doug Ireland, SID
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