from Mark Harper Jr., Inter-club Captain

As many of you know, we suffered a tough loss on Saturday. The wind was blowing 20-30mph all day long, cold and blistery conditions. We were getting shots in every match and thought if we could just grind out pars we could get the win.

However, the Pinehurst team had another strategy — they made a bunch of birdies and left us begging for the warmth of the indoors.

Our team fought hard but just came up a little short.

It was a great year for Tanglewood. The guys had a blast this weekend on and off the course, the Carolinas Golf Association/ Long Leaf Golf Club treated us very well.

I wish we could have had a few more guys down to enjoy the weekend but very thankful for the guys we had, who made it very memorable.

I know this wasn’t the result we were looking for but we will be back next year with more knowledge and experience for the situation. Thank you to each and everyone who competed for Tanglewood this year, the guys who stepped up and played made my job a lot easier.

Also thanks for the support of the guys who didn’t get to play in a match this year but were cheering us on. Here is a list of the guys who played this year, and deserve a pat on the back the next time you see them around the club.

Mark Nieters
Jeremy Ray
Mark Absher
Kenny Flynn
Mark Harper Sr
Kenny Davis
Brian Sainz
Stevie Blankenship
Chris Blankenship
Charlie Fisher
Eddie James
BJ Richardson
Jim Williams
Chip Baker
Donnie Holt
David Summers
Dave Larmour
Steve Frucht
Terry Payne
Greg Howard
Lee Ross
Stephen Dunn
Mike Utt
Rodie Marovich

Thanks TGA for the opportunity. Sorry we couldn’t get it done this year. We will be back next year.