Thank you to my faithful followers. Although they are few, I am determined to forge ahead and continue writing. I know that a lot of people are on vacation right now and that makes it more difficult to get people reading. Maybe I missed it with this topic, who knows, but we do have two more rounds of golf to play so here we go.
Cater Pierce is one of the most underrated athletes ever to come out of the Middle Georgia Area. He once scored 50 points in a high school basketball game, he was the quarterback of some pretty good football teams, and he was a proven overall athlete.
But now, he is just old and his athletic prowess is limited to golf.
The 64 year old Pierce showed that he still has some fire in the tank and he and what you can call his partner Miles Pippen shot a second round 76 to take a one stroke lead heading into the final round of the BlogSpot.com classic. Pierce used an odd recipe in a two man tournament, allowing Pippen to play only certain holes throughout the round, but the strategy seemed to work.
"Miles was so terrible in the first round that he was just making me mad and it was affecting my game, said Pierce, who was able to stay out of trouble on the course for the most part. "I decided that if I had a good tee shot, there was really no reason for him to hit. Thankfully I was able to keep the ball in play today and not need Miles too much. But when I needed him , he was able to help out."
Pippen was well rested going into the back nine at the treacherous Golf Club of Macon course. He only hit five balls on the front nine, and did not finish a hole. But with Pierce hitting the ball out of bounds on the par four 14th hole, which measures 420 yards, Pippen came through. He hit his best drive of the day, a 148 yard blast from his driver, and with over 270 yards to go, Pippen hit driver again, drilling a ground ball that would not quit rolling until it settled 30 yards in front of the green, Pippen chipped up using the ground ball method again, and made a 12 foot putt for par. Amazingly, Pippen covered 420 yards with the ball never being air born.
"I have to play to my strength and that is keeping the ball close to the ground, "Pippen said."My ball seems to go all over the place when it goes in the air. I knew my team needed me and Cater let me rip, and things worked out. We know we, or he has to continue to play well to win the tournament, and I will be ready when my chance comes. "
The lowest round of the day was turned in by the husband and wife team of April and Cass Cassell, who shot a 74 and moved into third place only two shots off the lead. April Cassell had the shot of the day on the par 3 number three, when she used a 6-iron from 140 yards to make birdie on the hole. The ball just missed going in off the tee shot. "For a second I thought I had made a hole in one, said Cassell, whose husband hit a 5-iron on the hole. "I got a great read from his shot since we used basically the same club, and was happy with the result.
Cass Cassell was strong on the course also with two birdies on the day, but the team was hindered when Cass Cassell hit a cow on number 16, which caused a double bogey. "I don't know where that cow came from,"Cass Cassell said. "I wish I could have been like that state farm commercial when they can make something disappear when they say the slogan. But the most important thing is the cows well being. I didn't mean to hurt it. God bless that milk cow. "
Frank Malloy and Wes Blankenship also had a nice comeback round. After shooting a disappointing 84 the first round, they shot 77 in the second round and that could have been lower, but Blankenship was penalized two strokes on the first hole for hitting from the womens tees."Hey I staked my claims about how I felt with the women hitting closer than me and I wanted to make a point, said the 24 year old Blankenship, who has yet to be recognized in any restaurant as a tv celebrity. "It happened again today with the FCA lady(Cassell) But we are in contention and that's really all we can ask for. "
The team of Jaime Kaplan and Kate Blankenship shot a second round of 80 and are one shot off the pace, while Brent Thornton and Josh Grube shot 79 and are tied for second. Jamie Dickey and Mark Farriba are lurking and only three shots off the lead after a second round 77, while the team of Steven and Haley Gordon shot 78 and are five strokes off the lead. Haley Gordon had two three's on the day.
LEADERBOARD
Cater Pierce-Miles Pippin 78-76- 154
Kaplan-Blankenship 75-80 155
Thornton-Grube 76-79 155
Cassell-Cassell 82-74 156
Dickey-Farriba 80-77 157
Gordon-Gordon 81-78 159
Malloy-Blankenship 84-77 161
Moore- Bryant 81-81 162
Hiller-Whetsel 84-79 163
Chambless-Oxford 83-80 163
Hatcher-Jones 85-80 165
Massey-Slocum 86-82 168
Brown -Watts 89-82 171
Walton-Trieste 91-81 172
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