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A Friendly Wager
“ Want to play the last three holes for lunch? ”, my playing partner asked as we finished 15th hole during my first round at Stryker Golf Course in the Spring of 1967. Being fairly new at golf and first time playing a regulation, par 70 plus, 18 hole course, I was not sure how to reply. Was this part of the game? Was this normal? In essence, wanting to make a good first impression, and, since I had enjoyed playing with the “old sarge”, I agreed; telling myself it was not that much money, two or three dollars, besides it could be a free lunch. While, knowing deep down,…


