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Blue ridge commander Brad strikes hole-in-one
Majeed Awn is a keen, enthusiastic and regular Golfer at the Ridgeways of the Royal Colombo Golf Club and in his capacity representing the U.S. Blue Ridge of the Seventh Fleet in Colombo he arranged a festival of Golf for the members of the crew when the Vessel was in Colombo on a Goodwill Mission & R & R. About 2 dozen of them were enthralled with the beauty of the course, the classy Club House and the absolute efficiency of the Caddies particularly the females.

They plunged into the game with a great spirit and thoroughly enjoyed the hours spent despite the scorching weather. Angel, Rich, Brad & Hevin were the best of the crop that played with Rich carrying the lowest handicap of 10. In the opening round Angel was outstanding with gross 78 nett 68. A great round and he richly deserved the wild applause he received at the 19th over a cool Carlsberg. Coming close behind was Latham with the same nett score 66 but his rear nine in the count back was inadequate to beat his pal Angel. Others who were quite impressive and deserve credit were Epps & Suppo who settled for nett 68 each.

Lower down the line Rodrisuer, John Chburn, Mike P, Pat & Chuck played hell messing around in the rough and occasionally moving into the ponds for good measure. They were happy in the distress they caused for themselves and enjoyed the game. Latham & Rich were pretty long and accurate off the tees and were quite comfortable on the greens that were strange to them.

In the midst of all the good, bad and indifferent Golf a star performance surfaced when Lt. Cmdr. Brad Juhl gave his system a stunning shock. Off the 10th tee the stocky man moved into a mighty drive and in flight the almighty took over to give the ball kind direction. Dropping in front of the apron of the 10th the ball bounced off the dry and parched turf to career to the green and get devoured by the Cup.

The jubilant Brad jumped for joy and with his pals joining in they performed a hot jive of joy and excitement. Further joy was to follow when they returned to the Clubhouse and the glorious 19th when more celebrations got cracking with incessant Beers. Majeed Awn organized a great day of the men and they sure must be thankful.

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