I return to find the Yanks on a roll, having frolicked to 2 consecutive 3-2 maulings.
The golf, hmm. Some really good courses in the Black Bear State. The first at the Poland Spring resort was the least interesting, but easily had the hardest greens. 3 putting is the norm. It's an old Donald Ross design, almost all crowned greens and faster than lightening. I was lousy for the first 12 holes. Next day we were at the most visually appealing of the 3 we played and much tougher, Fox Ridge in Auburn ME. My day was a carbon copy of day one. (Yes, I remember carbon paper.) The final day was in Gray ME at Spring Meadows. A linksy place, and pretty hard, with many forced carries over swampy stuff. I played generally much better, almost holing 2 125 yd or so shots, one about 4" and the other about 2 ft. Unusually accurate for me. My killer was the really tough maybe 3 rd or 4th hole. A par 5, with forced carries off the tee and then from the fairway, with the second one, unless you're really long, pretty much a lay up before the reeds. I lost 3 balls on the sucker and had a 10 on the hole, ruining an otherwise good day on a medium hard layout. Big fairways mostly but lots of hazards along the way and often protected greens. Sad to say my tummy was not so hot, so I had 3 beers altogether and a lot of antacid. C'est la vie.