Todd Mitchell and Scott Harvey won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship on Wednesday, beating Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor 2 and 1 on Bandon Dunes Golf Resort's Old Macdonald Course.
Mitchell, from Bloomington, Illinois, and Harvey, from Kernersville, North Carolina, are both 40. This means their backs are really, really, beginning to hurt. It also suggests that they will have a hard time making a full turn on tee shots, will struggle getting in and out of cars, and will shortly become forgetful and short-tempered.
Still, at least for this week, they were able to keep it together.
"There's not enough team golf events, in my opinion," Harvey said. "This is the best event going currently, and it's just more fun. Everything you're doing is with someone. You're sharing every part of it with someone, and it just feels that much better."
Scott - we couldn’t agree more. 4 ball is a fun game and it serves to keep everyone focused, and fully invested in each shot. Much in the same way you tend to lock in when you are involved in 1-down auto press bets for $5.