02/09/2025
Turn Back Clock
OnHell Takes Friendly In Stunner
Sixty-seven year old former 4-time champion OnHell – who won his first Booze-A-Palooza decades ago -- turned back the clock Saturday with a win in an International Friendly at Forest Lake CC.
The aging and overweight OnHell recorded an eagle on the short 450-yard Par 5 10th hole and then limped home for a 16-hole, 14-over score of 77 to defeat former champion Bedrock (78) and Commissioner Wolverine (85) in a match shortened to 16 holes due to darkness. Former 3-time Professional Winner Con-Yea was in typical form with a five-over 68 – that included three birdies.
“Some say it shouldn’t count because we didn’t finish or that he wins on a technicality. I was closing on him by making up five shots over the final four holes we got to play, but the fact remains we all played the same number of holes so I will concede he won,” Bedrock said.
“For several reasons, the eagle will go down in lore as one of the greatest shots in BAP’s long and storied history,” Wolverine noted. “And yes – for the record -- we kept a close eye on him to make sure he wasn’t doing the hidden ball in the hand trick as he reached into the hole. Although it was a short par 5, what made it remarkable is he smothered his drive left behind a tree and had to punch out to the middle of the fairway and as still about 175 yards out. No one was paying attention but he claimed to have striped his third shot….when we got to the green, the damn ball was in the hole.”
“He excitedly came back to the cart and asked if I had saw the shot,” Con-Yea said. “I didn’t want to tell him that I purposely never try to watch his ugly swing because I don’t want to pick up bad habits. It was an elevated green anyways so he couldn’t really where it finished. When we get to the green there was a ball on the back fringe behind the hole and I thought it was the old man’s but it turned out to be Wolverine’s. Two things – that shot was probably more impressive than any of his six Hole-In-Ones that came from an average of 125 yards and more importantly, I impressively reach the green in two, have a two putt tap-in for a spectacular birdie but end up outright losing the hole to that hack. Just didn’t seem fair.”
Although the eagle gave OnHell a six-shot cushion over Bedrock with nine to play, the match was probably decided on the front side, where OnHell shot seven-over 42 to build a four-shot lead. Wolverine took himself out of contention early, taking a seven on the Par 4, 5th and following it up later with a four-over 9 in the Par 5 8th.
“It might have been a different story but the fat f**k wasn't so magical around and on the green on the front side,” Wolverine noted. “His typical hole was hit an ugly drive, come up 100 yards short on his second, fail to hit the green on three, and then come up 12 feet short of the hole on a chip and but then somehow drill the putt in for bogey or else just he would just hit the ball all over the place on his first three shots and then somehow hit a chip to three feet and again save a bogey.”
Despite the big lead, Bedrock began chipping away after OnHell’s eagle.
In his first competitive BAP round in eight years and his first round of any kind in 16 months, the BAP Champion at Myrtle Beach picked up two shots when OnHell triple bogeyed the Par 5, 15th and picked up two more with and impressive par on the Par 3 12th. He closed to within one shot with another par on the 16th, but when competitors could not locate their second shots on the 17th, the match was called because of darkness.
“Definitely a combination of PEF (post eagle f**kup) and the the alcohol getting to me,” OnHell noted. “If we had finished, I pretty sure Bedrock would have won. It was gracious for him to concede the win, but again, I played final six holes in 9 over after the miracle shot, so I have no illusions what if we had played the final two holes he would have caught and passed me.”
“Not finishing was a disappointment. We teed off at 1:45 and there should have been plenty of daylight to finish,” Wolverine noted. “Five hours in and we’re only on 16 and while many would think our bad play was responsible for the long round, the fact is we were waiting to hit off every tee because of the slow play of the groups in front of us. Still it was a great s**t show.”