Helping Conway, SC Tell Its Story

 An Albatross was a good omen…and a terrible curse.

If you watched the final round of the Master’s Golf Tournament on Sunday, you witnessed some of  the most unusual events or twists, ever seen in a single round.  Even with around 100 golf courses spread around our Grand Strand and all the attention given to the game here, the chances of having a particular incident occur, as it did in Augusta on Sunday, is almost incalculable and so far, no one around here has publicly recalled one.

It’s called an albatross, and refers to the huge sea bird that can soar for days without landing.  In golf it is the alternative name for a double eagle, or a score of three below par on a hole.  Just to make sure we understand here, par is the prescribed “even” score for a particular hole.  Most golf holes are par four, but most standard courses have three or four “par threes” and a similar number of “par fives”. In terms of naming these below par scores: a “birdie” is one below par, an “eagle” is two below par and an “albatross” is three below par.  Yes, there is a “condor,” which is four below par and is more rare than a hen’s tooth. 

Tigernet.com has just included Conway's Mykal Moody in "Palmetto State's top 2013 prospects".  The article features only 8 SC football players, and has Mykal listed 2nd. 

Tigernet's David Hood says of Mykal, "Moody is a dual-threat quarterback that ran for 1,500 yards in 2011.  He is hearing from schools all over the country, including South Carolina, Clemson, Oregon, Alabama and Florida".