The Cinderella Story

The crowd had gone deadly silent, a Cinderella story outta nowhere. Paired with former SNL star and now about to become the masters champion.

Shooting a 67 is pretty damned cool.  Not many people can do it (at least not without cribbing on the scorecard).

Shooting a 67 on Pebble Beach, one of the finest golf courses in the world, is incredible.  Not many pros can do it.

Shooting a 67 on Pebble Beach in a PGA Tour match is a once-in-a-lifetime happening for anyone not named Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods.

Winning a PGA Tour match at Pebble Beach by shooting a 67 is something many a duffer can only dream of doing.

Which is why the most incredible thing that happened this weekend was when D.A.Points, ranked 161 in the PGA standings, won a PGA Tour match at Pebble Beach after shooting 67.  And his partner…

Bill Murray.

Talk about your Cinderella stories outta nowhere.  It’s the sort of thing that never approaches the realm of reality.  Every golfer knows Caddyshack backwards and forwards.  In fact, most Americans know Caddyshack backwards and forwards.

There are the all-time great sports movies: The Natural, Hoosiers, The Pride Of The Yankees.  And there are the all-time great comedies.  Caddyshack straddles both categories (in spite of being horribly dated).

I’m willing to bet that right now, D.A. Points is happier having played a round of golf with the iconic Carl Spackler (“We’ve got a pool and a pond; pond’s good for you) than he is with the win.

And what does Bill Murray get out of the deal?  Asked for comment, he responded by quoting the Dalai Lama as saying “Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-lagunga.”  Murray explained that there won’t be any money, but when he dies, on his deathbed, he will receive total consciousness.

So Murray’s got that goin’ for him, which is nice.