A Golfer's Dream - Book Three The Real Education Begins    Written by TheCaddy

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Chapter Twenty-Nine – Spring Break

Dave woke early the next morning, shared breakfast, and said goodbye to all of 
Anne’s family.  They wished him well and he thanked them several times for their 
warm hospitality.  Anne drove him to the airport where he kissed her goodbye and 
promised to see her the following week at Wake Forest.  Dave flew away with the 
sure knowledge that Anne had a wonderful family and a hard-working background.

The day was very long as he had to bounce around two countries trying to find 
connecting flights to get cross country during the busy Christmas rush.  He 
ended up landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia at midnight.  He could only get a nine 
o’clock flight in the morning to Edwardton; he booked that and checked into the 
airport hotel.  He woke early and after a big breakfast he went to the airport.  
The forty minute flight passed quickly and he was soon in a taxi headed to his 
house – he was shaking with excitement.

He quickly paid the taxi then he literally ran into his house.  When he opened 
the door, he was met by Julie who squealed and hugged him tightly.  His mother 
ran to the door where she too hugged him and thanked him for coming home.  Roger 
was the next one to meet him and he hugged his father before Beth ran down the 
stairs and a huge family hug followed.  They led Dave into the living room and 
they talked for two hours.  Dave brought them up to date on his wonderful visit 
to New Mexico and his experience with Anne’s family.

Dave eventually was able to get on the phone and call Heather, Jennifer’s 
mother.  After a brief discussion to describe his fall activities, Dave asked 
Heather if she would arrange some time for him with Jennifer.  He wanted her to 
pretend that she herself wished to spend some private mother-daughter time.  He 
asked if it could be arranged for that evening or the next so he could drive 
over.  Heather was happy to do it for him and said she would call him back.  
Within ten minutes she called back and said it was all set up for that evening.  
Dave thanked her and told her he would be there at seven o’clock.  Heather said 
she would make arrangements with Ron to go out for the evening and leave them 
alone.  Dave thanked her again.

Dave spent the afternoon with his family and he was happy to be home with them 
for Christmas.  Late in the afternoon he drove to Charlestown.  It was just 
before seven when he softly knocked on the door; Heather answered it.  She 
whispered, “Jennifer is up stairs getting ready to go out.  I told her we were 
going to a movie.”

Ron walked up to Dave and they shook hands.  Dave talked quietly as he outlined 
his plan to Jennifer’s parents.  They smiled happily and then walked out the 
front door.  They made sure they slammed the door loudly as they left.  Dave was 
standing at the bottom of the stairs as he heard, “Mom, who’s at the door …..”

She had just reached the top of the stairs and was looking down at Dave.  He 
smiled up at his beautiful best friend and said, “Hi, Jennifer.  Can we talk?”

She smiled down at him, rushed down the stairs quickly, and hugged him lovingly.  
She gasped, “I’ve really missed you, Dave.  I’m sorry ….”

Dave gently put a hand to her mouth to stop her from apologizing.  He took her 
hand and guided her to the couch in their living room.  When she was seated 
beside him, he took each of her hands into one of his and looked intently into 
her eyes as he began.  “I’ve really missed my best friend.  I’m sorry I left the 
way I did last summer and I want to beg you to forgive me and simply be my 
friend.  I need you.  I need to know you are still in my life and that if I ever 
need you, I can count on you for support.  I love you and will never find a 
better friend than you.  I feel empty inside because you aren’t in my life; 
please be my friend.”

Jennifer began crying as she heard his simple plea.  She sobbed, “Yes, yes I 
want to be your friend.  I’ve had a terrible fall without you as well and I 
desperately need your friendship too.”

They hugged tightly and cried in each other arms.  Dave felt wonderful again to 
be holding her and he was so very happy.  He told her about his horrible fall 
and his stupid, reprehensible behavior.  He then told her about Anne and how 
nice she and her family were.  He told her about being a cowboy and how much he 
loved riding the open range.  They talked for hours as they caught up on each 
other’s lives.  She asked how his courses had gone and he said he hadn’t checked 
– he was actually afraid to look after the horrible mid-term results.  She 
suggested they check together so they went to her computer and Dave logged on.  
He was pleasantly surprised to see three As, one A-, two Bs, and one C+.  She 
congratulated him and he said he was happy with those marks but would work very 
hard next semester to get into the all As groove again.

She told him her average had dropped that semester as well – she too was 
distracted.  She was confident she could rebound now that she had Dave’s 
support.  They talked a little about Mark and Dave managed to maintain a civil 
discussion as he fought his jealousy.  Just before her parents were due to 
return home Dave presented Jennifer with the pendant and she cried again when 
she opened it.  She kissed him lovingly on the cheek.

It was shortly after eleven when her parents arrived home and they were pleased 
to see Dave and Jennifer talking like old friends again.  They suggested Dave 
stay the night but he simply smiled and said he couldn’t.  He thought about the 
last time he had stayed with Jennifer and how she slipped into his bed naked.  
He had to cover the raging hard-on that suddenly developed at the memory.

Jennifer walked him to the door and she said, “Goodbye, Dave.  I love you.”

He hugged her for as long as he could, “I love you too.  I’ll send lots of e-
mails.”

She giggled, “Me too!”

The drive back to QAI passed quickly as Dave thought about having Jennifer back 
in his life.  Part of him wished she were more than just a friend but most of 
him knew it was time to move forward.  He really liked Anne and he was ready to 
find out if she was ‘the one.’

The rest of Christmas vacation passed quickly and it was soon time to fly back 
to Wake Forest.  Dave had managed to book a flight for the Saturday before 
classes started and he arrived in Greensboro at three in the afternoon.  He 
called Alec and they spent Saturday evening together at Alec’s.  Alec was 
pleased to hear Dave had mended his wounds with Jennifer but he was still 
concerned about Anne.  He had met the basketball player at the request of their 
common therapist and he had found out for himself that Anne did in fact dump her 
former boyfriend the minute his earnings potential plummeted.  The basketball 
star was doubly crushed by the loss of her as he had blindly thought they were 
permanently in love and she would become his wife.

Alec knew he couldn’t keep the information from his friend and they had a very 
long discussion about it.  Dave was shocked to hear what Alec said but he 
listened carefully.  Dave thanked Alec and told him he would keep a very close 
eye for anything suspicious but after meeting her family he had to give Anne a 
chance to show that she was true in her feelings for him.  

Dave slept over at Alec’s house; the next morning they checked back into their 
apartment.  Dave then drove to the airport and picked Anne up.  She was relieved 
to see him there and they kissed passionately before getting in his car and 
driving to campus.  They went directly to Dave’s apartment and made love.  
After, as they lay together, she asked what had been so important that he had to 
go home.  He explained about mending fences with Jennifer and their renewed 
friendship.  Anne pretended to be happy but she was immediately very worried 
about Jennifer being back in his life; Anne was not into sharing.  She was 
confident she could overcome Jennifer.

After going to dinner together, Dave took her back to her dorm and said he would 
see her the next day.  As soon as he got back to his room he called Jana and 
Kyra’s room.  Jana answered and he asked her if he could come over and talk to 
both her and Kyra.  Jana said he could so he grabbed the last two presents and 
rushed over to their room.  Jana invited him into her room and he sat down on 
the lower bunk bed.  Kyra sat beside him and cuddled into his side.  Jana was 
about to sit in one of the desk chairs but he asked, “Will you please sit here 
beside me?”

She looked at him quizzically then sat beside him making sure she kept at least 
a foot between them.  He took Kyra’s hand in his left hand before he took one of 
Jana’s in his right hand.  He kissed Kyra on the cheek before he turned to Jana.  
He knew he didn’t have to convince Kyra of his love for her.  He looked intently 
into Jana’s eyes and whispered softly, “I’ve really missed having you in my life 
this past fall and I want to forget everything that happened last summer and 
move on.  I really love you as a friend and I’d like to have you back in my 
life, as a friend.”

Jana was shocked by his heartfelt confession and she suddenly began to cry.  She 
sobbed, “I’m so sorry …”

Dave moved his hand toward her mouth to softly silence her.  “That’s in the 
past; we can’t change it – so let’s just move forward.  I need your friendship 
and I hope you’ll give me another chance to be your friend.”

She hugged him before she impulsively kissed him passionately on the lips.  When 
she broke the kiss he glanced over at Kyra and she was smiling from ear-to-ear.  
She hugged his arm as he pulled the two gifts from his pocket.  The twins tore 
them open simultaneously and kissed him with appreciation and enthusiasm.  Jana 
started to kiss him passionately and he felt her hand go for his pants.  He 
truly wanted to be intimate with the two sisters again but he knew that couldn’t 
happen.  He slowly and gently pushed her hand away as he softly said, “Jana, I’m 
with Anne now, so I can’t make love to you, no matter how much I’d like to.  I 
hope that won’t hurt our friendship.”

Jana kissed him on the cheek and replied, “Sorry, I guess I was just hoping I 
could be with you again.  I’ll try not to make too many passes at you – but 
you’re pretty irresistible, especially when you are your old self.”

He smiled at her then said to Kyra.  “Are you really okay with our new 
relationship?”

She kissed him on the cheek.  “Definitely, I just love spending time with you.”

Jana then asked, “Have you talked to Jennifer lately?”

Dave chuckled.  “Yes we had a similar heart-to-heart last week and we’re friends 
again as well.”

Jana snickered.  “I knew she seemed awfully happy about something when we talked 
just now, but she wouldn’t tell me what.  Now I know; don’t I?”

Dave simply smiled as the twins hugged him lovingly.  They all talked about 
their Christmas breaks for over an hour before Dave went back to his room.  When 
he crawled into bed he felt wonderful.  He only had one more hurdle to deal with 
but he was confident the two worst hurdles were cleared.  The next day was 
confirmation day for classes and Dave confirmed his full load of seven new 
courses.  He was positive he was ready this time and wouldn’t fall behind again.

At lunch time he went to the cafeteria instead of eating at the dorm the way he 
had for the last three months.  He saw the practice group sitting together and 
sat down with them.  They talked about their Christmas vacations for a while 
before Dave finally found a break in the conversations and apologized, “I’d like 
to apologize for being a total jerk during the fall semester.  I really wasn’t 
into my golf game and I know I didn’t help you guys very much.  I’d like to 
change all that this semester.  The men are ranked number one but I’d like to 
see all three of us get nominated for the Hogan award.”  He was staring right at 
Devin and Darcy – they nodded agreement.  He then looked at Jarad and continued, 
“And I want to see you play at least three tournaments.  I’m probably only here 
for this year and both Keith and Alec are seniors so you’ll have to get your 
game in stride if you want to be a regular on the team next year.”  Jarad smiled 
then nodded agreement.

Dave then looked at Danielle, Leanne, and Rachael.  “I’m sure you three can lead 
the women’s team to a number one national ranking and that will be our goal, 
together.”  They all smiled at him excitedly.  He spoke to Keisha and Mia, “You 
two have tremendous potential and I know you can break into the top ten the way 
the other three have.  If you’ll give me a chance I’ll work with you and Wake 
Forest will have the best damn men’s and women’s golf teams for many years to 
come.”  He looked at all of them and asked, “Are you with me?”

The four veteran players raised their glasses and when all nine glasses were 
raised they all chanted together, “DEAMON DEACON GOLF!!”

Within seconds the entire room boomed with, “DEMON DEACON GOLF!!!”  The four 
freshmen were shocked as they had never heard the booming support of the 
cafeteria crowd before.  Without Dave around the cheers had disappeared.

Dave looked at them all and said, “Enjoy the next week because starting next 
Monday we are practicing four days a week from three o’clock to six o’clock.  
Rain or shine.  We’ll use the indoor facilities when necessary – but we’re going 
to work very hard; we are going to get better and better.”

Dave looked at the eight smiling faces.  After he finished eating he said 
goodbye to them and promised that from that day forward he would eat lunch with 
them every day.  When he got back to his room he called Anne and she said she 
would be right over.  Dave explained his conversation in the cafeteria to Alec 
and Alec was pleased to hear the old Dave was back.  Dave smiled and said, 
“You’re going to have to work harder because I want you on the team when we win 
the NCAA Title and that’s not up for debate – get ready to work your ass off.”

Alec put out his hand and as they shook, Alec said, “Deal!”

When Anne arrived she asked what he had been up to and asked why he hadn’t 
called earlier.  He winked at Alec and took her to his bedroom.  He told her 
about the conversation he had with Jana and Kyra and he could see the sudden 
concern on her face.  Competition seemed to be springing up from every 
direction.  He quickly assured her, “You are the only woman for me.  I want to 
be with you and only you.  I promise I will never be unfaithful to you.  Jana 
and Kyra are very good friends but that is all they are.”

Anne seemed a little happier after his explanation so he told her about his 
renewed commitment to both golf teams.  She asked why he felt he had to work 
with the women’s team and he simply said because they are friends and he wanted 
them to be the best they could be.  Anne looked upset so he asked what would 
make her happy.  She smiled and said she would love to go to a special 
restaurant.  When she told Dave the name he immediately knew it would be very 
expensive but he simply smiled and said, “Whatever my little cowgirl would 
like.”

He was surprised when she got very angry, “Don’t call me a cowgirl.  I don’t 
ever want to live my life like that.  I’ve already done a lifetime of ranching 
and horses.”

Dave was surprised by her outbreak but he didn’t say anything.  He himself had 
loved New Mexico and wouldn’t hesitate to go back there for another vacation.  
He thought about Alec’s comments the previous night and he knew he had to make 
sure he remained objective about Anne’s feelings for him.

That night Dave and Anne had a wonderful meal; while Dave still wasn’t crazy 
about the fancy food, Anne loved the special service and the fancy décor.

The first week of classes went very well and Dave quickly got ahead of all his 
courses – he studied hard every night.

Group practice started the next week as planned and Dave enthusiastically worked 
with each team member.  He worked particularly hard with Jarad, Mia, and Keisha.  
He tweaked Jarad’s swing and convinced him to start hitting the ball a little 
more inside-out, which would change his current fade to a draw.  Jarad worked 
extra hard and Dave saw quick improvement.  Dave also convinced Jarad to start 
going to the gym and working the weights five times a week instead of just 
three.  Dave even offered to go with him.  He made the same suggestion to Mia 
and Keisha who eagerly accepted.

By the end of January the team practices had increased from two to five times 
per week and with the cold dark mornings, group practice was reduced to twice 
per week.  But all ten group members worked extra hard.

Anne was disappointed that Dave didn’t have as much time for her as she 
expected; and she got very angry when she would drop by the apartment and see 
Jana and Kyra there eating diner with Dave, Alec, and Shauna.  Anne tried to 
convince Dave to go on a vacation for spring break but Dave knew the team had a 
tournament that week; but he eventually agreed to buy two tickets for them to go 
to the Dominican Republic for a week in February.  Coach Dawes wasn’t overly 
excited about Dave taking a week off practice and classes but Dave assured him 
he would work hard on his game in the Dominican – the resort they were planning 
to book had a golf course.  Coach Dawes hesitantly agreed.

A week before the first tournament Will hurt his back during practice.  The team 
trainer said he needed at least a month off.  During the qualifying round, Alec 
shot a seventy-one and Coach Dawes put him on the team for the Florida Gator 
Invitational.  The Thursday before Dave left for Florida he went on-line to the 
Masters website and downloaded an application for the first Major of the year.  
He completed it and mailed it to the tournament chairman.  He then called his 
father and told him he had registered for the Masters and asked if he and his 
mother could take some vacation time and go see him play.  Roger said he would 
make the arrangements immediately.

The Florida Gator Invitational marked Dave’s return to top form as he absolutely 
dominated the tournament by shooting three rounds under sixty-five.  He won by 
over twelve strokes with Darcy finishing second and Devin finishing fifth.  Alec 
had a solid tournament and finished even par and in fifteenth place.  He was 
very pleased with his results.  Keith finished solidly in twentieth place and 
Wake Forest won the team title by fifty strokes, a substantial margin.

The week after the Florida tournament, Dave and Anne left for vacation in the 
Dominican Republic.  They flew into Puerto Plata and Dave was surprised by the 
amount of poverty in the small country.  The bus ride to the hotel was an 
adventure as dozens of small motorcycles raced along the edges of the very 
roughly paved roads.  There were no lines on the road and the buses would simply 
honk their horns as they pulled out to pass the small motor bikes or small cars.  
Dave was sure the bus would kill someone on the bikes.  He was also shocked to 
see up to three or four people on a single small motor bike.

As they pulled onto the resort Dave immediately saw the golf course and was 
pleased that the practice range was only two hundred yards from the entrance to 
his hotel.  When they checked into the hotel Dave and Anne each had a plastic 
bracelet put on their arm.  The bracelet allowed them unlimited food and 
beverages for the week.  The front desk staff had strong Spanish accents and 
were difficult to understand at times but Dave received a room key and map of 
the resort.  Dave and Anne found their room and quickly unpacked.  They changed 
into bathing suits and went to the beach.  There was a bar on the beach and Dave 
drank soda while Anne drank pina coladas.  The beach was very clean and 
beautiful; after a few drinks Anne and Dave walked along the sand.

After spending several hours on the beach, they went back to the front desk and 
booked dinner for several nights at the four specialty restaurants that were 
available: Italian, Mexican, Brazilian, and Oriental.  They would have to eat 
the balance of the dinners in the hotel’s main restaurant.  Dave wanted to walk 
to the golf course but Anne didn’t feel like it so he agreed to wait until the 
next day.  They went to the main restaurant for dinner and were pleasantly 
surprised by the large selection available at the buffet.  Dave ate a very large 
dinner then smiled happily at Anne; he was enjoying his time with her.  They 
went back to their room and made love all evening.

A well-relaxed Dave woke early the next morning and walked to the golf course 
with his clubs on his back.  He bought two large buckets of balls and practiced 
for two hours.  The driving range didn’t have very many fixed targets so Dave 
simply created his own by hitting a ball to a spot on the range and then hitting 
all subsequent shots as close to the first as possible.  He returned to the room 
at eight o’clock when Anne was just waking up.  They went to breakfast before 
going to a meeting put on by the travel company they had booked with.  The 
meeting outlined some do’s and don’t’s which Dave had already investigated on 
the internet before he and Anne had left Wake Forest.  He knew not to drink the 
water or even brush his teeth with it.  He had brought several large bottles of 
water with him.  He could get them refilled at the bar, which only used treated 
water.

During the meeting the travel agent suggested several excursions to see the 
Island and its culture.  Anne wanted to do them all but Dave talked her down to 
three.  He wanted to go snorkeling and she wanted to swim with the dolphins so 
they signed up for Paradise Island for snorkeling and Ocean World for swimming 
with the dolphins.  They agreed on a third excursion called Surf and Turf, which 
was a tour through the countryside plus a ride on a catamaran.  When the bill 
was totaled Dave was surprised to be putting over six hundred dollars on his 
credit card.

After the meeting Dave went for a long swim while Anne sat at the bar, drinking. 
She met another couple from England and they were talking casually when Dave 
swam up to them.  The man from England recognized Dave immediately asking, “You 
won the Open Championship last year didn’t you?”  After Dave nodded the man 
explained to his wife that Dave was the golfer he had told her about.  She 
smiled at Dave but really wasn’t very interested in golf.  The Englishman, James 
introduced himself before he asked Dave if he had brought his golf clubs.  Dave 
said he had so they agreed to play a round together during the week.

Dave continued to drink coke while Anne drank rum and coke.  They talked with 
the English couple before they all went to the beach together.  The sun was hot 
and Dave enjoyed simply relaxing in the heat.  He and Anne went for a walk 
before going for a swim.  The water was wonderfully warm and Dave thought it 
felt like bath water.  He thought about how cold the water was on QAI and wasn’t 
sure if he liked the cold refreshing water at home or the warm relaxing bath 
water of the Caribbean better.

That evening they went to the Italian restaurant – the meal was delicious.  Dave 
had the spaghetti and meat balls while Anne ate a linguine dish.

They had their first excursion the next day and had to be up at six o’clock in 
the morning.  Dave didn’t mind but Anne was a little grumpy when she got up that 
early.  They loaded onto a bus and drove for an hour and a half to get to 
Paradise Island.  They stopped in a small village on the north shore of the 
island and Dave was again appalled by the poor living conditions of the 
villagers.  The houses were simply wooden framed buildings with very few actual 
doors or windows.  The bus pulled up in front of a larger building and, as all 
the passengers made their way into the building, Dave realized it was a bar.  
Anne immediately went to the bar and got a drink of rum.  Dave drank coke as 
usual.  The tour guides explained that they would take boats out to Paradise 
Island when everyone was ready to go.  Dave was ready immediately but Anne was 
hesitant as it became clearer she really didn’t want to go snorkeling.  After 
drinking three or four rum drinks she followed Dave to a boat and they were soon 
motoring across the water.

Dave was pleased to see the small sandy island several hundred yards off the 
mainland.  The boat ride took about twenty minutes as they had to motor several 
miles along the coast before they reached their destination.  The Island was 
simply a large sand bar about one hundred yards long and forty yards wide.  
There were six straw-covered huts on the island.  As the boats approached they 
circled to the south side of Paradise Island, the tour guide explained that the 
island was surrounded by a coral reef but there was an opening on the south 
side.  The boats pulled through the reef then onto the island and unloaded the 
passengers.  One of the huts was set up as a bar and Anne went directly to it.  
Dave went to the hut that held the snorkel equipment; after picking out a two 
sets of equipment he wiped the snorkel mouth pieces with the alcohol sanitizing 
napkins he took with him.  He had read on the internet that the napkins would 
remove any and all bacteria.

He eventually convinced Anne to follow him towards the water.  The tour guide 
explained that there was a small opening in the coral reef on the north side of 
the island; it was too small for boats but swimmers could swim through.  The 
entire group would first snorkel around the island together; then individuals 
could do as they pleased.  Dave and Anne walked into the water on the north side 
and they both struggled to pull on their fins and then their masks and snorkels.  
As soon as Dave put his face in the water he was shocked to see hundreds of 
yellow and black angel fish.  He got very excited and swam towards the opening 
in the reef.  As he neared the reef he saw dozens of different coloured fish of 
all sizes.  He took Anne’s hand and guided her through the opening.  The water, 
which was only waist deep inside the coral reef, dropped off to over twelve feet 
outside the reef and the deep blue water looked hypnotizing.  There were more 
different kinds of fish outside the reef and Dave kept pointing them out to 
Anne.  The reef itself was beautifully coloured with various shapes of webbed 
and flower shaped coral.  Dave truly thought he was in heaven.  He loved 
snorkeling at home but it was nothing like this.  He suddenly wished Jennifer 
were there to share the sights with him.  He knew she would love it as well.  He 
decided he would invite Jennifer and Mark to join them next time they came to 
the Dominican Republic; he could put up with Mark to have Jennifer there.  He 
definitely wanted to return in the future.

The tour guide eventually joined them and called the entire group together.  He 
explained that a boat would follow close behind them and if anyone had any 
trouble they could simply wave to the boat and they would get assistance.  The 
guide then led the way.  He had a banana in his hand and he dove down under the 
water where he crushed a fist full of the banana then released it in the water.  
Dozens of fish darted to the crushed banana and began gobbling it up.  Dave 
couldn’t wait to get back on the sandy island so he could get a banana and feed 
the fish himself.

The group worked its way around the island and was soon swimming in the south 
side opening.  Dave pulled off his mask then turned to Anne excitedly.  “Wasn’t 
that incredible?  The fish and coral are amazing.”

Anne smiled at his excitement and politely agreed, “Yes it was very nice.  I 
think I’ll lie on the beach for a while.”

Dave shook his head as he followed her onto the beach.  He thought, “Nice! It 
was unbelievable.”  Anne went directly to the bar hut and got herself two drinks 
then lay on the beach.  Dave noticed that several other tour groups had arrived 
and the beach was very busy with all the tourists.  He took two bananas and went 
back into the water.  For the next two hours Dave swam around the coral.  He fed 
the fish and simply enjoyed the relaxing feeling of floating in the water.  As 
he was slowly swimming in the south side of the island he noticed something move 
on the sandy bottom.  There was a sand coloured lump on the bottom and he slowly 
moved his hand toward it.  The lump suddenly moved, slithering along the bottom 
and Dave realized it was a very small octopus, not much more than six inches 
wide.  He followed it and as it stopped he motioned towards it again.  The 
octopus popped up off the bottom and spread its tentacles then closed the 
tentacles together as it squirted quickly through the water.  Dave followed it 
again and the octopus settled onto the bottom then glided under a rock and out 
of sight.  Dave was astonished and he rushed onto the beach to tell Anne.  He 
found her lying on the sand but she was only moderately interested.  Dave still 
couldn’t believe she didn’t like snorkeling more.

The guide announced that it was time to go and got everyone loaded back into the 
boats and headed to shore.  They ate a meal at the bar before getting back on 
the bus and driving back to the resort.  Dave didn’t realize it at the time, but 
he had gotten a mild sunburn on his back and the back of his legs from floating 
in the sun for so long.  They spent a quiet evening in the room and made tender 
love.

Dave woke the next morning and practiced for several hours before James joined 
him and they played a round of golf.  The course required that a caddie 
accompany them and Dave actually enjoyed talking to the Dominican man.  When the 
round was finished, Dave shot sixty-seven, five under par on the easy Trent 
Jones designed course.  James was a good golfer and he shot eighty-one.  Dave 
gave the caddie a twenty dollar tip and thanked him for his help.

When Dave got back to the room he was surprised to see almost a dozen shopping 
bags sitting on the bedcover.  Anne had found a small mall in the complex and 
she had used Dave’s credit card to buy presents for her family and friends.  She 
also bought several pieces of jewelry for herself.  Dave wasn’t real happy that 
Anne was spending his money but he was pleased she bought presents for her 
family who he really liked.  In the end he let it slide.

That night they went to the Brazilian restaurant and the meal was spectacular.  
They were shown a menu with different kinds of barbecue meat: pork, sausage, 
beef, and veal.  Dave was very surprised when the waiter started at the top of 
the menu and served every item on the list.  After the second serving Anne was 
full but Dave ate the entire menu and even ate most of Anne’s portions.  He was 
absolutely stuffed when he was finished.

After the meal Dave and Anne went out dancing at the disco with James and his 
wife.  Dave enjoyed the evening and was happy to dance off some of the large 
meal he had eaten.  He drank coke most of the night while Anne drank rum.  When 
they returned to the room just before midnight, Anne was fairly drunk and they 
simply went right to sleep.

The next morning was the ‘Swimming with the Dolphins’ excursion and Dave had 
time to hit balls for two hours before they left.  Ocean World was only ten 
miles down the road and the bus didn’t take long to get there.  When they got 
inside the park there were several dozen different encounters available – each 
for an additional price.  They went for their swim with the dolphins and they 
both really enjoyed it.  The highlight was when they got to hold onto the two 
dolphin’s dorsal fins and were towed across the water.  The park photographers 
took pictures of different parts of their dolphin encounter and Anne wanted to 
buy a whole bunch of the pictures but Dave convinced her to settle for just four 
different pictures.  They also bought the video of their encounter.

The park had a snorkeling tank and Anne went with Dave.  The tank wasn’t nearly 
as large as the coral reef Dave had enjoyed two days earlier but there were a 
variety of fish and Dave really liked it.  Anne got out after going around the 
tank once but Dave went around four times.

When he finished snorkeling, he found Anne watching a seal encounter and she 
pleaded with him to sign up.  Dave checked the price and eventually agreed to 
spend the additional hundred dollars.  The encounter included petting the seals 
and feeding them.  There were more picture opportunities off course and more 
money was spent on photos.  Another area of the park had different kinds of 
birds including parrots, toucans, and love birds.  Dave took pictures with his 
own camera.  Overall, he really enjoyed the day even though it had dented his 
wallet significantly.

That night they ate at the Mexican restaurant then returned to their room and 
made love.

Dave woke early and practiced for three hours before meeting Anne on the beach.  
They relaxed for several hours before eating lunch.  Dave went for a long swim 
in the pool before they went back to the beach.  They ate at the Oriental 
restaurant that night and had a very nice meal.  The evening was filled with 
dancing as they joined the English couple, again.

The next morning was the Surf and Turf excursion; James and his wife had signed 
up for the same tour.  The scenic countryside was beautiful and they toured a 
country school house which didn’t even have electrical power.  Dave was amazed 
by the enthusiasm of the kids under what he considered unimaginable conditions.  
The turf part of the excursion ended on a beach where a large meal was served.  
The group then boarded a catamaran and sailed along the coast.  It was a 
relaxing day sitting on the rope mesh along the front of the sailboat.  They 
didn’t do much, but lying in the sun for several hours wore them out.  When they 
got on the bus to return home, Dave was very tired.

They spent their last night making love in their room.  They exchanged e-mail 
addresses with the English couple before they left the next day.  Dave had 
really enjoyed his time in the Dominican Republic and he felt the trip in 
general was very educational as well as an entertaining vacation.

When he got back to Wake Forest he dove right into his books and studied hard 
for a full week.  Anne was again disappointed and complained that he wouldn’t 
spend more time with her but he explained that he had to get caught up after a 
full week off.  The month of February slipped by quickly and the busy month of 
March was soon upon the men’s golf team.  The practice group resumed morning 
practices the last week of February; Dave played several rounds of golf with 
just the freshmen to work on their course management.  In the first women’s 
tournament of the spring semester the WF team won easily as Danielle won the 
tournament and Keisha and Leanne finished in the top ten.  Darcy and Leanne 
continued to spend all their free time together and Dave watched their love for 
each deepen continually.  He was jealous to see them with so much in common.

Will was still recovering from his back injury and Keith struggled in the 
qualifying round so Coach Dawes gave Jarad an opportunity to play a tournament.  
Dave won the tournament easily and the media did several interviews in which he 
announced he would be playing in the Masters.  The WF team won their fourth 
straight tournament in grand fashion as Darcy and Alec both finished in the top 
ten with Devin and Jarad finishing tied for eighteenth.  Jarad was very pleased 
with his results and thanked Dave repeatedly.  Devin had struggled with his 
putter but was confident he would do better in the next tournament.

The Masters was less than a month away and Dave both studied hard and practiced 
hard.  He got his midterm grades back and was very pleased with five As, an A+ 
and one A-.  During spring break Anne went to Daytona Beach with several of her 
friends while Dave worked even harder on his golf and studies.  She did call him 
almost every night.

Dave thought about what Alec said about Anne only being with him for his money 
and he considered breaking up with her but he enjoyed his time with her and 
decided that he would continue to date her but would remain objective.

The month of March flew by and the Men’s golf team won two more tournaments.  
Dave dominated each tournament and the media were predicting he would have a 
fantastic Masters.  Alec’s game peaked in the third tournament when he finished 
fifth; he was ecstatic but the pain in his hand was getting steadily worse and 
he had to reduce his practice time.  He was taking Tylenol to reduce the pain 
but even that was beginning to help less and less.  He was actually looking 
forward to caddying for Dave in the Masters to get a break from using his golf 
clubs.

The team was scheduled to play in a tournament in Augusta the weekend before 
Dave and Alec were going to the Masters and Kyra had a special surprise for Dave 
on the Thursday before they left.  She had a friend of hers from the music 
program play a song specially written for Dave.  The friend played the violin 
while Kyra sang the words.  Dave was amazed how beautiful her voice sounded and 
he was specially surprised by the song.  The media had been building the Masters 
up as the showdown between Dave and Tiger Woods and Dave had been constantly 
asked whether he thought he could beat him.  The song was about that, using the 
music from the Charlie Daniels’ song ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’.

Dave listened to the words intently.

Tiger went down to Georgia
He was looking for a soul to steal
He was in a bind
'Cause he was way behind
And was willin' to make a deal.

When he came upon this young man swing
a club and hittin' it hot
Tiger jumped up on a golf
cart and said,
"Boy let me tell you what:

I guess you didn't know it
but I'm a golfer too,
And if you care to take a dare
I'll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good game boy
But give the Tiger his due
I'll bet a green jacket against your soul
'Cause I think I'm better than you."

The boy said, "My name is Dave
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret
'Cause I'm the best that's ever been."

Dave loosin up your swing and hit the 
ball hard 'Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia
And Tiger holds your card
And if you win you get this bright jacket couloured in green
But if you lose Tiger gets your soul.

Tiger opened up his bag and he said,
"I'll start this round."
And fire flew from his fingertips
As his driver brushed the ground
As he pulled the club behind his head
The crowd began to hiss
Then a band of reporters joined in
And it sounded something like this

When Tiger finished Dave said,
"Well you're pretty good ol' son!
But sit down on that bench right there
And let me show you how it's done!"

Masters, US Open, play boys play
Tiger's all done; doesn’t know what to say
Eagles on the scorecard, making me dough
I putt for cash, but I drive for show

Tiger bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat,
And he laid that green jacket
On the ground at Dave's feet
Dave said, "Tiger, just come on back
if you ever wanna try again.
I done told you once,
You son-of-a-bitch,
I'm the best that's ever been!"

He played:
Masters, US Open, play boys play
Tiger's all done; doesn’t know what to say
Eagles on the scorecard, making me dough
I putt for cash, but I drive for show

Dave laughed out loud when he heard the song; when Kyra finished he walked to 
her and hugged her tightly.  His eyes were misted over and he fought back tears 
as he thanked her for her sweet encouragement.

He was totally pumped that weekend and he won the individual title easily.  The 
Hogan Award names were also published that weekend and he was pleased to see 
both Darcy and Devin on the award list, with him, as he had predicted.  Devin 
was ecstatic and he played his best tournament of the year, finishing third.  
Darcy finished second just three strokes behind Dave and it was a one-two-three 
finish for Wake Forest.  Alec and Keith also played well which helped the team 
win easily.

The women’s team also won two more tournaments in March and moved up to second 
in the national rankings.  Dave spoke to Danielle on the phone and she was very 
happy.  Her game continued to improve and she was giving Sheri all she could 
handle on the course.  Danielle explained that she had extra reasons to want to 
beat Sheri.  Dave simply laughed.

Dave and Alec drove over to the hotel they were staying at for the Masters and 
Dave received his schedule for the week when he checked in.  He did several 
interviews with the media before he and Alec retired to their suite.  Dave and 
Alec talked excitedly about playing the famous Augusta National Course before 
going to bed early.

As Dave lay in bed he thought about the upcoming tournament and about his life 
in general.  Alec only had one month left of college before he graduated and his 
future golf career was very unlikely because of his continuing hand problems.  
Dave knew Alec was invaluable as a caddie – so Dave decided to offer Alec a job.  
Dave knew that most caddies got ten percent of the earnings albeit usually no 
part of the appearance money or bonus money players received for winning while 
playing with certain clubs or accessories.  The caddies generally didn’t get a 
share of any of the endorsement money either.  Dave decided to offer Alec ten 
percent of his winnings plus ten percent of his bonuses and appearance fees.  
His endorsement contracts would not be part of the offer but a minimum salary of 
$100,000 would be guaranteed if Dave received annual endorsements of at least 
one million dollars.  Dave knew that Tiger’s annual income from endorsements and 
appearances was over eighty million dollars so he hoped he could make 
significantly more than one million.  The huge numbers swam through his head 
before he pushed them aside and thought about the song Kyra had sung for him.  
The words played over and over in his head as he fell asleep thinking of the 
twins and the fun they once had together.