The air in the clubhouse usually smelled of stale coffee and expensive leather, but today, it tasted like copper.

Arthur’s glove was a second skin, slick with the kind of sweat that doesn’t come from the sun. He looked at the digital display on the cart:

"You’re overthinking the wind," Leo said, leaning against the bag. Leo had been Arthur's caddy since they were kids, back when "breaking 80" meant not getting grounded before noon. "The wind is fine," Arthur snapped. "It’s the water."

The 18th at Blackwood was a spiteful design. A narrow fairway that hugged a lake like a nervous lover. To the right, deep bunkers sat like open mouths.

It wasn't the perfect swing of a pro; it was the desperate, rhythmic lunge of a man who had spent ten years chasing a ghost. The ball took flight, a white speck against the bruised purple of the late afternoon sky. It hung there, agonizingly long, before dropping— clatter-thump —right onto the short grass. "Nice leave," Leo whispered.

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[S1E13] Breaking 80