The 9th Annual Runaway Open (8/31 in Denver) featured a lyrics contest on the sponsor signs, continuing a pattern we started with the 8th. This year, that same bottom-right corner of the signs had the date of a previous Dick's show and either "first" or "last", referring to the first or last word that Phish sang at each of those shows. Those words, in hole order, made a sentence - and the first golfer to text me the sentence during the tournament, won $75 in pro shop credit. Only one participated - could you be the second to solve it?

And, yes, 15 sponsor signs on 18 holes. Hole #2 was challenges from a Backswing pro, Hole #10 was an optional hole-in-one contest ($10 entry, $10,000 prize), and Hole #17 was the closest-to-pin contest. A full wrap-up on those events, and all tournament results, is coming next week...

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