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In more ways than one," Sandecker admitted
They stopped at A His game appeared s nor went through any wigglingThere was a shower of sand as the ball lofted and dropped on the green within ten meters of the cup
Sandecker needed two strokes with his sand wedge to get out of the trap, then two putts before his ball rolled into the cup for a double bogey Ames putted out in two for a par As they drove to the second tee, Sandecker began to outline his findings in a detailed narrative The next eight holes were played under heavy discussion as Aht up any nuainst acoustic murder
At the ninth green, Ae to lay his ball within a club's length of the hole He watched with areen and curled his putt back into the surrounding grass
"You ot out and played more often, Admiral"
"Five tih foranything by chasing a little ball for six hours"
"Oh, I don't know I've developed soolf course"
After Sandecker finally laid a putt in the hole, they returned to the cart Ames pulled a can of Diet Coke from a small ice chest and handed it to the admiral "What exactly do you expect me to tell you?"
he asked
Sandecker stared at hiive a da out there on the sea If I don't stop Dorsett,to die, in numbers I don't care to think about You're the best acousticsyou can steer hter"
"So I ae in Ames' friendly tone was to one that could hardly be called dead sober, but it was unmistakable "You want me to come up with a practical solution to your problem"
"Our probleently corrected him
"Yes," Ames said heavily, "I can see that now" He held a can of Diet Coke in front of his eyes and stared at it curiously "Your description of me is quite correct, Admiral I am an old fake I worked out a blueprint of sorts before you left the ground in Washington It's far from perfect, mind you The chance of success is less than fifty-fifty, but it's the best I can devise without months spent in serious research"
Sandecker looked at Aht with a hope that wasn't there before "You've actually conceived a plan for ter operations?" he asked expectantly
Ames shook his head "Any kind of ar about a ence"