Southern Regional golf coach Jeff Reilly often reminds his players of a simple mantra: Sometimes, one shot determines so much.

A prime example of that occurred last year, when Reilly’s son Paul was the beneficiary of not just one botched putt, but two of them on the 14th hole of the High Tide course at Jen’s Links – a two-stroke difference on one hole in an otherwise even contest was the margin Paul needed to be one of four challengers to beat me.