The Providence Journal / Steve Szydlowski

Steve Terrien, of Pawtucket, was watching the Masters Golf Tournament about 10 years ago when Tiger Woods was leading by about 15 strokes and a commercial came on advertising golf carts. One of the carts had a plate on it that said Back 9. The next day, Terrien was off to the registry and ordered “BACK 9.” Terrien plays some golf, but “I’m not a good golfer,” he admits. When people see the plate on his Jeep Commander, he says, they probably think, “Just one time I’d like to know what it feels like to hit a ball like that guy.” “Actually I tell people I’m on the back 9 of life. I’m 55 years old — 55 down and 55 to go.”

sszydlow@projo.com