From Roger Beltran’s point of view, it was a putt as winding as the Rio Grande, and for all the world, half as long.

“You wouldn’t believe,” Beltran said. “It was a double breaker, to the right, downhill, at least 30 feet.”

For Trish Coffey, that 10-yard sidewinder proved to be just another day at the office.

“She drained it, right into the cup” Beltran said, ending the story with a flourish, like the punchline of a favorite barroom joke. “You wouldn’t believe it.”

On a day set up to benefit wounded warriors, Beltran and the TeAM hackers found a little room for their own moment in the sun.

TeAM’s A-Team of Chuck Davis, Coffey, Beltran and Israel Orosco finished third in the eighth annual MCiS Open at San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston Golf Club, with a 13-under-59 in the 36-team best-ball tournament. TeAM finished two strokes behind the winning group.

The third-place finish marked the best showing ever by a MCiS/TIMPO team in the event.

“We thought we might have a chance to win with 13-under,” Beltran said, noting that TeAM’s score matched last year’s best tally. “But everybody played well, it was a great event.”

Beltran passed around compliments for his team’s play like a proud papa handing out cigars.

There was praise for Davis’ long game. According to Beltran, TeAM’s CEO and golfer in chief has a swing that is “fortunately, more Charles Davis than Charles Barkley,” referring to the NBA Hall of Famer with a famously funky golf swing like a dyspeptic woodpecker.

Beltran said Davis’ drive on the short par-4 No. 9 hole, which settled pin high just off the green, may have been the day’s best swing.

“It’s a big plug for the boss,” Beltran said, “but it’s true.”

There were compliments for Coffey off the tee, and taps for TeAM newcomer Orosco.

Everything came up greens and fairways for TeAM’s A-team, which birdied its first seven holes.

As for how TeAM’s B-team finished?

“Well,” event organizer Mike De La Garzasaid, stopping to think for a moment, “It was a really nice day.”

TeAM’s second group of De La Garza, Haskell Folsom, Chuck Cortines and Bob Cochran finished middle of the pack, an even-par 72, which, in a four-man best ball tournament is … well, as De La Garza said, it was a nice day.

For De La Garza, who volunteered countless hours to organize the event, it wasn’t entirely a loss. He walked away with a new TaylorMade R-11 driver after winning the raffle.

Where it mattered, however, everyone finished first.

Ten wounded warriors took to the course in the 144-player field. The event, which is organized to support Operation Comfort at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, raised more than $11,000, with donations still coming in. According to De La Garza, the wounded warriors enjoyed their afternoon on the links, and their presence helped serve as a reminder to MCiS staffers of the importance of their daily work.

“It’s always good to see them, and to be able to give back,” said De La Garza, himself a veteran of the Gulf War. “It’s good to see their the reason we do what we do, and let them know they’re appreciated.”