2013 – Week 10
Another great day weather-wise and another perfect turnout because of a large number of substitutes (7)! Late June and the month of July is where our subs earn their money due to vacations. A big thank you to the subs that filled in, Bleeker, Lickert, Maurer, Seiter, McNeil, Dominik, Glaser).
Pot Luck
The Pot Luck event was a success once again. It continues to be a GCCGL favorite. This season we added a twist which made sure to match A/B vs C/D players. Overall, I think this change added a little spice to the pot luck (pun intended). Over the years, there has been much debate on how C/D players would fair against A/B players even in a handicap league. I can recall some heated exchanges, especially between Big Donkey (A) and Donnie Golf Game (D). Of course most of the “heat” was coming from Donnie Golf Game most likely initiated by the “vitamin supplements“. Well here are the results of the “true” A/B vs C/D” matches. There were a few matches that didn’t fall into this category due to substitutions.
A/B Players = 6 wins
C/D Players = 3 wins
Ties = 1
Well, well….maybe Donnie had a point afterall. Looks like the A/B group had the advantage this season. No more “juicing” jokes this season Donnie boy.
Rule 14-1b
The one match that wound up in a tie was the Kreyling – Almeida match. It sure didn’t start out that way. After rushing to the tee from work, I had a rough first two holes while Lipgloss started Par, Birdie and quickly took a 2-0 lead. I settled down and took advantage of the 5 strokes in the middle of the round to even things up. But it was not easy. No wonder Lipgloss is attached to that belly putter of his. He’s practically automatic from within 20 feet with that thing! When he wasn’t sinking a putt from long distance, the ball was certainly sniffing the cup. After playing with Kreyling for the first time and watching this putting display, I now understand why the PGA has elected to ban the belly putter in 2016. Rule 14-1b states that players who use a belly putter or long putter will no longer be able to hold the butt end of the club against their bodies while making a stroke, although the clubs will still be allowed — provided they are not anchored. When are they going to come out with a rule that punishes players from intentionally stabbing the butt end of the putter against another player’s tuckus? More on that later.
Staying on the subject of Lipgloss, it was mentioned during post-round libations at BW’s, that Lipgloss’ nick name should be Woogie instead of Lipgloss. For those of you who do not know, Woogie was a character played by actor Chris Elliott in the movie Something About Mary, a classic comedy. Here’s a fun fact for you, did you know that Chris Elliott was considered for the role of Harry Dunne in Dumb and Dumber? I don’t know, I have gotten kind of used to Lipgloss. You be the judge. I know the LP pic is a bit blurry but it was the best I had.
Pioneer Hijinks
Apparently Cletus was at it again this week. He has been known to unsuspectingly “goose” fellow golfers with various golf clubs while they are in the process of addressing their tee shot or putt. This week, he got Syndrome on the tee. What is it with Cletus and his obsession with that ever-so private of areas? I was struggling to understand why we’ve witnessed so many objects flying towards Cletus’ jewels this season, but now it is so apparently clear. You get what you give, especially in this league. Syndrome, being Syndrome, didn’t let this rest. He probably planned his revenge a few minutes after the Cletus goosing. Let me set it up for you. On hole # 18, Cletus and his group are on the green getting ready to putt out. When it was Cletus’ turn, Syndrome made his move. However, his timing was a little off and he got a late start. No doubt, Mr. Labatts had something to do with that. The best way I can describe it is this…..have you ever seen footage of the great white shark, surging upward from beneath the ocean waters, the shark’s momentum lunging the beast out of the water and snatching up the unsuspecting seal who’s oblivious to what is about to occur? That’s what this was like. The only difference here is that when the shark misses, the seal doesn’t get pissed and start chasing the shark with a cheap putter and a gimpy trot. And most certainly, the shark doesn’t flee like a spooked gazelle, zigzagging up the 18th fairway, flinging watered down Miller Lite at the little seal. The best part of this whole thing was that Mclinn (aka Barry Gibb), had the foresight to video the entire episode! Kudos to you McLinn! You’ve undoubtedly caught one of the funniest things I’ve ever witnessed in this league or anywhere else. Just when I think it couldn’t get any funnier, Bachmann, I think it was Bachmann, yells out something as the chase is unfolding. I don’t want to spoil it for those who did not get to witness this incident and no amount of words can describe it better than the video below.
Other News
I remember a time in this league when we couldn’t get a single female co-worker to participate in the GCCGL. Over the years, the commissioner’s office has aggressively recruited woman to participate in the GCCGL and it is finally paying dividends. The first woman to break the mold was Lynne Scott back in 2008 and then our very own Golf Angel who braved the testosterone in 2011. Since then we’ve had Jennifer Dominik who joined as a full-time member in 2012 and then left and came back as a sub. We now have several other woman golfers on our subs list, including two more who played this week, Danielle Lickert and Lindsay Maurer as well as several other subs who have played this season such as Lori Straub and others who will most likely sub before the year is out, long time sub Lisa Zoellner and new sub Heather Stolper. Make no mistake about it, these woman have game and it is great to see them participating more this season.
Every year it seems that one member has a break out season and just completely dominates in all or most statistical areas. Last year is was the old man Cletus who sure didn’t play like he was old. The year before that it was The Politician who went from the lowly ranks of the C/D group to the elite A/B group after an 80+ point year. Finally, who can forget in 2010 when Big Donkey took the triple crown (points, money, and wins) and went home with the Championship. This season still has a way to go with several folks vying to be THAT dominate player. A few that stand out for me are Cousin’ Joe, Snoodles and Barry Gibb who are all at the top in points earned and all have 6 wins. Cook is undefeated so far this season, Mclinn is the current point leader and Snoodles is carrying his team. It should be an interesting finish.
We had some movement this week in the standings. Who’s your Caddie dropped all the way back to 3rd place after getting just only 16.5 points in the Pot Luck. I guess they aren’t a big fan of this event. The benefactors of this were #teamname who has moved back into first place with their 25 points. They were led by Knechtges who won 7.5 points. But the big winners this week were Free Port Sandwich the Goldenberg Dilemma who grabbed 25.5 points and moved into 2nd place just 1 point behind the leaders. They were led by Mclinn who took another 8.5 points this week and is leading everyone with 53 points.
The winners of the low net were Allen Bloomhuff and Zach McNeil (A/B) with a low net of 30 and Matt Mclinn (C/D) with a low net of 28! Holy Shnykees! We have added a few more pics to the Photo Album. Check them out. There is no league play this week, July 4th. We pick it back up again on July 11th on the Willows front. We hope to see you on the course and as always, hit ’em straight!
George Almeida – GCCGL Co-Commissioner
