2015 – HOF Results

Let’s talk HOF for a little while. The votes are in! Despite a piss poor voting rate of 50%, we have our inaugural inductees to the 2015 GCCGL Hall of Fame.

Jason Nill – for HOF and Lifetime Achievement

• 2^nd all-time on the career earnings list ($752.12)
• 1^st (tied) for all-time number of GCCGL championships (6)
• 4^th all-time career wins (76)
• 2^nd all-time career points (973)
• 21^st all-time career winning PCT (.529)
• 3^rd all-time career games (154)
• Long time GCCGL treasurer, statistician, co-commissioner and league enforcer

Cupcake is well deserving of this honor. His GCCGL statistics cannot be questioned. His teams win championships. His service in the GCCGL commissioner’s office has transformed this league into the premier golf league in the Southeast. He is the ONLY one who knows how to update the GCCGL “morning after” stats spreadsheet. No one else can figure it out! He owns one of the hardest swings in the league and is always prepared for each match and he hardly ever runs out of beer during a round.

Allen Bloomhuff – for HOF and Lifetime Achievement

• 1^st all-time on the career earnings list ($843.87)
• 2^nd (tied) for all-time number of GCCGL championships (4)
• 1^st all-time career wins (87)
• 3^rd all-time career points (938.5)
• 16^th all-time career winning PCT (.540)
• 1^st all-time career games (173)
• Former GCCGL co-commissioner, handicap czar, tee time planner and league prankster

Cletus is well deserving of this honor. His GCCGL statistics are even more impressive than that of co-commissioner Cupcake except for the GCCGL championships. His service in the GCCGL commissioner’s office is legendary and rife with controversy. His Cletus Handicap system has been adopted throughout other Appalachian beer leagues. His antics and tomfooleries have provided countless entertainment blog material. Cletus was also known to keep everyone honest with his side bets which later on morphed into the GCCGL blog’s Cletus Tally.

George Almeida – for HOF and Lifetime Achievement

• 5^th all-time on the career earnings list ($589.79)
• 3^rd (tied) for all-time number of GCCGL championships (3)
• 2^nd all-time career wins (84)
• 1^st all-time career points (1,102.5)
• 13^th all-time career winning PCT (.558)
• 2^nd all-time career games (164)
• GCCGL founder and co-commissioner, GCCGL website administrator and blogger

Despite my objections, my fellow co-commissioners voted 2-1 thus allowing me this prestigious honor. Twenty years ago at the ripe young age of 29, I took it upon myself to find a tee time at a local golf course within 20 minutes of the office. Back then, this was no easy task. League tee-times were like gold. Kenton County was the last course I called and by chance they had just received a cancellation that same day for the 6:07pm Thursday tee-time! It was fate. I immediately booked it without having so much as a plan. I had 1 other committed golfer and no idea how to organize, never mind run a golf league. After all, I has just begun learning the game myself. Somehow I managed to scrap up 14 other golfers and a handful of subs (maybe less than a handful). We started with a spreadsheet that kept all the scores, statistics and handicaps. I handled all the handicaps, statistics, tee-times, rules, website, money and anything else that had to do with the league for the first 5-6 years until it got to be too much for one person. That is when Jason Nill and Allen Bloomhuff offered their help and I immediately accepted. The rest is history.

The weather will be a bit cold this Thursday but we will be playing golf! We open the season with the traditional Florida Scramble. We hope to see everyone on the course and as always, hit ‘em straight!

George Almeida – GCCGL Co-Commissioner