2016 – Week 11
The GCCGL Blog lives on! Week 10 was a washout so naturally, there was no blog. In all the years I’ve been writing this blog, I have NEVER updated the blog after a rain out. Not sure what all the fuss was about “no blog updates”. Seriously, we were RAINED OUT. What’s there to blog about? I’m talk’n to YOU now Lip Gloss. Pull your panties out of your crotch, hike up your skirt, freshen your lip gloss and stop complaining about the Portuguese Warrior and start concentrating on getting your team out of the GCCGL basement!
We had a nice weather for a change and had 22 of 24 golfers show up. Vacation season is in full swing as we had 6 subs and 2 no-shows. A huge thanks to Junker, Verst, VanPelt, Harmeling, Lane and J. Miller for filling in. Without you we would have had only four foursomes.
This is going to be a quick blog post this week since KK decided to wait until Tuesday to update the spreadsheet! He had Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday to perform his co-commissioner duties and he failed miserably! I get it, it was a holiday weekend. There were barbecues to go to, golf to be played and family to enjoy. But he knew what he was getting into when he took this thankless job. Sure, I could be doing a number of things right now instead of updating this blog. I could be watching Master Chef but NOOOOOO! Maybe I’m being to hard on LG, maybe I’m not. I don’t know.
It’s been four weeks since my hernia operation and I’m afraid my departure has left Grandpa’s Cough Medicine in complete shambles. It’s been a steady nose dive into the abyss of mediocrity since week 7. Before PW went on the disabled list, GCM was sitting in a “solid” 5th place within striking distance (24 points) out of first place. Four weeks later, GCM is over 36 points out of first and less than 4 points ahead of the butt of GCCGL jokes, Gamblers Fallacy. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine captain, Seth “The Co-Op” Brooks, is no longer with the company and only shows up when he’s out of beer. Goldie is in the midst of his worst year ever in the history of the GCCGL and Big Ed seems to have lost focus and has one ginormous foot in Texas as he prepares to move to Dallas Cowboy country for his new job. Can this team be saved? Time will tell. One thing is for sure, they’re still better than Gamblers Fallacy and that’s all that matters right not……..until it doesn’t.
The big winners this week were Gamblers Fallacy who absolutely embarrassed Grandpa’s Cough Medicine (26 – 14). They were led by Lip Gloss and the hired assassin, Tim Lane, who both won 8 points. But that wasn’t enough to lift them out of the GCCGL basement. In a huge match between the top two teams, it was The Prince Albert Syndrome over Three Men and a Sub (22.5 – 17.5). They were led by the Prince himself who took 6.5 points. There was no Prince Albert Syndrome email last week but the Prince is on a roll and Cletus is still trying to figure out what hit him. Score another point for PA. Laying 8 defeated Protein for Peffercorn (22 -18). They were led by Ollie who managed 7 points.
This week is Pot Luck week! This is always one of the year’s favorite events. The Portuguese Warrior is going to try and make it out this week. It’s been tough sitting on the sidelines. I really miss the league and appreciate my fellow co-commissioners filling in and running the show while I recuperate. Hopefully I will get out there. I’ll have plenty of cold refreshments and a fully charged mobile phone so……. We hope to see you on the course and as always, hit ’em straight!
We leave you with a short video of some fool trying to fish out his golf ball from a pond. You might recognize him by his bright, shiny, orange hat. Spoiler Alert…….he eventually gets his ball.
George Almeida – GCCGL Co-Commissioner
