2018 – Week 19
Can you believe it? The 2018 GCCGL season is almost over. We have one week left to go which is the Best Ball Scramble to determine the 2018 GCCGL Championship. The week 19 blog is traditionally the longest blog of the year so let’s get right to it.
The BIG story should have been the match between 1st place Donkey’s Disciples and 2nd place Putter Face but that turned out to be a dud. DD narrowly defeated PF by 1 point (20.5 – 19.5) led by Snoodles (7 points). You might think one lousy point is no big deal but that one-point victory pushed DD’s lead to 10.5 points. This means PF has to finish THREE places in front of DD in order to overtake them for the championship. The fat lady is not only singing, she’s handing out freebies in the dressing room.
But that wasn’t the BIG story, the BIGGER story was the absolute beat-down handed out by The Hackstreet Boys to Ballers…Schott Callers! (28.5 – 11.5) led by The Politician (8 points). We haven’t seen a bludgeoning like that since the infamous 10-0 desecration of Syndrome’s card by Captain Obvious. This victory moves Hackstreet Boys back into the money in 3rd place.
But that wasn’t the BIGGEST story, the BIGGEST story was Catalina Wine Mixer’s huge victory over The Process (26 – 14) led by PW (8 points). This not only dropped The Process out of the money into 4th place but it has catapulted CWM within ½ point out of the cellar. This is “the race” within “the race”. The “Toilet Bowl”, if you will. If you remember, everyone predicted CWM to finish as the worst team in GCCGL history after they got off to a very slow start. But as the numbers portray, they aren’t even close to the 293 points from the 2017 Birdies, Eagles and a Crowe team. This victory made up 14.5 points up on the 5th place team in one week and leave CWM with a chance to climb out of the bowels of the GCCGL basement for the first time since the Pink Ball Scramble on week 11. You are witnessing either the greatest comeback from a down-and-out last place team or the worst collapse by a 5th place team in GCCGL history. Either way, it makes for a great ending.
The end of match play events means it is time to recognize those members who’ve put together stellar years and acknowledge their triumphs and accomplishments.
| Points Leaders | Points | |
| 1 | Livermore (Points Champion) | 101 |
| 2 | Almeida | 90 |
| 3 | Kreyling | 82.5 |
| 4(T) | Roddy | 81 |
| 4(T) | Roller | 81 |
| Money Leaders | Money | |
| 1 | Roller | $66 |
| 2 | Capannari | $57.75 |
| 3 | Kreyling | $41.25 |
| 4(T) | Almeida | $33 |
| 4(T) | Livermore | $33 |
| 4(T) | Duer | $33 |
| WinPCT Leaders | Record | WinPCT | |
| 1 | Livermore (WinPCT Champion) | 12-4-0 | .750% |
| 2 | Kreyling | 9-4-2 | .667% |
| 3 | Almeida | 9-4-3 | .656% |
| 4(T) | Turnwald | 7-4-3 | .607% |
| 4(T) | Capannari | 8-5-1 | .607% |
Congratulations on a great year everyone! Week 19 marked the 100th match play week since the GCCGL expanded to 6 teams in 2012! Thanks for the stat Cupcake! Speaking of Cupcake, he was showing me some Urban Dictionary terms that he and some others created that were pretty hilarious in the “bathroom” humor sort of way. So, it got me thinking about a possible new addition to the GCCGL blog, we should have our own GCCGL Dictionary. We already have several well-defined terms like:
MOW Jinx (noun)
Match of the Week curse. Anyone who is picked as the winner of the weekly Kreyling Korner MOW is jinxed and loses more than 60% of the time.
VanPelt (verb)
Putting off the green on the fringe or beyond. No need for chipping lessons when you can VanPelt one from 50 feet.
Knee pee (verb)
Also known as the Knee-bow. Is a process whereby a male goes to one knee and urinates instead of finding a Porta Potty or a tree. Caution, you can cause much shame upon you and your family if you perform this maneuver.
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Snoodled (verb)
Just when you think you won the hole, someone makes a putt from a ridiculous length to snatch it away. When this happens, you’ve been snoodled. There are other meanings for this verb. I recommend not looking it up on Urban Dictionary. You’ve been warned.
League affect (noun)
When seemingly normal, better than average golfers shoot several strokes over their handicap or downright completely forget how to play the game ONLY when they play in this league.
With this eclectic, talented group of individuals in this crazy league of ours, how hard would it be to come up with a plethora of terms and definitions pertaining to the league?
We leave you with a picture of Snoodles’ drive at Legendary? Talk about “hitting down” on the ball. I think you’re supposed to do that with with your irons Snoodles.
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The low net winners were Lip Gloss (A/B) with a low net 32 and El Hefe (C/D) with a low net 30. Congratulations! We finish the season on the front of the Willows with the Best Ball Scramble. Remember, EACH PLAYER MUST USE AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR DRIVES. Unfortunately, I won’t be there for the final week. We hope to see you on the course and as always, hit ‘em straight!
George Almeida – GCCGL co-commissioner
