2022 Opening Tee

The start of the 27th season of the GCCGL is almost here! Meet your 2022 GCCGL teams! The official start date to the season is 4/21 but the pre-season starts on 4/7! We have two pre-season weeks scheduled that allows for members to come out and enjoy a couple of practice rounds and turn in some scores.  New members are encouraged to come out to get a couple of scores in to help calculate your handicap.

I gotta say, I’m kind of diggin’ the team names and logos this season. Of course, everyone knows the importance of selecting the right team name and logo. Team Harris, aka, “The 4 Donkeys of the Apocalypse” wins this year’s prize for the longest and strangest team name.  And let’s face it, they didn’t put much effort into their team logo either. It looks like something out of  a 1930’s Popeye cartoon.  For my money, I think the best team name and logo is Foot Wedge Mafia. It encompasses everything that team is about…..”feet”.  Whether it’s pulling out the old foot wedge during a close scramble or Syndrome coming down with a bout of gout, it’s all about the feet. Team Nixon had a good idea but screwed it up. They realized that they had TWO D Players on their team this season due to Nixon’s masterful draft selection skills so they came up with the team name “A Pair of DoubleD’s”. I tried to talk them into changing the name to simply, “Double D’s”. It’s better, right? I mean, do we really need “A Pair of” in the front of what would have been quite possibly, one of the best team names in the history of the GCCGL? We’re all adults here, we get the double entendre.  I think everyone knows that two of anything is in fact a “pair”. Do we really need to insult the intelligence of this league by spelling it out? Is it just me? As you will see in this season’s team predictions, it is this blogger’s opinion that this will be the first of many regrets for “A Pair of Double D’s” this season. Team Goldenberg (Kosher Meat and Team Kreyling (Booze Rattlers) are good team names and they both came with good team logos. Nothing too exciting, but nonetheless, a solid effort by both teams.

Finally, we come to Team Wells, aka Angels Envy. It has been a comedy of errors for newcomer Austin “Korn Ferry” Wells in his short GCCGL career. First, he selects Cap as his first pick in the draft.  Syndrome’s tongue is still on the floor after that pick. Then, if that wasn’t bad enough, this team failed to select their team name and logo before the deadline. Geez….. We were all set to choose an unflattering name for this team but they submitted a name and logo at the last second.

As a reminder, if you are 60 or older at the start of the season, you will be allowed to tee off from Gold or Gray tees depending where the rest of the league is teeing off from. This includes Pioneer #9. You must make your choice before you tee off for the first time this season. We have 3 times set for April 7th at the Willows Front:

5:02
5:10
5:18

And so far we have 11 players:
Rayburn
Leininger
Roller
McCrone
Parvesse
Freeman
Harris
Brady
Allen, Jim
Bedell
Roddy

So, we have room for 1 more player who want to practice this coming Thursday, April 7th.

Check out the 2022 League Rotation. While you’re reading that, you might as well read the 2022 GCCGL League Agreement too. Please pay your dues prior to April 21st.

In order to pay cupcake during these uncertain times, it is preferred to use electronic payments:

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Now for everyone’s favorite blog post of the year, the annual GCCGL championship predictions from Top to Bottom. 

	(1st Place) Foot Wedge Mafia – Roller, Duer, Rayburn, Livermore Between this team there are 15 championships. Fifteen! I’m not sure why we are even playing this season. Snoodles had a plan, for once in his life, and it seems to have paid off. He has assembled a team of experienced winners. There is no glaring weakness on this team. Two legit A-Players, three Hall of Famers, and the sweetest swing in the league in Palomino Nick.  Throw in a great team name and an even better team logo and the best “foot wedge” in the business in Ollie Livermore, there’s no stopping this team. There is only one potential crack in this powerhouse. Will Livermore and Rayburn survive playing scrambles together or will they kill each other? It’s our only hope.
	(2nd Place) The 4 Donkeys of the Apocalypse – Harris, Freeman, Ethridge, Allen If there is one thing wrong with this group it is this; between Mike “Big Donkey” Harris and Serkan “The Assassin” Freeman, this scramble team will take 3 hours to finish 9 holes (on a Kenton County golf course). The team logo should have been a tortoise. Other than being the slowest team in the history of golf teams, they have it all. Young, old, experience and diversity. They’re built for scrambles and have some big-time point getters as well. This could be a run-a-way season, wire-to-wire. But there are a couple of things that could derail them. Ethridge will have to play all season giving out strokes instead of getting them. Will the sophomore jinx grab Radar by the short hairs and make him wish he moved back to Florida? Will The Assassin adjust to playing as a B-Player or will the pressure get to him? Is Big Donkey a genius or just another jack ass? Time will tell.
	(3rd Place)  The Booze Rattlers – Kreyling, McCrone, Crowe, Klein This team is the sleeper of the season for several reasons. This is the first team with two lefties as the A and B players. They have two legit A-Players and two other players who will most definitely contribute, especially during scrambles. Make no mistake about it, this team was assembled to be a strong scramble team and I say, mission accomplished!  The only thing this team has going against them is the all too real, “Kreyling Curse”. Lip Gloss has been on some loaded teams over the years and yet, he has no championships to show for it. Something always seems to go wrong. He won’t have Cupcake to blame this year for the first time in basically a decade. Maybe the change will do him some good and finally earn him the coveted title of GCCGL Champion. But don’t bet on it.
	(4th Place) Kosher Meat – Goldenberg, Morell, Roddy, Almeida Goldie and Meat team up for the second year in a row. They came within 8 points of a GCCGL championship last season with Ethridge and Radar. Did they upgrade their team with Roddy and Almeida? The experts have weighed in and the answer is a big fat no! Although this team looks good on paper, there are just too many question marks. Goldie and Almeida are another year older and another step slower. Meat is still a legitimate A-Player disguised as a B-Player so that’s a good thing. Roddy is the wildcard. This guy has skills around the golf course and if he puts together a full season, then watch out. As it stands right now, the best thing about this team is their name.
	(5th Place) A Pair of Double D’s – Nixon, Nill, Leininger, Parvesse Cupcake’s hopes of ending his 10-year GCCGL championship drought disappeared faster than brownies at a pot party after Nixon selected Dham with the 4th pick of the second round. I was sitting next to Cupcake when MC, John “Syndrome” Rayburn made the stunning announcement. The look of disgust Cupcake had on his face said it all. So much for team dynamics. For the record, I think Ben had a great season last year and will continue to do so this season. However, there were several lower handicap players on the board at the time, hence Cupcake’s disappointment. If you want to be entertained all season long, I recommend planting yourself next to Team Nixon during the post-round gathering each night and listen to Cupcake tear his new teammates, especially Bill “Patient Zero” Nixon, new a-holes. This is going to be a fun season
	(6th Place) Team Wells – Wells, Bedell, Capannari, Cember Hands down, this is the “best looking” team (physically speaking). Take away their good looks and they’re a train wreck. Sure, they have the best golfer in the league anchoring the team events, but will that be enough? Their team name should be GQ, but it’s not. I mean, come on….. you got two young studs in Wells and Cap and of course our little golf angel who’s back from a hiatus after trying the whole “marriage thing”…..again. But the anchor of this team for my money is the middle-aged hound with the seemingly perfect head of hair, Matt “The Politician” Bedell. But looks will only take you so far in this league. I’m guessing there will be more “bad hair days” than good ones. Look for this team to spend more time checking themselves in the mirror, than racking up GCCGL points.

So there you have it. Take it to the bank! If you are up for it and weather permitting, our first practice round is on April 7th! If you can make it to the course this Thursday, then get out there.  The schedule is yet to be set for the regular season. Good luck everyone. We hope to see you on the course and as always, hit ’em straight!

The Portuguese Warrior – GCCGL co-commissioner