2022 – Week 2

I was on the Andy Crowe Band Wagon early.

During Round 2 of the Mock Draft, for my pick, I wrote the following “the other player being considered here is Andy Crowe. That may come as a shock to most of you but as I wrote last week… “Andy just needs to be on the right team with the right leadership”. For all you non-believers out there… I dare you to leave 0-14 Andy Crowe on the board until my final pick”.

Lip Gloss snagged Andy with the 3rd pick in the 2nd Round. Lip Gloss is a smart man.

There was a lot of back and forth after the draft about how well or how bad Andy might do this year. The above picture is from a pizza box from the night of the draft.

Since you probably can’t read it, here’s what is says:

$10 20:1 “0” Wins Duer/Parvesse
$20 O/U 4.5 Wins Harris/World Roller, Pete, Duer
$10 10:1 Crowe >5 Duer/Bedell
$10 Cap > Crowe Rayburn/Harris

Yes. We’re wagering some serious cash on Crowe this season.

The first week of match play is in the books and after the round, I was told you could hear Crowe singing Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” as he strutted off the 9th green.
Yep. The Crowe is 1-0 on the season… and leading the league in points with 8.5.

Part of what made this victory so sweet, was that the one person who gambled on Crowe finishing the season with “0” wins, was scheduled to play Crowe this week. Rich “Merlin” Parvesse was not able to make it, so he recruited 2-handicapper, Randy Watkins, to beat Crowe, in his place.

I’m told Crowe jumped out to a 2-0 lead and never looked back on the way to an 8.5 – 1.5 beatdown.

Now, some of you are saying that Randy simply had a bad night… and that is true as Randy, again a 2-handicap, shot a 47. But if that’s your argument, then you’re not giving Andy enough credit.

If you looked at Crowe vs the League, Andy didn’t just beat his opponent… he went 19-2-2 vs the league.
His (2) losses were both to the low net winners. You had to win low net to beat Andy this week.
Crowe had a good week.

Here’s to you Andy…

Shifting gears, a bit… Let’s look at Andy’s GCCGL career stats, shall we?

2017 0-12-1
2018 5-7-2
2019 5-6-1
2020 3-8-0
2021 0-14-0
2022 1-0-0

Career Totals for Andy
14 Wins. 47 Losses. 4 Ties. (1) GCCGL Championship. (1) 2nd Place finish.
266 career points. (4) Low Nets. (2) Closest to the Pins.

Andy’s never had a winning record and his average wins per year going into this year is 2.8

Why do I bring this up, you ask?

Well using song lyrics from the Irish Rock Band, “the Script”

You can be the greatest
You can be the best
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest.

You can beat the world
You can beat the war
You can talk to God, go banging on his door

You can throw your hands up
You can beat the clock
You can move a mountain, you can break rocks

You can be a master
Don’t wait for luck
Dedicate yourself you gonna find yourself….

Standing in the Hall of Fame
And the world’s gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world’s gonna know your name
And you’ll be on the wall of the Hall of Fame.

That’s right. Despite what certainly appear to be below average statistics… Andy Crowe just might be in the GCCGL Hall of Fame sooner than you think.

If you think I’m joking, the below (in bold) is taken directly from the GCCGL Website as it pertains to the standards under which a nominee should be considered for induction into the GCCGL Hall of Fame for Male Competitors.

There is no age limit.
Check that box. I’m not sure what it is… but Andy certainly has an age.

The potential inductee can be an ACTIVE member.
Check that box. Andy is currently a member of the Booze Rattlers.

The potential inductee must have accumulated a minimum of 5 years as a GCCGL member.
Check that box. Andy has completed 5 full seasons as a member and is currently in his 6th.

The potential inductee must have a cumulative total of 15 victories OR at least (1) GCCGL Championship.
Andy is (1) win away from 15 victories… but he already owns a GCCGL championship… so check that box.

That’s it. Those are the 4 criteria for HOF consideration. With 1 more win this season, any way you slice it, based on the extremely high standards of the GCCGL Hall of Fame, Andy Crowe will be eligible to be considered. He still must receive the votes… but he is eligible to be on the ballot.

George… get that HOF Jacket ordered. I believe Andy is a 34, extra short.

MOVING ON…
Week 2 is in the books and the early season standings are as follows:

4 Donkeys of the Apocalypse 40.5 points
Booze Rattlers 35.5
Kosher Meat 32.5
Foot Wedge Mafia 31.0 (tied)
A Pair of Double D’s 31.0 (tied)
Angels Envy 24.5

The Low Net Winners were:
Matty “ the Politician the Deserter” Bedell A/B Group with a 34
Benny “Dahm” Leininger C/D Ground also with a 34

Shout out to Randy Watkins, Brady Gosney and Ken Glaser for subbing this week. Because of our subs, through 2 weeks, we have perfect attendance.

Handicap Index Movers and Shakers
The biggest movers were
Super Sub Brady Gosney… Handicap Index when from a 9.5 to an 8.8
Matty Bedell… went from a 7.1 to a 6.5
Ben Leininger… went from a 14.5 to a 14

On the flip side
Bill Nixon went from a 2.9 to a 3.4
Ollie “I refuse to play from the correct tee box” Livermore went from a 10.0 to a 10.6
Melissa Cember went from a 23.2 to a 24

Congrats to all, I guess.

The Assassin recorded his first career Eagle on the Par 5 (6th Hole). He made an 8-footer to steal a point from Matt Bedell who birdied.

Congrats Serkan. I hope you kept the ball.

I was told Ryan “Kornferry” McCrone celebrated Serkan’s 1st Eagle by shot-gunning a beer on the next tee box. Serkan is not on his team, but what the hell.

Additionally. On hole 9, McCrone and Nill were all tied up 4-4. Kornferry pulls out the Big Dog and murmurs “this is for Booze Rattlers” then proceeds to hit his longest, straightest drive of the night, about 50 yards deep into the woods, on the other side of the cart path.

I think I like this McCrone kid.

Kenton County did it again. I was told they are determined to get another 6-8 groups out per day and it seems my source ain’t lying. This week they let (3) non-league groups out between the league in front of us and our league. By doing so, the final groups were fighting daylight. I know my group (group 5), teed off (approx.) 20 minutes late. I’m sure George is already on this…. I hope.

Finally, this week’s schedule, on the Back of the Willows, looks like this:
Angels Envy vs Booze Rattlers
Kosher Meat vs the 4 Donkeys of the Aocalypse
A Pair of Double D’s vs the Foot Wedge Mafia

Until next week…

Golf is Hard.
If it were easy, it’d be called “your mom”.

Big Donkey
8x GCCGL Champion