2023 – Week 6
We are just about 1/3 of the way through the 2023 GCCGL season already! I can’t honestly remember a year where there has been so much movement in the standings this early in the season. Just this week alone, the top team, Meat-Balls dropped out of first place after a dismal performance. Go Putt Yourself moved into the top spot after a fantastic week. The last place team, Return of the Cletus moved from the cellar to third place after a huge week. And while it has mostly been a two-team race between Meat-Balls and Go Putt Yourself, the other four teams are separated by only 7 points. As a matter of fact, only 28.5 points separate the top team from the last place team. I know that sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t when you factor in that on any given week, a team can make up 10-15 points, at the drop of a putt. The 2023 GCCGL season is shaping up to be a special one.
It really was a quiet week this week. Not much material to base this week’s blog. We had the Family Feud match between Mike “Big Donkey” Harris and Brady Gosney (why doesn’t this kid have a nickname yet?). There was a LOT of trash talking happening on the first tee, most of it coming from the youngster. I gotta say, Brady has been one of the better additions to the GCCGL. He has a lot of energy, is very confident and has a great head of hair. PW had all those things at one point too. Fast forward 30 years and it’s all I can do to put on my shoes after walking nine holes. My idea of a strenuous day is walking my dog around the neighborhood and staying up past 9:30pm. With that said, boy, this kid never shuts up, does he? I was in the last group, and we heard his antics all over the golf course. By the sound of it, you would have thought he was beating Big Donkey up and down the golf course. But that was not the case. It was a close match that was pulled out by Harris (5.5 – 4.5).
Cletus took my 3-wood! Cletus took my 3-wood! That’s what I was screaming on the 13th hole Par 3 on the Pioneer back nine. For those of you who played last week, you know that it was VERY WINDY. On this particular hole, the wind was gusting big-time and directly in our faces. The hole was already playing long so there was no way I was getting there with an iron. So, I started looking for my 3-wood in my golf bag and couldn’t find it. I know it was there because I had it on the driving range. But it was now gone. What the hell?
I thought to myself, it was Cletus up to his old antics. He’s done this before (i.e. messed with my golf equipment). So, I was forced to pull out my driver on a Par 3 because I don’t own a 5-wood or any hybrid clubs that would get me close the green on this extremely windy day. God damn it Cletus! I told you the next time you messed with my shit, I was going to perform a prostate exam on your old, sagging ass with my putter! So, I go for my driver and pull off the cover…….
Oopsy….there’s my 3-wood. It was under my driver cover the whole time. I still blame Cletus, he must of have something to do with this! It’s either that or I have to admit to myself that I’m that much closer to dementia. Well, I can’t admit that so Bend over Cletus, I’m coming in with that putter!
Several of us realized that we missed an opportunity for a pretty good nickname for Serkan all these years. As many of you already know, Serkan is moving out of state closer to home in a few weeks. It seemed like just like yesterday, I was trying to convince our Turkish friend to join our little golf league after he heard rumors that it was some sort of “exclusive”, “hard-to-get-in”, golf league. If that ain’t the farthest thing from the truth, I don’t know what is. At any rate, he was given the nickname of Assassin, after storming into the league with his high handicap and mowing down player after player racking up points for his team and ultimately winning the Championship in his first year. However, a better nickname would have been Black & Mild. Now, hold on there, I know what you’re thinking but this nickname was Serkan’s idea! You see, he LOVES Black & Mild cigarillos. Of course, we did not know this a few years ago when Serkan joined the league. Had we known, it would have been a different story. Actually, I blame Syndrome for not picking up on this and assigning this nickname years ago. You’re losing your touch JR! This would have been a great nickname for Serkan. He’s black, I don’t think that’s a secret anymore. And he is a very mild-mannered young man. And the fact that he enjoys Black & Mild cigarillos is just the icing on the cake. It’s perfect. A missed opportunity indeed. Think of the possibilities and places we’ve could have gone with that nickname, not to mention Serkan’s profile picture.
Serkan, on behalf of the GCCGL Commissioner’s office and all the GCCGL members, we wish you the best of luck. You will certainly be missed.
In other news, Tally and Welling’s index took a big hit this week, so low nets should be slowing so it finally seems the league effect is starting to wear off, at least for 2 of the new guys.
The big winners this week were Go Putt Yourself who snagged (26 points). They were led by Ollie who took 7.5 points. Return of the Cletus also took (26 points), They were led by Snoodles who managed (8 pts). The low-net winners were Snoodles (A/B) with a low net 35 and Duracell (C/D) with a low net 31. Great rounds gentlemen. Congratulations! We continue match play this week. We hope to see you on the course and as always, hit ’em straight!
The Portuguese Warrior – GCCGL co-commissioner
