Kreyling Korner – Week #17 – 08-14-14

THE LIPSMACKER MATCH OF THE WEEK

Tonight marks the last match play week of the year…which means this is the last MOW for the 2014 season. Who to choose? We could go with some of the obvious choices  Harris vs. Cook or Bloomhuff vs. Eiser because both Boot Boy and the Big Donkey are battling for the points title. However, Joe will talk about those matches enough tonight we don’t need to give them more attention here.

The last MOW of the year goes to Jason “Cupcake” Nill and Chris “#2” Meyer. Cupcake and the Putt Pirates have slipped into 5^th place and are trying to play the role of spoiler as #2 and Schmuck Dynasty desperately try to make up ground on the first place team before the end of the season scramble. For two “regulars” of the GCCGL, I was surprised to learn they have only matched up twice, with Nill claiming victory in both.

While the golf will be exciting, I’m anxious to hear about this group’s conversations. Meyer recently welcomed his fourth son into the world (congrats to Chris and his family). Jason himself has 3 kids. The difference between Jason and Chris – Jason figured out how to use the miracle of medical technology to stop reproducing. Add Rayburn to the group (who has like 6 kids) and I’m pretty sure Meyer will be asking Jason for his doctor’s card walking up the 18^th fairway.

THE KREYLING KORNER

2014 has been another outstanding year in the GCCGL. In addition to the golf and all around general fun each week, I hope you all have learned things along the way. That being said – it’s QUIZ TIME fools!

Identify the fact below that is not true:

Question 1:

1. In January 1985 Otto Bucher from Switzerland was the oldest man to get a hole-in-one at the age of 99
2. The oldest golfer to “shoot his age” was a 103-year-old Canadian man
3. Cletus, George, and Ollie have trouble scoring lower than their age on 9 holes

Question 2:

1. To this day, golf is one of only two sports, along with the javelin throw, to have ever been played on the moon
2. Bob Cook holds the record for the longest recorded putt in tournament golf, a 140-foot-and-2 3/4-inch-long putt at St. Andrews’ 18th hole 18th hole
3. If Pete had a 140 foot putt, but already lost the hole, he would pick it up as a gimme

Question 3:

1. Starting in 1457, golf was banned throughout Scotland by the nation’s Parliament, which believed it interfered with residents’ military training
2. The term birdie comes from an American named Ab Smith. While playing 1899, he played what he described as a “bird of a shot”, which became “birdie” over time
3. After next week, John Rayburn won’t see his toes again until he starts practicing putting for the 2015 season

Question 4:

1. 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass
2. The longest putt ever is a monstrous 375 feet
3. The hickeys on George Remington’s neck last week were really the result of an unfortunate incident with the family dog

Question 5:

1. 80% of all golfers will never achieve a handicap of 18 or less
2. The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round are one in 67 million
3. Glen Gustafson knows the travel time from Santiago, Chile to the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati airport is approximately 13 hours and 6 minutes (excluding a layover in Atlanta)