Kreyling Korner – Week #4 – 05/09/19

Goldie with the W; Rayburn with the L.  1-1 isn’t the worst way to start 2019…but it’s not 2-0 either.  Looking for a clean sweep in one of the better MOW weeks of the year – POT LUCK. 

THE LIPSMACKER MATCH OF THE WEEK   

A/D Group – Joe “Cousin Joe” Cook vs. Jeff  “Captain Hairy” Capannari – In my humble opinion, the best matches for Pot Luck are the ones where the stroke disparity is significant.  We have two of those type of matches this year.  First, let’s take a look at Cousin Joe vs. Captain Hairy.  Capannari gets 12 strokes on the back side of the Willows.  On the surface, that seems like way too many strokes to overcome.  Current year performance through the first two weeks of match play generally confirms this theory.  In week 2 and 3 Captain Hairy shot a 55 (net 35) and a 62 (net 41), respectively; Cousin Joe shot a 51 (net 42) and a 49 (net 40) in the same two weeks.  Cousin Joe hasn’t sniffed par on a net basis this year and while Cap had a bad week in week 3, his score on the front of the Willows in week 2 shows a lot of promise.  This one is almost too close to call.

GLOSSY PREDICTION – This early in the season, I just don’t think Joe has played enough to find his groove.  12 strokes is a mountain to overcome.  Current weather predictions also have Thursday night as another wet one and word on the street is Cap’s mother was a Mudder.  Captain Hairy wins 6-4.

A/D Group – Danny “Snoodles” Roller vs. Urbano “El Hefe” Galindo – As big of a stroke differential as the match above is, the Roller/Galindo tilt is even larger.  Mr. Snoodles will be giving a whopping 15 strokes this evening and for those of you keeping score at home, that’s two strokes on 6 holes and a single stroke on the remaining 3 holes.  It’s been well documented (well sort of well documented…more on that later) that Roller has been struggling in his first two match play events this season.  I went so far as to pick him in a MOW last week to no avail. I stand by my previous stance that a 48 (net 42) in week 2 and a 53 (net 47) in week 3 are anomalies.  Ever since I have been a member of this league, Danny has week in and week out delivered consistently good scores.  His opponent this week is El Hefe.  He brings to week 4 an attendance record of 33% with no shows in the first two match play weeks of the season.  Based on that I have no idea what his current form looks like and can only make an educated guess that he is rusty.

GLOSSY PREDICTION – On historical averages alone, it has to be almost statistically impossible for Roller to shoot a third round in a row over net par (I haven’t really looked at the stats on this,  so Duer feel free to pull out your fancy spreadsheet from the last 15 years and tell me I’m wrong).  On the flip side, I think Urbano showing up tonight is a 50% chance at best.  If he does play, this is a tough 9 to knock of the rust.  Snoodles wins 6.5-3.5.

THE KREYLING KORNER

 Tonight marks week 4 of the 2019 season.  Seems like enough time has passed to evaluate some league trends.  It’s time for a TREND WATCH!

TRENDING UP

Wrath of Serkan

This team has come out on fire the first three weeks of the season.  They won the opening Flo-Rida scramble and have averaged 23 points a week for the first two weeks of match play. Goldie has a new driver, Duer is flat out killing it this year, George still wears cargo pants, and the new guy Serkan Freeman is apparently a great addition to the league.  Question – any ideas of a nickname for Serkan?  His name is pretty cool as it is, so he may be the only guy ever to go without.  Just kidding Serkan – you will get a nick name.  It’s still way early in the season but if the recent trend of play continues this team could go wire to wire.

Max Homa

Some of you are probably wondering – who is Max Homa?  Well as most of you know, I aim to educate and entertain here at Kreyling Korner.  Max Homa is the most recent winner on the PGA tour taking home the Wells Fargo Championship this past weekend.  I know what you are thinking – LG, who cares, random winners come out of the PGA tour regularly, what makes this guy so special? Well I’m glad you asked, this guy is a great follow on twitter.  A couple of my favorite tweets are below:

@maxhoma23 – Met a woman at the airport from my hometown. Pretty crazy considering we’re so far from home. I lied when she asked where I’m from, obviously, cuz that would have lead to more small talk. But crazy nonetheless

@maxhoma23– I’m rooting for Talor Gooch because he’s one of my best friends. I’m also rooting for him because he has a last name that makes me feel less insecure about my own

TRENDING DOWN

Blog Posts from the Founder of the GCCGL

This past Monday morning I had the privilege of reading the Portugeuse Warrior’s weekly update from the GCCGL.  As I opened the link, I giggled to myself remembering all the funny things we had talked about the past Thursday.  So many funny moments that George actually had to take notes on his phone.  You could imagine my surprise as I read the update and quickly realize the blog topic was pointed at me.  More specifically, how bad I suck.  PW actually asked – what do you have to say for yourself, Kurt? 

Here is what I have to say.  Where the hell have you been George?  If this isn’t your worst take on a weekly update, it’s damn close.  It has been no secret for years that I suck.  Remember back in the day (the 2012/2013 scores you so neatly pointed out in your graph) when I used to come off the course on a weekly basis and say I was buying a boat.  You know why I wanted to buy that boat…because I suck at golf!  I bet a lot of the league remembers, including Cletus!!!  For years Jason has said I will never win a championship because I suck so bad in the league.   He’s actually begged me not to pick him in years I was drafting.   Why?  Because I suck!  All of these conversations happened in your presence!!!

All of a sudden, Duer sends some magical spreadsheets that you think a unicorn pooped out and you have an epiphany.  For a guy that’s supposed to have the pulse of this league, what exactly do you pay attention to?  And don’t come at me in the next post and say…but LG I said, you have turned it around.  You’re right, the last time I posted a 50+ score was in  2016.  And I was in the top 3 in all relevant categories last year – points, winning percentage and money.  Which brings me back to my original point – THIS IS OLD NEWS.   Why bring it up now?  Oh, and PW, for the record – your attempt at giving me a compliment is the equivalent of someone saying, “I don’t mean any disrespect.”  Which means – you are about to get disrespected. 

I would also like to point out that after every one of those bad scores, I sat around, had beers and owned my poor performances.  Not once did I ever stomp off.  Can you say that about everyone else in your little graph?  You most certainly cannot.  And there is the real reason you turned the focus of you post on me.  Because it’s easier to take aim at the usual suspects (Cupcake, Cletus, Rayburn, and me) then to call out other more sensitive people!

You asked PW, and now you know what I have to say for myself.   

Until next week – fairways and greens my friends.