Kreyling Korner – Week #7 – June 3, 2021

THE LIPSMACKER MATCH OF THE WEEK

How about that!?  As it turns out, the Senator cannot beat the Meat and Senor Lip-Gloss goes to 3-1.  “He’s probably on a heater.  And you never walk away from the table when you are on a heater.” 

Week 7 MOW – George “Portuguese Warrior” Almeida vs. Mike “Swiper” Ethridge – As you guys are about to read down below, I did a “round table” for this week’s Kreyling Korner.  One of the questions I asked was the following: In your opinion, what two players are the equivalent of the Brooks Kopeka/Bryson DeChambeau rivalry in the GCCGL? For my money, this is the rivalry.  Sure, you wouldn’t be able to tell on the surface because both Mike and George are very nice and likeable guys, but the rivalry between these two is boiling just under the surface.  This is my eleventh year of the league and I have never heard PW complain about anyone as much as he does Swiper.  None of it has to do with his antics in the league or his general demeanor.  It all comes down to handicap.  I’ve warmed up next to PW on night’s he’s playing Swiper and he mutters under his breath “I can’t believe I’m giving this guy 8 strokes.”  He’ll send texts on the commissioner’s hotline saying – “I’m going to get smoked because I have to give Ethridge 9.  Ridiculous.” 

GLOSSY PREDICTION – Both of these guys are having great seasons – Ethridge is 4-1 and Almeida is 2-1 (remember George got two subs because he almost cut off his arm).  And, for the first time ever, George will be getting one stroke. I’d be lying if I said Big Donkey’s guest blog last week wasn’t playing into my decision.  Is this the week when one of Ethridge’s opponents finally shoots close to their handicap?  Not on the back of the Willows.  Ethridge wins 6-4.

THE KREYLING KORNER

Week 7 we will be the first GCCGL round table of 2021.  This week’s round table consists of Danny Roller, Mike Ethridge and Joe Eiser.

What (or who) is the biggest surprise in the GCCGL so far this season?

Snoodles – Biggest surprise is newcomer Benny Leininger!   Not often do you see a newbie come out the gate 4-1 and in the top 3 in pts and Win %.  Despite is anger issues with people talking in his back swing and not helping him find his balls he is doing fairly well.  However, this young man needs a nickname! So, while I have the floor lets suggest a few to get the juices flowing – Angry Elf, Whiskey Stick, SHHHH, and Staggersaurus Rex.  Again, just to get the creative juices flowing for Benny!

Swiper – LG, thank you for having me on the show. It’s truly an honor to be here- I’ve dreamed of this moment since I was a wee lad scouring the links for lost balls in muni fairways. This season has been full of surprises- bunkers with actual sand, Goldie getting bodied by the card two weeks in a row, even an attempt at GCCGL sponsorship. But nothing has blindsided the league quite like the early season performances we have seen from the rookies. Despite his ball tracking prowess, Leininger is undefeated, and Rich Parvesse has nearly won back his entry fee in only six weeks. As many of us know, once you are playing with house money, the sky is the limit. Let’s not forget that Jim Allen is already one of top scorers in the league and he can hit some serious golf shots. If he wasn’t a captain, he might be the steal of the draft. We still have plenty of golf this season, but some are saying it’s the Year of the Rookie.

Eiser – I want to Kreyling Korner him and say Morello, since I’m playing him this week, but I don’t have Kurt’s newfound mojo.  There’s a lot of the new guys that are surprisingly over .500, but how about Ben Leininger?  Dude hasn’t lost yet – he’s flat out kept Aces Ventura alive in the hunt.  And I got to play with him for the first time this year, and had a great time – no club throwing, he mocked my music immediately, and while he’s got to learn to look for his ball first before other people’s, his don’t give a f*** attitude I think is going to help him have a good year.

In last week’s Kreyling Korner I touched on the Brooks Koepka/Bryson DeChambeau rivalry.  In your opinion, what two players are the equivalent of the Kopeka/DeChambeau rivalry in the GCCGL?

Snoodles – Poor Benny is getting more pub on this one, as I am sensing the tension between Johnny “Top Shelf” Rayburn and Ben “Nickname TBD” Leininger heating up.  I don’t think Ben has learned how to mentally cope with Mr. Rayburns fun loving personality yet.  Maybe I am wrong, and he is channeling that into his golf game?   I have heard rumors of a fight similar to the Nill / Harris thriller back in 09/10 range.  I could not find it in the archives but that was an epic event in the history of the GCCGL.  This one may shape up to that level or may fizzle out.  I am sure fighter turn promoter Mike “Big Donkey” Harris is on the prowl to get this one moving in the right direction.

Swiper – Before we get into the rivalry, there is only one person who loves technology, talking about their game to anyone within earshot and taking advantage of loopholes as much as Dr. DeChambeau, and that’s Captain Obvious. Between the electric push cart, telling everyone about how he plays Sharon Woods before “fixing” the GC servers every day, and moving up to the red tees, I could not have a clearer picture of Bryson in 50 years. And his foil? Has to be Eiser. I’ve never seen someone roll their eyes as hard as when Eiser hears Ollie talk about winning 10-0 (against the card) or his hole in one while playing solo. Like Brooksy, Eiser has better things to do than play golf, but when he does, he definitely could have shot 75. If these two were in a match and mic’d up, I can’t say I would pay to watch, but I would read a MOW breakdown or use one of Syndrome’s bookmarks for a semi-legal stream.

Eiser – As for a BDC/BK comparison – this is a dumb question, so I’ll give it a dumb analogy.  To keep it at a rivalry level (meaning they face each other a couple times a year (so A/B or C/D), I have to say Rayburn = Brooksy and Ethridge = Bryson.  Plus, finding a Bryson was tough in the A/B’s.

Johnny is a multiple champion, with a clear love of talking shit and eye rolling, and probably could get a supermodel to f*** him, somehow (blowup dolls count).  He fights through injuries, and has no problem confronting any other player on tour/in league.  No one doubts his place in the league.

Ethridge, who I admit I haven’t played much with, so a bit of a reputation play here, has a new swing, complete with peculiarities that are not exactly Bryson, but definitely have an air of “I’m doing what I think scientifically works, and I’m going to do it regardless of anyone’s opinion”.  Bold, and it has absolutely yielded fruit.  Probably has gotten under people’s skin for that, extra long ball hunting, weird murmuring to himself, and his somewhat newfound relevance as a handicap killer means no one wants to play with him.

Until next week – fairways and greens my friends.