Kreyling Korner – Week 8 – 06-07-18
Thank you Swiper for shooting a net 25 and just edging out Rayburn (who shot a net 26). Roller and Schott tied, so I have to take the L on that one. Overall record moves to 2-8.
THE LIP-SMACKER MATCH OF THE WEEK
A/B Group – Jason “Cupcake” Nill vs. Pete “Goldie” Goldenberg – Gentlemen, desperate times call for desperate measures. On the morning of June 6, 2018, the acquisition of General Cable by Prysmian was complete. Look, I don’t know what this means to any of us, but there is a possibility this league may not exist next year. Yeah, I know that’s a bad thing to consider, but it’s the reality we live in. And…all this means this could be my last year for a GCCGL trophy. Last week the Hackstreet Boys jumped my team in the standings and are now 7.5 points out of first place. Time to put the MOW jinx to work. That’s right, I’m not above putting a MOW jinx on an opponent in the hopes that it somehow gets me an advantage. Who cares about the historical records between these two (Cupcake is 7-5) or how each of these guys is playing in 2018. Who cares that I said I was going to jinx Cupcake in the MOW every chance I got. I. WANT. A. CHAMPIONSHIP. GLOSSY PREDICTION – Goldie wins 7-3. BOOM!
C/D Group – Andy “Russell” Crowe vs. Brett “VP” VanPelt – Yup, I’m breaking all kinds of rules with the MOWs this week – giving my teammate the nod. At this point I’m 2-8 and I could have a very small chance of getting to my goal of .500. And…I. WANT. A. CHAMPIONSHIP. Let’s put a jinx on the first place team, even if they are playing one of my teammates. Yeah, I’m going to do it. VP is having a hell of a year and is probably the MVP of Putter Face to date. It would make all the sense in the world that I would pick him tonight against Crowe. NOPE! He’s going to lose. Crowe is going to kick his ass. Yup, JINX APPLIED! GLOSSY PREDICTION – Crowe wins 6-4.
THE KREYLING KORNER
Let’s take a look at a few random golf facts this week.
Fact 1: In 1962, Jack Nicklaus collected his first paycheck on the PGA Tour, $33.33 at the L.A. Open. That’s not far off from the $16.50 payout anyone can win for low-net. Said another way, if you’ve ever won low net money in the GCCGL, your basically as good as Jack Nicklaus
Fact 2: Ollie’s favorite term – “Can I have a mulligan?” But where does that term Mulligan come from. Turns out there are multiple accounts of where the story originated, but I’m going to give you the one that is somewhat verified by news outlets. Below is the excerpt from Wikipedia.
John A. “Buddy” Mulligan, a locker room attendant at Essex Fells Country Club in New Jersey. In the 1930s, he would finish cleaning the locker room and, if no other members appeared, play a round with the assistant pro, Dave O’Connell, and a reporter and member, Des Sullivan, who was later golf editor for the Newark Evening News. One day his first shot was bad and he beseeched O’Connell and Sullivan to allow another shot since they “had been practicing all morning” and he had not. Once they agreed and the round finished, Mulligan proudly exclaimed to the members in his locker room for months how he had gotten an extra shot from the duo. The members loved it and soon began giving themselves “Mulligans” in his honor. Sullivan began using the term in his golf articles in the Newark Evening News. The Today Show TV program ran this story around 2005 and have it in their archives. Mulligan was located in the 1970s at the Lyons, New Jersey VA Hospital, helping with their golf facility. Des Sullivan, now semi-retired, wrote of this find in his July 22, 1970 column, in the Myrtle Beach Sun News.
Fact 3: We will end this week’s Kreyling Korner with a fact about the greatest cusser in all of entertainment. Samuel L. Jackson is a huge golf lover and has a clause written to all his movie contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week.
Until next week – fairways and greens my friends.
