Kreyling Korner – Week #9 – 06/13/19
THE LIPSMACKER MATCH OF THE WEEK
A split in week 8 (Roddy with the W; Bachmann with the L) takes my overall record to 4-5.
A/B Group – Kurt “Lip Gloss” Kreyling vs. Brian “The Senator” Roddy – I’m sure most of you are shocked reading the A/B week 9 MOW. It’s true, a general rule of mine is to never place myself in the MOW (although I swear I break this rule at least once a year). I’m not saying the MOW jinx is real, but I’m not sayings it’s NOT real, so why take the risk. This week, however, the pickens were slim. In week 9 of the 2019 season, I’m giving the dear readers of Kreyling Korner and exclusive inside look into how the sausage MOW is made. When picking a MOW, immediately, subs are thrown out. There is a bunch of reasons why, but generally it’s because there is a lack of constant play that just makes it harder for me to evaluate. Plus, although we need them on a weekly basis, subs really shouldn’t be considered people – they are just subs. In week 9, throwing out all matches with subs, we have 4 to left to chose from, and of those 3 are A/B matches – Cook/Goldie, Morell/Nill and Kreyling/Roddy. Cook and Goldie have both been selected multiple times in the MOW this year and Nill was already subjected to a week in which I also picked Ollie completing the I’d Tap That Exacta. Last week I went one step further and picked Troy to subject my entire team to a MOW. It’s only fair that I throw my self to the mercy of the MOW jinx and see what happens.
GLOSSY PREDICTION – Oh yeah, golf and stuff. Roddy has captured two wins in consecutive weeks taking his 2019 record to 2-2-1 (avg. of 4.6 points per match). I, on the other hand, was dealt my first loss of the 2019 season last week by none other than Goldie. My overall record stands at 5-1 (avg. of 6.67 points per match) and I plan on hoping back on that winning horse this week. My approach for myself will remain the same as it was for my teammates – I’m not betting against I’d Tap That. Lip Gloss wins 6-4.
C/D Group – John “Syndrome” Rayburn vs. Serkan “The Assassin” Freeman – as mentioned above, after taking out subs (again because they aren’t really people) we have 4 week 9 matches to chose from. Only 1, Syndrome vs. The Assassin, was there for the C/D MOW. First things first – Serkan has by far the coolest nickname in the history of the GCCGL. I looked down the list and it really is no contest. I’m not sure how this came about, just be counting your lucky start Serkan. Speaking of lucky stars, has Freeman’s fortune change in the 2019 season? Last week Freeman captured low net and his second W of the season taking his 2019 to 2-4 (avg. of 3.58 points per match). On the other side of the card is the mighty Syndrome. Maybe not so mighty in 2019 as his record stands at 1-4-1 (avg. of 3.92 points per match). He’s also getting flat out whopped in Rayburn versus the league – 16-90-8 – good enough for a 17.5% win percentage. That’s about as good as I am lifetime on MOWs!
GLOSSY PREDICTION – This is a tough one to pick. Freeman has the hot hand coming off a net 33 on the Pioneer Back last week. This week moves to the trickier Willows front and John gets 5 strokes. I just feel like Rayburn’s luck has to change at some point. Week 9 feels like as good a time as any. Syndrome wins 5.5-4.5.
THE KREYLING KORNER
Today marks the start of the 2019 US Open. Any major golf tournament is fun to watch, but throw in the venue (Pebble Beach) and the primetime TV slots and what you have is pro golf heaven. That being said, I thought it would would do a US Open themed Kreyling Korner this week.
The first thing I wanted to share was an article on ESPN.com about Tiger woods and how he was down to his last ball in the second round of the 2000 US Open. If you don’t recall, he won that US Open by a record 15 strokes. In the second round on hole 18, he was playing his last ball. Not only was he playing his last ball, his caddie, Stevie Williams, was the only one that knew it. Stevie tried to talk Tiger into playing safe shots all the way up 18, but as you can imagine, Tiger didn’t listen. On one shot Tiger actually hit a cut, out over the ocean, around the iconic tree in the middle of the fairway. It’s a great read so do yourself a favor and check it out: LINK
The other thing I will be watching intently this weekend is the performance of Phil Mickelson. Phil has long been my favorite golfer because of his ability to hit miraculous shots (off the pine straw and through trees on 13 at Augusta in 2010), make some incredibly dumb decisions (driver on the 72nd hole with a 1 shot lead at Winged Foot in 2006), his somewhat dorky/quirky demeanor (watch and of his recent twitter videos) and because he is left handed. It’s no secret the US Open remains the last feather in his hate to complete the career grand slam. It’s also no secret he has 6 runner ups in the US open in roughly 30 appearances. Here is another link to an ESPN article this week about Phil Mickelson and his legacy if he was never to win the US Open LINK (another great read). Given all the story lines, his runner up finishes, it being the last major for the grand slam, the heritage of Phil’s grandfather being a caddie at Pebble Beach – if he does win – what an incredible story line for golf in 2019. Both Tiger and Phil with majors.
Anyway, what does any of this have to do with the GCCGL? Nothing really. But it did get me thinking – who has the most number second places of active members? Honestly, the list is actually a bit disappointing. I was hoping there would be one person that was so close to having a GCCGL championship, but just not getting there. It’s definitely not the case. Here are the top 7:
George “Portuguese Warrior” Almeida – 6
Pete “Goldie” Goldenberg – 4
Danny “Snoodles” Roller – 3
John “Syndrome” Rayburn – 2
Joe “Boot Boy” Eiser – 2
Olliver “Ollie” Livermore – 2
Jason “Cupcake” Nill – 2
See, nothing earth shattering. 4 of them are hall of famers (Almeida, Goldenberg, Roller and Nill) and the other 2 have multiple championships (Ollie – 5, Eiser – 3). This topic was so much better in my head…
One last thing – I know Ollie gets a lot of crap. Most of it is deserved, but seriously how is this guy not in the HOF? He has 5 championships!
Until next week – fairways and greens my friends.
