May 24, 2012 Update

[dc]A[/dc]nother week in the books. Great weather once again and another fantastic turnout. We had 23 of 24 golfers show up. Donnie Golf Game decided he didn’t want to play with us this week so he just didn’t show up and no sub. Don, what’s up with that brother? Was it Cletus?

Not only did we have a great day, a great turnout but we actually finished with some daylight! OK, it was more like twilight but we finished! I spoke with the golf course and they will be implementing this modified shotgun start for Duro Bag (the league in front of us) for the rest of the season. They have also spoke to the league chairperson about emphasizing speedier play. We should be in much better shape the next four weeks on the shorter Pioneer course. Thank you for hanging in there.

We had much better scores this week as folks are starting to figure it out (except for me). There were a couple of “Tin Cup” moments on #15. That’s the one with the water approximately 230 yards out. Carrier hit two in the water back-to-back before he made it over. He wound up with an 11 on that hole then turns around on the very next hole and sinks a 30 footer for birdie! I can’t recall who Joe was playing against…….oh that’s right…..it was me! Why do these things seem to happen to me? I also heard Syndrome hit 3 in the water and then picked up and headed to the next hole. This is a fun game isn’t it?

Is it bad when the beer girl knows what you’re going to buy before you buy it? Cupcake had a “Norm” moment when on the 3rd hole the cart girl comes up and as Cupcake begins to walk over and she says “3 Miller Lite” to which he replies, “Exactly!”  OK, I realize I just used another reference that may have confused our younger generation. For those of you unlucky to have never watched the 80’s sitcom Cheers, Norm was a regular bar patron who spent his entire day at the bar every day. When he’d walk in, the entire bar would yell out, NORM! Then the bartender would ask Norm a question and he’s respond with some witty comeback like the one’s below:

Ah, they don’t make TV shows like that anymore but I digress. Other happenings included Schemmel breaking his Cleveland wedge in half.  By the way, why doesn’t this guy have a GCCGL nick name yet? Surely there is something that can be used. I don’t know Jon that well but I’m picking up little nuggets here and there at our post-round meetings at BW’s. I mean this guy’s has more skeletons than Jeffrey Dahmer’s basement. He claimed that the club was a present from an old girlfriend and he could never hit with it. I propose something a little deeper. Could there be some old, unresolved feelings for this old girlfriend still lingering around? Maybe the club reminded him of the “pain” of the breakup and he just couldn’t bear to be reminded of it every time he looked in his golf bag. We’re here for you Jon. The funniest part of the whole thing was Big Donkey rooting around the green like a homeless man looking for aluminum cans. He claimed the wedge, new shaft and grip it will be just like new!

Looks like Goldie could use some anger management lessons from what I hear. It worked wonders for Carrier. Beating up your golf bag and throwing around curse words aren’t going to solve your problems Pete. You’re not really mad at the golf bag are you? The golf bag is just an unfortunate outlet for your anger issues. The real problem and where you should be focusing your energy on are the golf clubs. So the next time you feel the need to humiliate your golf bag I want you to STOP, pull out your phone, call Schemmel and hand over your clubs. He’ll know what to do.

It feels good to help fellow GCCGL members. There was some golf played. AMDB solidified their spot in first place by beating Menace to Sobriety (23.5 – 16.5). They were led by co-commissioner Cupcake who eked out 9 points. Balls of Fury trounced The Big Tebowski’s by the same score (23.5 -16.5). They were led by the old man Cletus who schooled the kid and took 7.5 points. Meanwhile a grudge match took place between UMass Debate Team and Never Question an 8! UMass won a close one (20.5 – 19.5). They were led by Carrier and Reinersman who both grabbed 6.5 points each. We have a pretty good race shaping up with AMDB sitting in first with an 11.5 point lead. After that, there is a log jam with three team within 2 points of each other.

The winners of the low net were Couzin’ Joe with a low net of 32 and co-commissioner Cupcake with a low net of 35! Great round gentlemen. A shout out to Matt “Gibb” McLinn who bought the beer. Thanks man, I needed that after the round I had. If you are in the mood for more golf and supporting a good cause, then please consider joining in the 6th Annual Yearlings Golf Outing. See Rich Olson for more information. Below are some additional links regarding the outing.

We move to the Pioneer front next week. We hope to see you on the golf course and as always, hit ’em straight!

Yearlings Charities

Yearlings Golf Sponsorships

Yearlings History

Yearlings Commitment Sheet

George Almeida – GCCGL Co-Commissioner