2018 PGA Season
Week 9 Season Finale - Calcutta
On a fine day for golfing with mostly sunny skies and little or no wind and big money on the line, the stage was set for the final event of the season. 19 of the 20 members showed up, the most for any event during the season, but several of us were disappointed because Madman Madsen couldn’t make it. The disappointment was not so much from his absence but because his replacement, JR Leigh finally burned up the course and lead his team, Junior’s Gems, to a first place finish in the Calcutta and the resulting big payday (at least 16 of the 20 were disappointed.) JR hummed and hawed about replacing the ethereal Madman because he never plays well at Northlands, but because of his desire to return to full time membership next year, he exposed himself to the terrors of Northlands. What a good decision on his part and his supporting cast of Mr Bean Volpatti, Loopy Mason and Evening Host Ace Brown. They outdistanced the field with a net minus 23 led by their leader’s net net 65 and Ace Brown’s excellent net 67, followed closely by Loopy’s net 69 and a very strong season finish from the Bean Counter Volpatti with a very solid net 72. When Jr leads the pack to take money from the rest of the membership, he certainly jeopardizes his chance of a return invitation.
Following a distance back were Borland’s Boys who took home second place money with a minus 20. Lead by the very steady Tip Top Borland and the ever improving El Cid Sidonio with net 69’s and another solid round from the free swinging Raz Man Herd who somehow managed to mostly keep his balls between the trees for a solid net 74. They somehow managed to get 6 good scores in for the suddenly dreadful Flintstone Walters who shot a season poor net 85. It obviously was a long day for Happy Feet but he still ended up in the money somehow.
Third place finishers and managing to finish the day without taking out another mortgage were Commissioner Burns’ Bums. The grinding Citizen Cain kept the Bums in the match for the first 6 holes before any of the others could start to contribute. Knuckles Garries was as solid as he has been in quite some time shooting a very good net 70, even the seriously veteran Killer Killeen was able to contribute on several holes as he played below his season’s net average. So Candy Cain’s and Knuckles Garries net 70’s and Bummer Burns’ net 71 along with Killeen’s net 78 were good enough for a team score of minus 19 and in the money.
Grundy’s Gang couldn’t overcome a poor front 9 and despite a solid back 9, they finished out of the money. And Lyon’s Legion couldn’t handle the hills nor the beer and JMac’s solid net 72 wasn’t enough overcome the other’s poor showings and they, too, didn’t finish in the money; but they did have fun.
The Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket
The Race was over before the day began so this highly anticipated contest was, in fact anti-climactic. Once again, the highly talented, smooth swinging, Tip Top Borland was the class of this class. Despite missing one event and having to substitute a second of his worst scores, he outdistance the rest of the field in The Race. The problem for the rest of us was that Tip Top never had a poor round which is why he once again gets to put his name on The Highly Coveted Green Jacket. Congratulations Mr Borland!
Second place, however, was hotly contested with only 0.1 points separating Mountain Lyon and Commissioner Burns. Now this is what a Race is supposed to be. The second place trophy was decided on the back nine of the final round with Burns somehow edging out Mountain Lyon on the last day. Northland’s mountains were a bit too much for The Mountain Man himself and Burns’ local knowledge allowed him to seize the trophy despite his wife’s protestations to keep it out of her house.
KP’s and Low Nets
In the games of true golfing acumen, alternatively known as horseshoe luck, the low nets of the day were posted by import JR Leigh with a fantastic net 65 and El Cid Sidonio and Ace Brown with excellent net 67’s.
No one was capable of hitting the green on hole #3 which demonstrated that there was a dirth of good luck on this day so that KP went unclaimed. The first time in memory that this has happened. On hole #8, the boring Tip Top Borland once again took home the KP prize with an excellent golf shot within 3 feet and on the final KP hole, #16, Burns took home the prize probably because no one else hit the green.
In the Rough
It was great to see past members and current spares at the wrap-up BBQ at the Browns.
Many thanks to all those who brought salads, apples and desserts. They were all excellent.
Many thanks to JMac for picking up the meat and pot salad and to him and his able assistant Paul Killeen for a fine job of barbecuing.
And a huge thank you to Larry Ace Brown and his lovely wife Fyfe for a fabulous job of hosting the yearend BBQ. We probably had the largest turnout that we have had in several years and even my lovely wife Janie said that this was the best wrap up BBQ that she has been to. Thanks to all of you for bringing your lovely partners to the event and adding some much needed class and good looks to the group.
Executive committee, please jot down some notes and thoughts from the season past and we will get together in a month or so and see how we can continue to make this happen. Thanks, Paul, Vic, Dale, Larry, Bob and Dick for keeping a great group of guys together and a good thing going in the spring.
See you all next year!
On a fine day for golfing with mostly sunny skies and little or no wind and big money on the line, the stage was set for the final event of the season. 19 of the 20 members showed up, the most for any event during the season, but several of us were disappointed because Madman Madsen couldn’t make it. The disappointment was not so much from his absence but because his replacement, JR Leigh finally burned up the course and lead his team, Junior’s Gems, to a first place finish in the Calcutta and the resulting big payday (at least 16 of the 20 were disappointed.) JR hummed and hawed about replacing the ethereal Madman because he never plays well at Northlands, but because of his desire to return to full time membership next year, he exposed himself to the terrors of Northlands. What a good decision on his part and his supporting cast of Mr Bean Volpatti, Loopy Mason and Evening Host Ace Brown. They outdistanced the field with a net minus 23 led by their leader’s net net 65 and Ace Brown’s excellent net 67, followed closely by Loopy’s net 69 and a very strong season finish from the Bean Counter Volpatti with a very solid net 72. When Jr leads the pack to take money from the rest of the membership, he certainly jeopardizes his chance of a return invitation.
Following a distance back were Borland’s Boys who took home second place money with a minus 20. Lead by the very steady Tip Top Borland and the ever improving El Cid Sidonio with net 69’s and another solid round from the free swinging Raz Man Herd who somehow managed to mostly keep his balls between the trees for a solid net 74. They somehow managed to get 6 good scores in for the suddenly dreadful Flintstone Walters who shot a season poor net 85. It obviously was a long day for Happy Feet but he still ended up in the money somehow.
Third place finishers and managing to finish the day without taking out another mortgage were Commissioner Burns’ Bums. The grinding Citizen Cain kept the Bums in the match for the first 6 holes before any of the others could start to contribute. Knuckles Garries was as solid as he has been in quite some time shooting a very good net 70, even the seriously veteran Killer Killeen was able to contribute on several holes as he played below his season’s net average. So Candy Cain’s and Knuckles Garries net 70’s and Bummer Burns’ net 71 along with Killeen’s net 78 were good enough for a team score of minus 19 and in the money.
Grundy’s Gang couldn’t overcome a poor front 9 and despite a solid back 9, they finished out of the money. And Lyon’s Legion couldn’t handle the hills nor the beer and JMac’s solid net 72 wasn’t enough overcome the other’s poor showings and they, too, didn’t finish in the money; but they did have fun.
The Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket
The Race was over before the day began so this highly anticipated contest was, in fact anti-climactic. Once again, the highly talented, smooth swinging, Tip Top Borland was the class of this class. Despite missing one event and having to substitute a second of his worst scores, he outdistance the rest of the field in The Race. The problem for the rest of us was that Tip Top never had a poor round which is why he once again gets to put his name on The Highly Coveted Green Jacket. Congratulations Mr Borland!
Second place, however, was hotly contested with only 0.1 points separating Mountain Lyon and Commissioner Burns. Now this is what a Race is supposed to be. The second place trophy was decided on the back nine of the final round with Burns somehow edging out Mountain Lyon on the last day. Northland’s mountains were a bit too much for The Mountain Man himself and Burns’ local knowledge allowed him to seize the trophy despite his wife’s protestations to keep it out of her house.
KP’s and Low Nets
In the games of true golfing acumen, alternatively known as horseshoe luck, the low nets of the day were posted by import JR Leigh with a fantastic net 65 and El Cid Sidonio and Ace Brown with excellent net 67’s.
No one was capable of hitting the green on hole #3 which demonstrated that there was a dirth of good luck on this day so that KP went unclaimed. The first time in memory that this has happened. On hole #8, the boring Tip Top Borland once again took home the KP prize with an excellent golf shot within 3 feet and on the final KP hole, #16, Burns took home the prize probably because no one else hit the green.
In the Rough
It was great to see past members and current spares at the wrap-up BBQ at the Browns.
Many thanks to all those who brought salads, apples and desserts. They were all excellent.
Many thanks to JMac for picking up the meat and pot salad and to him and his able assistant Paul Killeen for a fine job of barbecuing.
And a huge thank you to Larry Ace Brown and his lovely wife Fyfe for a fabulous job of hosting the yearend BBQ. We probably had the largest turnout that we have had in several years and even my lovely wife Janie said that this was the best wrap up BBQ that she has been to. Thanks to all of you for bringing your lovely partners to the event and adding some much needed class and good looks to the group.
Executive committee, please jot down some notes and thoughts from the season past and we will get together in a month or so and see how we can continue to make this happen. Thanks, Paul, Vic, Dale, Larry, Bob and Dick for keeping a great group of guys together and a good thing going in the spring.
See you all next year!
Week 7 & 8 - Tripper Cup 2018
If the annual Tripper Cup was intended to let us get away for a weekend and enjoy some hot interior weather, then the entire weekend at Big Sky in Pemberton was a huge success. While the temperatures soared, only the Long Chongs were able to withstand the heat. The obviously more temperature resistant and more highly talented Chongs demolished the weak and feeble Cheeches. The competition was basically decided after day 1 when the Chongs thrashed the Cheeches by a score of 10.5 to 4.5 led by The Raz Man’s outstanding net 72 and Mountain Lyon’s fine net 72. They were only outdone by Loopy Mason’s phenomenal net 69. The Loopster obviously benefitting from his golf lessons at The Chateau the day before. These three were an unstoppable force leading their team to an insurmountable lead after day 1. Even Commissioner Burns’ excellent net 68 was shot down in flames by the dynamic pair of Herd and JR who thumped the Commish and Killeen 2.5 to 0.5.
Day 2 was more of the same. The slaughter continued with the final result 15 points for the humbled Cheeches and 30 points for the haughty, but deserving Chongs. the Long Chongs were obviously twice as good as the Meek Cheeches. The day two competitions were highlighted by the excellent final match between Tip Top Borland and Junior Digby. The ever steady Borland with an outstanding net 69 was edged out out on the last hole by Junior’s outstanding net 68. Too bad the competition was already over by that point. The Herdman’s body was obviously invaded by some unknown outside force as he posted a second straight day of unbeatable golf with a net 70 leaving his opponent Shyster Leigh in dejection. Despite a valiant effort, he was closed out by the unstoppable Raz-Ma-Taz. The Shyster was sapped of strength trying to encourage the tragic Commission Burns and just couldn’t keep up. Madman Madsen finally somewhat returned to form with a fine net 73 but he was outdone by the Steady Eddy Mountain Lyon and Ace Brown’s fine net 72’s. All of whom were on the Chongs. The Cheeches won the drinking contest the night before.
All in all, an excellent weekend on a spectacular course with terrific weather and good accommodations.
Bruno Davidson declared the event the best one ever at the dinner on Saturday evening. Mind you there was alcohol involved in that decision but he did make his declaration after stating the course was too hard.
Low Nets and KP’s
Day 1 - The low nets on day 1 were recorded by Commish Burns with a 68 and Loopy Mason with a 69. The lucky shots of the day were posted by Dro Overgaard on # 3, Loopy Mason on #5 and Tip Top Borland on #17.
Day 2 - The low nets on the final day were put in by the two head to head opponents in the final pairing. JR Leigh posted an outstanding net 68 and Tip Top posted an almost equally fine net 69. The lucky shots of the day were posted by Ace Brown on #3, Knuckles Garries on #5 and El Cid Sidonio on #11.
Murray White Memorial
The weekly award for “in your face” crappiness went to Killer Killeen on Day 1 with an abysmal net 85 and on Day 2 to Tommy Bahamas Sherk with an even more Murray-like net 89. No wonder The Sherkster didn’t like the course.
In The Rough
Mostly very positive feedback from the masses about the course, the accommodations and the dinner. There were complaints about the fescue and all the hazards but the course was in great shape and the setting was spectacular.
Even Bruno changed his opinion of the course on Day 2 when it was suggested he focus on all the room on the fairway instead of all the fescue on the sides.
No wonder the final group was 3 holes behind with Borland and JR grinding out an extremely closely contested final match.
Probably the one and only time we go to Pemberton with the driving from the restaurant to the hotel and all the hassles Killer had to endure but still a very good experience.
No ferry line up but traffic as slow on the return trip, still closer than Kamloops.
If the annual Tripper Cup was intended to let us get away for a weekend and enjoy some hot interior weather, then the entire weekend at Big Sky in Pemberton was a huge success. While the temperatures soared, only the Long Chongs were able to withstand the heat. The obviously more temperature resistant and more highly talented Chongs demolished the weak and feeble Cheeches. The competition was basically decided after day 1 when the Chongs thrashed the Cheeches by a score of 10.5 to 4.5 led by The Raz Man’s outstanding net 72 and Mountain Lyon’s fine net 72. They were only outdone by Loopy Mason’s phenomenal net 69. The Loopster obviously benefitting from his golf lessons at The Chateau the day before. These three were an unstoppable force leading their team to an insurmountable lead after day 1. Even Commissioner Burns’ excellent net 68 was shot down in flames by the dynamic pair of Herd and JR who thumped the Commish and Killeen 2.5 to 0.5.
Day 2 was more of the same. The slaughter continued with the final result 15 points for the humbled Cheeches and 30 points for the haughty, but deserving Chongs. the Long Chongs were obviously twice as good as the Meek Cheeches. The day two competitions were highlighted by the excellent final match between Tip Top Borland and Junior Digby. The ever steady Borland with an outstanding net 69 was edged out out on the last hole by Junior’s outstanding net 68. Too bad the competition was already over by that point. The Herdman’s body was obviously invaded by some unknown outside force as he posted a second straight day of unbeatable golf with a net 70 leaving his opponent Shyster Leigh in dejection. Despite a valiant effort, he was closed out by the unstoppable Raz-Ma-Taz. The Shyster was sapped of strength trying to encourage the tragic Commission Burns and just couldn’t keep up. Madman Madsen finally somewhat returned to form with a fine net 73 but he was outdone by the Steady Eddy Mountain Lyon and Ace Brown’s fine net 72’s. All of whom were on the Chongs. The Cheeches won the drinking contest the night before.
All in all, an excellent weekend on a spectacular course with terrific weather and good accommodations.
Bruno Davidson declared the event the best one ever at the dinner on Saturday evening. Mind you there was alcohol involved in that decision but he did make his declaration after stating the course was too hard.
Low Nets and KP’s
Day 1 - The low nets on day 1 were recorded by Commish Burns with a 68 and Loopy Mason with a 69. The lucky shots of the day were posted by Dro Overgaard on # 3, Loopy Mason on #5 and Tip Top Borland on #17.
Day 2 - The low nets on the final day were put in by the two head to head opponents in the final pairing. JR Leigh posted an outstanding net 68 and Tip Top posted an almost equally fine net 69. The lucky shots of the day were posted by Ace Brown on #3, Knuckles Garries on #5 and El Cid Sidonio on #11.
Murray White Memorial
The weekly award for “in your face” crappiness went to Killer Killeen on Day 1 with an abysmal net 85 and on Day 2 to Tommy Bahamas Sherk with an even more Murray-like net 89. No wonder The Sherkster didn’t like the course.
In The Rough
Mostly very positive feedback from the masses about the course, the accommodations and the dinner. There were complaints about the fescue and all the hazards but the course was in great shape and the setting was spectacular.
Even Bruno changed his opinion of the course on Day 2 when it was suggested he focus on all the room on the fairway instead of all the fescue on the sides.
No wonder the final group was 3 holes behind with Borland and JR grinding out an extremely closely contested final match.
Probably the one and only time we go to Pemberton with the driving from the restaurant to the hotel and all the hassles Killer had to endure but still a very good experience.
No ferry line up but traffic as slow on the return trip, still closer than Kamloops.
Week 6-Pagoda Ridge
Triumphant Return to Pagoda Ridge
What a difference 3 years can make. The day was sunnier and warmer than even the weatherperson predicted and as a result the scores put smiles on many regulars’ faces. The last foray to Pagoda Ridge resulted in players snagging salmon on the fairways and drowned rats drinking beer in the cold after their rounds and a resulting negative impression of the course on the ridge. Thus, the long delayed return. This Saturday, however, left a much more favourable impression on the members, especially the team of Killeen, Walters, Garries and Sidonio whose team net 66 in the Ball Bag game proved to be the class of the day.
Low Nets
The ball bag winners and the individual low net rounds of the day posted by Bruno Davidson at net 66 and Steve Candy Cain at net 67 will surely mean those six will be putting in for a quick return to Pagoda Ridge. Next in with net 69’s were the trio of Tip Top Borland, Commissioner Burns and Bob Knuckles Garries who may be showing signs of emerging from his season long golfing misery. These three were close but didn’t make the cut for the prize table.
KP’s
The lucky shot of the day winners this week were the ever popular Happy Feet Walters at #8, the always at the prize table Tip Top Borland on #12 and local resident Candy Cain on #15. Well done, gentlemen on a fine display of golfing acumen.
Murray White Memorial
The weekly Murray White Memorial award for the highest net round of the day and the person least likely to vote for a return to Pagoda Ridge, Dave Spaceman Alexander with a Murray-like round of net 87.
In the Rough
Next up is the Tripper Cup at Big Sky in Pemberton Valley - probably our one and only trip there. Paul has things semi under control and we thank him for his Herculean efforts in managing the details of this event. It’s great when all we have to do is show up for events; but we know there is major time and effort put in behind the scenes to make life easier for the rest of us.
It was good to see Mumbles Goulding back in the mix for the weekend and hear his charming wit although it looked as though the South American cuisine had put him off food intake. He is several stone less the man than he was when we saw him last year. But he did have the good graces not to attend the prize table - a cagey veteran move!
We almost had a full roster for the first time this year when everyone was booked into the Tripper Cup. But Mr Bean Volpatti had to withdraw at the last moment with a graduation event interfering with golf. At least the frustration with his golf game will be diminished when he doesn’t play. We will miss your witty side remarks at the dinner table on Saturday, Mr Bean. Semi regular JR Leigh will be filling in for Alex. And the ever unpredictable Tommy Bahamas Sherk dropped his bombshell after the round on Saturday indicating he may not be able to play on the Saturday of the Tripper Cup throwing the organizational structure of the weekend’s event into chaos. Sherk shrugged it all off with a “I’ll let you know on Tuesday” but he did offer several very creative options for his inclusion/exclusion. Sherk later confirmed his 99.99999% certainty of not making Saturday’s round but much later than the stated “Tuesday.” A sanction may be in order. TB’s spot on Saturday will be filled by semi regular, Dro Overgaard.
Once again, TB Sherk has donated trophies for the winners of this year’s Tripper Cup. Sherky, we thank you for your generosity if not your presence.
Let the competition begin!
Flogem non Scamus non Shankus
Triumphant Return to Pagoda Ridge
What a difference 3 years can make. The day was sunnier and warmer than even the weatherperson predicted and as a result the scores put smiles on many regulars’ faces. The last foray to Pagoda Ridge resulted in players snagging salmon on the fairways and drowned rats drinking beer in the cold after their rounds and a resulting negative impression of the course on the ridge. Thus, the long delayed return. This Saturday, however, left a much more favourable impression on the members, especially the team of Killeen, Walters, Garries and Sidonio whose team net 66 in the Ball Bag game proved to be the class of the day.
Low Nets
The ball bag winners and the individual low net rounds of the day posted by Bruno Davidson at net 66 and Steve Candy Cain at net 67 will surely mean those six will be putting in for a quick return to Pagoda Ridge. Next in with net 69’s were the trio of Tip Top Borland, Commissioner Burns and Bob Knuckles Garries who may be showing signs of emerging from his season long golfing misery. These three were close but didn’t make the cut for the prize table.
KP’s
The lucky shot of the day winners this week were the ever popular Happy Feet Walters at #8, the always at the prize table Tip Top Borland on #12 and local resident Candy Cain on #15. Well done, gentlemen on a fine display of golfing acumen.
Murray White Memorial
The weekly Murray White Memorial award for the highest net round of the day and the person least likely to vote for a return to Pagoda Ridge, Dave Spaceman Alexander with a Murray-like round of net 87.
In the Rough
Next up is the Tripper Cup at Big Sky in Pemberton Valley - probably our one and only trip there. Paul has things semi under control and we thank him for his Herculean efforts in managing the details of this event. It’s great when all we have to do is show up for events; but we know there is major time and effort put in behind the scenes to make life easier for the rest of us.
It was good to see Mumbles Goulding back in the mix for the weekend and hear his charming wit although it looked as though the South American cuisine had put him off food intake. He is several stone less the man than he was when we saw him last year. But he did have the good graces not to attend the prize table - a cagey veteran move!
We almost had a full roster for the first time this year when everyone was booked into the Tripper Cup. But Mr Bean Volpatti had to withdraw at the last moment with a graduation event interfering with golf. At least the frustration with his golf game will be diminished when he doesn’t play. We will miss your witty side remarks at the dinner table on Saturday, Mr Bean. Semi regular JR Leigh will be filling in for Alex. And the ever unpredictable Tommy Bahamas Sherk dropped his bombshell after the round on Saturday indicating he may not be able to play on the Saturday of the Tripper Cup throwing the organizational structure of the weekend’s event into chaos. Sherk shrugged it all off with a “I’ll let you know on Tuesday” but he did offer several very creative options for his inclusion/exclusion. Sherk later confirmed his 99.99999% certainty of not making Saturday’s round but much later than the stated “Tuesday.” A sanction may be in order. TB’s spot on Saturday will be filled by semi regular, Dro Overgaard.
Once again, TB Sherk has donated trophies for the winners of this year’s Tripper Cup. Sherky, we thank you for your generosity if not your presence.
Let the competition begin!
Flogem non Scamus non Shankus
Week 5 – Squamish
Heroes and Bums at Squamish
On a pleasant but windy day on the excellent Squamish layout there were plenty of Bums and even a few Heroes. Somehow the team of Madman Madsen, Former Pauser Maynard, JR Leigh, and Spaceman Alexander demolished the rest of the field by 8 full strokes with a net 138 despite Maynard having the worst net of the day. The scoring Nazi should audit that card but knowing the impeccable honesty of this fine group of golfers, the scoring has to be accurate. The rest of the field was far in arrears with the next closest group netting 146 followed by a 150 then two net 154’s. The winning team must have had 3 full hero’s to go along with the Bum Maynard.
KP’s
In the game of true golfing acumen or the one lucky shot of the day, the KP’s, the lucky winners were Slippery Steve Stuart on #5, Larry Ace Brown on #8 and Wily Dick Burns on #16 although there was some dispute of Burns’ win when Ed Boat Anchor Giovanella claimed the victory as their group used the blue tees while Burns’ group used the white tees. However, the white tees were marked to be used on the card belonging to Burns’ group. He does promise to let Boat Anchor have a sip of the prize beer.
Low Nets
On a day when the wind truly did affect the scoring, three players did post solid net 70’s as the low rounds of the day. Tip Top Borland continued his steady play atop the leaderboard in TRFTHCGJ with one of the 70’s. Newcomer, but increasingly edging toward regular play, Slippery Steve Stuart showed his true potential by posting a solid net 70. And the Wily Dick Burns kept the pressure on Borland in The Race by posting his net 70.
The Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket
Half way through the season and the leaders in The Race are starting to be clarified with some of the usual suspects in the running but some new, old names are beginning to emerge, as well. Heading the list is the usual Tip Top Borland with his leading net average of 70.5. Next in line, close behind is Mountain Beef Lyon, who continues to amaze his fans because the beer cart does not hold enough refreshment to throw him off his game. He is coming in with a nifty net 71. And third is the Wily Burns with his net 71.8 followed by the stealthy Tommy Bahamas Sherk with his net 73.6. Sherk is surprising everyone with his steady play this Spring. Still in The Race but needing to improve their consistency is the rat pack of Madman Madsen, Ace Brown, El Cid Sidonio, Candy Cain, Harley Davidson, Raz Herd, Loopy Mason and Knuckles Garries. The rest are becoming remote long shots who would have to finish out the season on a run. Especially the tragic Killer Killeen who is still obviously channeling the spirit of Murray White with his net 81.2. There’s always next year, Killer.
In The Rough
In honour of the late, great Murray In Your Face White, a former member of the tour, a new prize was dedicated in his name. Recalling the time at Squamish when Murray almost decapitated the starter on the first tee when his opening shot rebounded off the starter’s shed well to the side of the tee box, and narrowly missed the starter’s head on its return flight to the tee box, brother-in-law, Paul Killeen, presented the prize for the worst round of the day to The Former Pauser, Al Maynard with his tidy net 84. Luckily, the starter on the day was not injured in the Murray event but no one has ever seen her at the golf course since. We all thank The Former Pauser for keeping the memory of Murray and his golfing accomplishments alive and the worst round of every future event will receive the Murray Award in his memory.
Apparently, the golf game of Killer Killeen is not the only thing that has gone off the rails. The Killer somehow managed to park his golf cart in the sand trap beside hole #16. This incident in itself is bad enough but what makes the event even more egregious is that it was a par 3 where carts are supposed to be driven on the cart paths only. Luckily, Tip Top Borland was able to rescue both Killer and the cart from the trap. Me thinks Killer is starting to suffer from too many birthdays.
Finally, Commissioner Burns received a sanction for tardiness to the first tee despite the fact that he was there to witness at least three of the group’s opening tee shots. Unnecessary verbal harassment at the time caused Burns to shank his first tee shot into the next fairway and he was never able to fully recover from the abuse he received. After the round despite Burns’ protestations regarding the unfairness of the sanction, it was approved unanimously by the group.
Heroes and Bums at Squamish
On a pleasant but windy day on the excellent Squamish layout there were plenty of Bums and even a few Heroes. Somehow the team of Madman Madsen, Former Pauser Maynard, JR Leigh, and Spaceman Alexander demolished the rest of the field by 8 full strokes with a net 138 despite Maynard having the worst net of the day. The scoring Nazi should audit that card but knowing the impeccable honesty of this fine group of golfers, the scoring has to be accurate. The rest of the field was far in arrears with the next closest group netting 146 followed by a 150 then two net 154’s. The winning team must have had 3 full hero’s to go along with the Bum Maynard.
KP’s
In the game of true golfing acumen or the one lucky shot of the day, the KP’s, the lucky winners were Slippery Steve Stuart on #5, Larry Ace Brown on #8 and Wily Dick Burns on #16 although there was some dispute of Burns’ win when Ed Boat Anchor Giovanella claimed the victory as their group used the blue tees while Burns’ group used the white tees. However, the white tees were marked to be used on the card belonging to Burns’ group. He does promise to let Boat Anchor have a sip of the prize beer.
Low Nets
On a day when the wind truly did affect the scoring, three players did post solid net 70’s as the low rounds of the day. Tip Top Borland continued his steady play atop the leaderboard in TRFTHCGJ with one of the 70’s. Newcomer, but increasingly edging toward regular play, Slippery Steve Stuart showed his true potential by posting a solid net 70. And the Wily Dick Burns kept the pressure on Borland in The Race by posting his net 70.
The Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket
Half way through the season and the leaders in The Race are starting to be clarified with some of the usual suspects in the running but some new, old names are beginning to emerge, as well. Heading the list is the usual Tip Top Borland with his leading net average of 70.5. Next in line, close behind is Mountain Beef Lyon, who continues to amaze his fans because the beer cart does not hold enough refreshment to throw him off his game. He is coming in with a nifty net 71. And third is the Wily Burns with his net 71.8 followed by the stealthy Tommy Bahamas Sherk with his net 73.6. Sherk is surprising everyone with his steady play this Spring. Still in The Race but needing to improve their consistency is the rat pack of Madman Madsen, Ace Brown, El Cid Sidonio, Candy Cain, Harley Davidson, Raz Herd, Loopy Mason and Knuckles Garries. The rest are becoming remote long shots who would have to finish out the season on a run. Especially the tragic Killer Killeen who is still obviously channeling the spirit of Murray White with his net 81.2. There’s always next year, Killer.
In The Rough
In honour of the late, great Murray In Your Face White, a former member of the tour, a new prize was dedicated in his name. Recalling the time at Squamish when Murray almost decapitated the starter on the first tee when his opening shot rebounded off the starter’s shed well to the side of the tee box, and narrowly missed the starter’s head on its return flight to the tee box, brother-in-law, Paul Killeen, presented the prize for the worst round of the day to The Former Pauser, Al Maynard with his tidy net 84. Luckily, the starter on the day was not injured in the Murray event but no one has ever seen her at the golf course since. We all thank The Former Pauser for keeping the memory of Murray and his golfing accomplishments alive and the worst round of every future event will receive the Murray Award in his memory.
Apparently, the golf game of Killer Killeen is not the only thing that has gone off the rails. The Killer somehow managed to park his golf cart in the sand trap beside hole #16. This incident in itself is bad enough but what makes the event even more egregious is that it was a par 3 where carts are supposed to be driven on the cart paths only. Luckily, Tip Top Borland was able to rescue both Killer and the cart from the trap. Me thinks Killer is starting to suffer from too many birthdays.
Finally, Commissioner Burns received a sanction for tardiness to the first tee despite the fact that he was there to witness at least three of the group’s opening tee shots. Unnecessary verbal harassment at the time caused Burns to shank his first tee shot into the next fairway and he was never able to fully recover from the abuse he received. After the round despite Burns’ protestations regarding the unfairness of the sanction, it was approved unanimously by the group.
Week 4 - Northview Canal
Finally, the weather was fabulous and, as a result, some of the golf was fabulous, too. On our traditional Pink Ball day when a few of the members remembered to wear pink and Commissioner Dick Burns went to the P!nk concert later that evening in honour of the pink ball day, which was P!nking Awesome, there was only one group who managed to maintain their balls until the very end. The rest were left scratching their pink balls. The highly rated group of Dale Tip Top Borland, David Spaceman Alexander, David Dro Overgaard and Steve Slapstick Stuart all managed to play exceedingly well when they had the pink ball in their slimy hands. On the other hand, the group of Stretch Grundy, Mountain Lyon, Mr Bean Volpatti and JR Leigh managed to relieve the pressure of the pink ball after the very first shot of the round - a very thoughtful effort on the part of Stretch Grundy. Kim Madman Madsen attempted valiantly to replicate Grundy’s efforts but after a lengthy search, he was able to find his very first tee shot. The best part of the pink ball effort was Knuckles’ suggestion to remove ourselves from our homophobic, misogynistic, historic dark past and celebrate our new respect for all humanity and show our real empathy for those who have been affected by cancer and donate the prize money and leftover beer money to Breast Cancer research. The generosity lead by Steve Stuart means we will be able to donate $500 to that cause. Gentlemen, you have removed the shackles of “pinkness” and liberated yourselves into an enlightened world which we will now continue each year at this event. Everyone give themselves a pat on the back! Well done and thanks for the suggestion, Knuckles.
Fore!
In the RFTHCGJ the wheat is starting to be separated from the chaff. But after the day’s results were in, there is still plenty of room for movement. Lefty Sherk finally showed some of the massive potential he possesses and shot the low net round of not only the day, but of the year. His net 64 vaulted him well up the ladder in The Race. However, Mountain Lyon and Tip Top Borland were not going to let Lefty vault over them. Lyon’s nifty net 65 and Borland’s neat net 66 were not far off Lefty’s pace. Mountain was able to achieve his fine score by keeping his nerves steady with his intake of 6 Sapporos during the round. We may have to drug test The Mountain if this keeps up. Burns, Madsen and Brown were all in the 60’s and they were shut out from the prize table. All of this showed how the course was there for the taking. On the other hand, Flintstone, Knuckles and Bruno were being taken by the course. They were obviously walking under a dark, rain cloud with their net 83, 82 and 81 respectively. The rest of us played in the sunshine.
Golfing Acumen
The flaw in the KP system was exposed when all three KP’s were won by the players in the last group. When the members finally questioned the validity of all three being won by the last group, those winners acknowledged that they were not, in fact, the real winners of this contest. All of this was just to demonstrate the potential for corruption with that contest. However, in the true spirit of flogem non shankus non scamus the real winners were given their just rewards. Now we all know now to question the legitimacy of any KP winner in the last group. Ace Brown, the prize master, was fully flummoxed by this caper and the hot pepper that he had removed from his arse years ago almost returned. He recommended a sanction for the group which is being considered.
The master golfers who showed their true golfing skills on the day were Larry Ace Brown on #7, Dale Tip Top Borland on hole #14 and Paul Killer Killeen on #17.
In The Rough
Stone Hands Mason has earned a new nickname, Loopy, after watching his swing on the first tee.
Steve Stuart has yet to earn a nickname although Slapstick is a temporary moniker while his new name emerges.
Paul Killeen is starting to show he is emerging from his early season woes with a fine net 72 and two birdies on his card.
Killeen almost wept when he learned he did not win the KP on #17.
Finally, the weather was fabulous and, as a result, some of the golf was fabulous, too. On our traditional Pink Ball day when a few of the members remembered to wear pink and Commissioner Dick Burns went to the P!nk concert later that evening in honour of the pink ball day, which was P!nking Awesome, there was only one group who managed to maintain their balls until the very end. The rest were left scratching their pink balls. The highly rated group of Dale Tip Top Borland, David Spaceman Alexander, David Dro Overgaard and Steve Slapstick Stuart all managed to play exceedingly well when they had the pink ball in their slimy hands. On the other hand, the group of Stretch Grundy, Mountain Lyon, Mr Bean Volpatti and JR Leigh managed to relieve the pressure of the pink ball after the very first shot of the round - a very thoughtful effort on the part of Stretch Grundy. Kim Madman Madsen attempted valiantly to replicate Grundy’s efforts but after a lengthy search, he was able to find his very first tee shot. The best part of the pink ball effort was Knuckles’ suggestion to remove ourselves from our homophobic, misogynistic, historic dark past and celebrate our new respect for all humanity and show our real empathy for those who have been affected by cancer and donate the prize money and leftover beer money to Breast Cancer research. The generosity lead by Steve Stuart means we will be able to donate $500 to that cause. Gentlemen, you have removed the shackles of “pinkness” and liberated yourselves into an enlightened world which we will now continue each year at this event. Everyone give themselves a pat on the back! Well done and thanks for the suggestion, Knuckles.
Fore!
In the RFTHCGJ the wheat is starting to be separated from the chaff. But after the day’s results were in, there is still plenty of room for movement. Lefty Sherk finally showed some of the massive potential he possesses and shot the low net round of not only the day, but of the year. His net 64 vaulted him well up the ladder in The Race. However, Mountain Lyon and Tip Top Borland were not going to let Lefty vault over them. Lyon’s nifty net 65 and Borland’s neat net 66 were not far off Lefty’s pace. Mountain was able to achieve his fine score by keeping his nerves steady with his intake of 6 Sapporos during the round. We may have to drug test The Mountain if this keeps up. Burns, Madsen and Brown were all in the 60’s and they were shut out from the prize table. All of this showed how the course was there for the taking. On the other hand, Flintstone, Knuckles and Bruno were being taken by the course. They were obviously walking under a dark, rain cloud with their net 83, 82 and 81 respectively. The rest of us played in the sunshine.
Golfing Acumen
The flaw in the KP system was exposed when all three KP’s were won by the players in the last group. When the members finally questioned the validity of all three being won by the last group, those winners acknowledged that they were not, in fact, the real winners of this contest. All of this was just to demonstrate the potential for corruption with that contest. However, in the true spirit of flogem non shankus non scamus the real winners were given their just rewards. Now we all know now to question the legitimacy of any KP winner in the last group. Ace Brown, the prize master, was fully flummoxed by this caper and the hot pepper that he had removed from his arse years ago almost returned. He recommended a sanction for the group which is being considered.
The master golfers who showed their true golfing skills on the day were Larry Ace Brown on #7, Dale Tip Top Borland on hole #14 and Paul Killer Killeen on #17.
In The Rough
Stone Hands Mason has earned a new nickname, Loopy, after watching his swing on the first tee.
Steve Stuart has yet to earn a nickname although Slapstick is a temporary moniker while his new name emerges.
Paul Killeen is starting to show he is emerging from his early season woes with a fine net 72 and two birdies on his card.
Killeen almost wept when he learned he did not win the KP on #17.
Week 3 - Kings Links
On a day that was meant more for huddling in front of the fireplace rather than waltzing around the golf course only two individuals were able to break into the net 60’s at King’s Links. Mountain Lyon continued his stellar seasonal play by shooting a fabulous net 68 on a day where most just struggled to finish their rounds. Also, seemingly immune to the conditions, was the surprising Doug Beerhead Player whose net 69 was the only other player to net in the 60’s. Raz Herd and Shyster Leigh decided to get themselves involved in TRFTHCGJ with excellent net 70’s. All those scores were true testaments to the staying power of these gentlemen on a challenging day on the links. There was a bit of a gap between those four and the rest of the waltzers on the day. Most ended up just counting down the holes until the punishment was over. A hot bath was in order for everyone once they got home.
A One and A Two And A Three
The highly favoured team of Tip Top Borland, Madman Madsen, making his season debut, Mountain Lyon and Tommy B Sherk lived up to pre-event hype and easily dominated the day’s game, Vienna. The outstanding effort by the Mountain Man and the steady as she goes play of both Madman and Tip Top were able to balance out the erratic effort by the Bahama’s Man. Even he managed to survive the day despite the non Bahama’s weather. This team far outdistanced the second place team of Leigh, Stuart, Garries and Burns who were lead by the fine performance of the great Shyster whose new athletic body and $10,000 investment in a golf swing seem to be finally paying dividends.
KP’s
The part of the game that requires true golfing acumen, the KP contests, or in this case, the people with the very timely horseshoe luck were won on #4 by the perennial KP recipient Beerhead Player; on #6 with a shot ending a mere 3” from the hole, by guest, Dro Overgaard; and on #15 by the ever steady Tip Top Borland who appears not to have lost a beat after his year long layoff.
TRFTHCGJ
After three rounds, The Race seems now to be taking shape. The very early leader with a net average of 72.67 is the Mountain Man, Drew Lyon. His new workout regime and healthy drinking lifestyle have him off to a very good start in the season long race. Not far behind, however, with a net of 73 is the ever dangerous Tip Top Borland. Closely followed by Commish Burns and Shyster Leigh with 74.0 and 74.33 nets. Front runners are beginning to emerge but The Race is certainly on. The only one who seems to be totally out of The Race is the suddenly decrepit Killer Killeen whose entire body looks as if it has gone into seizure mode. Perhaps some warmer weather will turn the Killer’s fortunes around.
In The Rough
Once again, many thanks to our spares who filled in for the week: Dro Overgaard, Steve Shaggy Stuart and Doug Shaky Player. We appreciate your involvement and especially Shaggy’s thoughtful avoidance of the prize table. Steve will certainly jump up the returning invitees’ list.
The Doctor’s fabulous KP on hole #6 which ended a mere 3” from going in, and almost supplanting Ace Brown from his nickname, was topped by an even better result on hole # 7 where Dro chipped in for an eagle. It was the second eagle of the day with Raz Herd chipping in for an eagle on hole# 2.
The best thing about a broken dishwasher in the clubhouse was the bar bill after the round. Everyone did a great job of chipping in and no food was ordered so we have some money left over for the prize table.
On a day that was meant more for huddling in front of the fireplace rather than waltzing around the golf course only two individuals were able to break into the net 60’s at King’s Links. Mountain Lyon continued his stellar seasonal play by shooting a fabulous net 68 on a day where most just struggled to finish their rounds. Also, seemingly immune to the conditions, was the surprising Doug Beerhead Player whose net 69 was the only other player to net in the 60’s. Raz Herd and Shyster Leigh decided to get themselves involved in TRFTHCGJ with excellent net 70’s. All those scores were true testaments to the staying power of these gentlemen on a challenging day on the links. There was a bit of a gap between those four and the rest of the waltzers on the day. Most ended up just counting down the holes until the punishment was over. A hot bath was in order for everyone once they got home.
A One and A Two And A Three
The highly favoured team of Tip Top Borland, Madman Madsen, making his season debut, Mountain Lyon and Tommy B Sherk lived up to pre-event hype and easily dominated the day’s game, Vienna. The outstanding effort by the Mountain Man and the steady as she goes play of both Madman and Tip Top were able to balance out the erratic effort by the Bahama’s Man. Even he managed to survive the day despite the non Bahama’s weather. This team far outdistanced the second place team of Leigh, Stuart, Garries and Burns who were lead by the fine performance of the great Shyster whose new athletic body and $10,000 investment in a golf swing seem to be finally paying dividends.
KP’s
The part of the game that requires true golfing acumen, the KP contests, or in this case, the people with the very timely horseshoe luck were won on #4 by the perennial KP recipient Beerhead Player; on #6 with a shot ending a mere 3” from the hole, by guest, Dro Overgaard; and on #15 by the ever steady Tip Top Borland who appears not to have lost a beat after his year long layoff.
TRFTHCGJ
After three rounds, The Race seems now to be taking shape. The very early leader with a net average of 72.67 is the Mountain Man, Drew Lyon. His new workout regime and healthy drinking lifestyle have him off to a very good start in the season long race. Not far behind, however, with a net of 73 is the ever dangerous Tip Top Borland. Closely followed by Commish Burns and Shyster Leigh with 74.0 and 74.33 nets. Front runners are beginning to emerge but The Race is certainly on. The only one who seems to be totally out of The Race is the suddenly decrepit Killer Killeen whose entire body looks as if it has gone into seizure mode. Perhaps some warmer weather will turn the Killer’s fortunes around.
In The Rough
Once again, many thanks to our spares who filled in for the week: Dro Overgaard, Steve Shaggy Stuart and Doug Shaky Player. We appreciate your involvement and especially Shaggy’s thoughtful avoidance of the prize table. Steve will certainly jump up the returning invitees’ list.
The Doctor’s fabulous KP on hole #6 which ended a mere 3” from going in, and almost supplanting Ace Brown from his nickname, was topped by an even better result on hole # 7 where Dro chipped in for an eagle. It was the second eagle of the day with Raz Herd chipping in for an eagle on hole# 2.
The best thing about a broken dishwasher in the clubhouse was the bar bill after the round. Everyone did a great job of chipping in and no food was ordered so we have some money left over for the prize table.
Week 2 - The Showdown at the Ridge
The weather was fairly co-operative for the second stop on our tour events. At least, there was no rain and the sun even popped out for a while during the day. However, the temperature still remained on the chilly side and the wind was certainly a factor. But, something had to account for the less than terrific scores on the day. In fact, there were only 4 players who managed to attain positive results from their quota points. And none of the teams was able to attain the heights of positivity. One team, however, far outdistanced the rest with a team quota score of - 3. The team of Tip Top Borland, El Cid Sidonio, Ace Brown and Stone Hands Mason was 15 quota points in front of the next closest competitors. Here wasn’t even a competition for this one. Every team seemed to have one leg iron dragging them down except for the Team of Stretch Grundy, Flintstone Walters, Bruno Davidson and Newbie Newbold who were all pretty much in the leg iron category topped off by Newbie’s -20 quota points. The serious disasters on the day were Killer Killeen whose -23 quota points was even worse than Newbies -20. Killer seems to be striving for the Murray White “In Your Face” golf swing award. The only positive scorers on the day were Drew Mountain Lyon, Dick The Commish Burns, and Tip Top Borland with 3 points apiece and Stone Hands Mason with 2 points. El Cid Sidonio with -1, Alex Mr Bean Volpatti with -2 and Digby The System Leigh with -3 were the only other who really seemed to come to play.
Low nets for the round were shared between Stone Hands Mason and Commish Burns with net 70’s on the day.
The KP winner’s on the were the selfish Shyster Leigh who took home two prizes from the prize barrel with KP’s on the 5th and 11th holes. The Shyster, sporting his new, almost unrecognizable body, once again displayed the schizophrenic nature of his golf game by posting two excellent shots on the par 3’s (rumour has it he had an even better shot on the other par 3) but failing to parlay this outstanding edge to his game into his overall game. However, he has shown steady improvement in his game and could be a sleeper in TRFTHCGJ. And the other KP weiner was former tour member Shakey Player who is no stranger to the KP pot and did his usual show up at the par three and take home the prizes with an excellent shot on hole #16.
The Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket
It’s far too early in the season to get too excited about leaders in this race but there is some form beginning to take place. Early season favourite Kim Madman Madsen still hasn’t made an appearance as his multiple birthdays are beginning to damage his aging body; and Tip Top Borland made his first appearance of the the past two seasons and he doesn’t look like he has lost a step; he looks to be in fine form completing a very steady first round and leading his team in the Quota division. Sneaky Stonehands Mason and the ever steady El Cid Sidonio are quietly keeping pace and the newly health conscious Mountain Lyon showed his capability with a fine Saturday round played while he was completely sober. His system, however, might take a little time to fully adjust. The current Jacket holder, Commish Burns, is once again off to a fine start and holds a slight lead after two events. Watch out for Mr Bean Volpatti and Bruno Davidson. Killer killeen and his car partner Spaceman Alexander look to be the only ones who are not interested in competing. I wonder what the two of them do on their way to the course! The Race is on!
The weather was fairly co-operative for the second stop on our tour events. At least, there was no rain and the sun even popped out for a while during the day. However, the temperature still remained on the chilly side and the wind was certainly a factor. But, something had to account for the less than terrific scores on the day. In fact, there were only 4 players who managed to attain positive results from their quota points. And none of the teams was able to attain the heights of positivity. One team, however, far outdistanced the rest with a team quota score of - 3. The team of Tip Top Borland, El Cid Sidonio, Ace Brown and Stone Hands Mason was 15 quota points in front of the next closest competitors. Here wasn’t even a competition for this one. Every team seemed to have one leg iron dragging them down except for the Team of Stretch Grundy, Flintstone Walters, Bruno Davidson and Newbie Newbold who were all pretty much in the leg iron category topped off by Newbie’s -20 quota points. The serious disasters on the day were Killer Killeen whose -23 quota points was even worse than Newbies -20. Killer seems to be striving for the Murray White “In Your Face” golf swing award. The only positive scorers on the day were Drew Mountain Lyon, Dick The Commish Burns, and Tip Top Borland with 3 points apiece and Stone Hands Mason with 2 points. El Cid Sidonio with -1, Alex Mr Bean Volpatti with -2 and Digby The System Leigh with -3 were the only other who really seemed to come to play.
Low nets for the round were shared between Stone Hands Mason and Commish Burns with net 70’s on the day.
The KP winner’s on the were the selfish Shyster Leigh who took home two prizes from the prize barrel with KP’s on the 5th and 11th holes. The Shyster, sporting his new, almost unrecognizable body, once again displayed the schizophrenic nature of his golf game by posting two excellent shots on the par 3’s (rumour has it he had an even better shot on the other par 3) but failing to parlay this outstanding edge to his game into his overall game. However, he has shown steady improvement in his game and could be a sleeper in TRFTHCGJ. And the other KP weiner was former tour member Shakey Player who is no stranger to the KP pot and did his usual show up at the par three and take home the prizes with an excellent shot on hole #16.
The Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket
It’s far too early in the season to get too excited about leaders in this race but there is some form beginning to take place. Early season favourite Kim Madman Madsen still hasn’t made an appearance as his multiple birthdays are beginning to damage his aging body; and Tip Top Borland made his first appearance of the the past two seasons and he doesn’t look like he has lost a step; he looks to be in fine form completing a very steady first round and leading his team in the Quota division. Sneaky Stonehands Mason and the ever steady El Cid Sidonio are quietly keeping pace and the newly health conscious Mountain Lyon showed his capability with a fine Saturday round played while he was completely sober. His system, however, might take a little time to fully adjust. The current Jacket holder, Commish Burns, is once again off to a fine start and holds a slight lead after two events. Watch out for Mr Bean Volpatti and Bruno Davidson. Killer killeen and his car partner Spaceman Alexander look to be the only ones who are not interested in competing. I wonder what the two of them do on their way to the course! The Race is on!
Season opener at Morgan Creek
The eager anticipation of a new PGA season combined with the latent competitive juices of a new Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket was tempered somewhat by the weather forecast and the need to put on layers of rain gear upon arrival at Morgan Creek. However, by the time the first group hit the first tee, lead by current Green Jacket holder and Commissioner, Dick Burns, the rain had mostly abated and only returned for a short spell during the round.
Only 3 players were able to break net par on the day and the weather could not be held to account for the mostly adequate scoring - only the mostly inadequate golf swings were to blame. The three stellar performances for the round were displayed by the early leader in The Race, Fred Flintstone Walters, with a brilliant net 68 (although the scoring for Flintstone is highly dubious and his integrity has certainly been brought into question since Fred has not posted a scoring round for handicap purposes since last year’s final PGA round); a very solid net 70 from Bruce Bruno Davidson; and a very tidy net 71 from Steve Citizen Cain. Also, with a stellar 71, which could have been a winner except for a triple bogie on the 18th, was posted by Digby Leigh Jr. Jr seems to have his new driver under control so watch out! Those are your early clubhouse leaders in this year’s RFTHCGJ. Close behind was returnee, Peter El Cid Sidonio whose net 72 keeps him biting at the heels of the leaders. This is reminiscent of El Cid’s last season on the tour when he was fighting for the Green Jacket right until the last round. Perhaps this will be his year. The Race is officially on even if Flintstone’s score has an * beside it.
The eager anticipation of a new PGA season combined with the latent competitive juices of a new Race For The Highly Coveted Green Jacket was tempered somewhat by the weather forecast and the need to put on layers of rain gear upon arrival at Morgan Creek. However, by the time the first group hit the first tee, lead by current Green Jacket holder and Commissioner, Dick Burns, the rain had mostly abated and only returned for a short spell during the round.
Only 3 players were able to break net par on the day and the weather could not be held to account for the mostly adequate scoring - only the mostly inadequate golf swings were to blame. The three stellar performances for the round were displayed by the early leader in The Race, Fred Flintstone Walters, with a brilliant net 68 (although the scoring for Flintstone is highly dubious and his integrity has certainly been brought into question since Fred has not posted a scoring round for handicap purposes since last year’s final PGA round); a very solid net 70 from Bruce Bruno Davidson; and a very tidy net 71 from Steve Citizen Cain. Also, with a stellar 71, which could have been a winner except for a triple bogie on the 18th, was posted by Digby Leigh Jr. Jr seems to have his new driver under control so watch out! Those are your early clubhouse leaders in this year’s RFTHCGJ. Close behind was returnee, Peter El Cid Sidonio whose net 72 keeps him biting at the heels of the leaders. This is reminiscent of El Cid’s last season on the tour when he was fighting for the Green Jacket right until the last round. Perhaps this will be his year. The Race is officially on even if Flintstone’s score has an * beside it.
Gentlemen,
The end of winter is in sight and with it goes the onset of The Race For The Coveted Green Jacket(see Pictures section for recent photo's). I know all of you have been eagerly awaiting this event for quite some time now, in fact, I know many of you have been thinking every day about unseating the current and defending Coveted Jacket holder. Your wait is almost over. One more month to get some practice in and even attempt to inflate your handicaps in your quest. While all of you have been focusing solely on the unseating of the champion, your executive crimemittee (sic) has continued to perfect all the details so that you can enjoy the spoils of competition and not have to worry about organizing your golfing activities for the spring. However, there are a few minor details we would like to perfect before we begin.
Welcome two ex full time members back into full-time mode: Peter Sidonio and Allan Maynard. They have filled out our full time membership to 20. Back onto the on again/off again membership category are Doug Shakey Player, Al Mumbles Goulding, Richard Mr Coffee Ostereicher and JR Kid Leigh, who has decided to go full time onto the sailing/mountain biking/polo/beer drinking/wanking circuit and taken a leave of absence from the group. With his departure, the average age of our membership just sky rocketed. The other three are just enrolled on the part time wanking circuit, unable to even fully commit to that.
Paul, again, has done a magnificent job of putting together a schedule with prime tee times at an excellent variety of local courses. Larry and Bob have gathered an extensive array of prizes for each round that I am certain most of you will luck into at some point. Vic will continue to monitor all of your handicap activities and requests that you all maintain a current handicap through either MyScoreCard or through the BCGA website. And don’t forget to enter your scores after every round. Dale, is still recovering from back surgery and even though he won’t make the opening day event, hopes to be back in the hunt of TRFTCGJ early in the season. He will continue to be the game day event coordinator assigning group captains and deciding on the game for the day. Once again, being assigned as a group captain is a distinction and should be deemed as such and taken with the utmost diligence. Only a few will qualify and each captain will be responsible for ensuring that all members of his group are aware of the rules of the daily game and will be responsible for maintaining an accurate and legible scorecard. Steve has retired from managing the website because he does not have the time to maintain employment, keep an active social life and hone his golf skills while maintaining our website. He will mentor Bruno Davidson in the fine art of web development. Our great appreciation to Steve for taking on this job in the past and to Bruno for taking on this additional task. With the undoing of this responsibility and with the resulting extra practice time, Raison Cain should be a factor in TRFTCGJ.
With our new location for the Tripper Cup at Big Sky and the associated increase of green fees, we have had to scrap the purchase of shirts for the group in order to meet our budget. Some of us are a little disappointed that there will be no shirt for the year and have requested that we fund the shirts regardless. What are your feelings about an additional assessment of $60 -$65 to offset the purchase of a PGA shirt? I will need to know this one soon as those shirts fly out of the shop very quickly. Let me know your thoughts right away. Also, there has been a bit of feedback on the return of money collected from spares going back to the missing golfers. Some of us feel the money collected can go back to the budget and perhaps be used to offset the cost of shirts or to be used some other way by the group. It’s sort of a “snooze you loose” situation. I feel it may be a bit more of an incentive to get your calendar priorities in place early in the season. Getting a spare can be quite a challenge especially if the heather is iffy. Let me know your thoughts on that one.
Schedule(See Schedule page for a Grid view)
Here’s a reminder of what it is. Book around those dates for your other activities.
April 7 - Morgan Creek - 10:00
April 21 - Northview (Ridge) - 10:18
April 28 - Kings Links - 10:06
May 12 - Northview (Canal) - 10:30
May 26 - Squamish - 10:44
June 2 - Pagoda Ridge - 10:29
Tripper Cup — Big Sky - June 16 - 11:00
Big Sky - June 17 - 10:00
June 23 - Northlands (Calcutta) - 10:30
Please remember to get back to me about shirts and about collecting for money for spares.
Time to get out there and practice even if it is highly over rated.
Commish
Flogem non scamus non shankus
The end of winter is in sight and with it goes the onset of The Race For The Coveted Green Jacket(see Pictures section for recent photo's). I know all of you have been eagerly awaiting this event for quite some time now, in fact, I know many of you have been thinking every day about unseating the current and defending Coveted Jacket holder. Your wait is almost over. One more month to get some practice in and even attempt to inflate your handicaps in your quest. While all of you have been focusing solely on the unseating of the champion, your executive crimemittee (sic) has continued to perfect all the details so that you can enjoy the spoils of competition and not have to worry about organizing your golfing activities for the spring. However, there are a few minor details we would like to perfect before we begin.
Welcome two ex full time members back into full-time mode: Peter Sidonio and Allan Maynard. They have filled out our full time membership to 20. Back onto the on again/off again membership category are Doug Shakey Player, Al Mumbles Goulding, Richard Mr Coffee Ostereicher and JR Kid Leigh, who has decided to go full time onto the sailing/mountain biking/polo/beer drinking/wanking circuit and taken a leave of absence from the group. With his departure, the average age of our membership just sky rocketed. The other three are just enrolled on the part time wanking circuit, unable to even fully commit to that.
Paul, again, has done a magnificent job of putting together a schedule with prime tee times at an excellent variety of local courses. Larry and Bob have gathered an extensive array of prizes for each round that I am certain most of you will luck into at some point. Vic will continue to monitor all of your handicap activities and requests that you all maintain a current handicap through either MyScoreCard or through the BCGA website. And don’t forget to enter your scores after every round. Dale, is still recovering from back surgery and even though he won’t make the opening day event, hopes to be back in the hunt of TRFTCGJ early in the season. He will continue to be the game day event coordinator assigning group captains and deciding on the game for the day. Once again, being assigned as a group captain is a distinction and should be deemed as such and taken with the utmost diligence. Only a few will qualify and each captain will be responsible for ensuring that all members of his group are aware of the rules of the daily game and will be responsible for maintaining an accurate and legible scorecard. Steve has retired from managing the website because he does not have the time to maintain employment, keep an active social life and hone his golf skills while maintaining our website. He will mentor Bruno Davidson in the fine art of web development. Our great appreciation to Steve for taking on this job in the past and to Bruno for taking on this additional task. With the undoing of this responsibility and with the resulting extra practice time, Raison Cain should be a factor in TRFTCGJ.
With our new location for the Tripper Cup at Big Sky and the associated increase of green fees, we have had to scrap the purchase of shirts for the group in order to meet our budget. Some of us are a little disappointed that there will be no shirt for the year and have requested that we fund the shirts regardless. What are your feelings about an additional assessment of $60 -$65 to offset the purchase of a PGA shirt? I will need to know this one soon as those shirts fly out of the shop very quickly. Let me know your thoughts right away. Also, there has been a bit of feedback on the return of money collected from spares going back to the missing golfers. Some of us feel the money collected can go back to the budget and perhaps be used to offset the cost of shirts or to be used some other way by the group. It’s sort of a “snooze you loose” situation. I feel it may be a bit more of an incentive to get your calendar priorities in place early in the season. Getting a spare can be quite a challenge especially if the heather is iffy. Let me know your thoughts on that one.
Schedule(See Schedule page for a Grid view)
Here’s a reminder of what it is. Book around those dates for your other activities.
April 7 - Morgan Creek - 10:00
April 21 - Northview (Ridge) - 10:18
April 28 - Kings Links - 10:06
May 12 - Northview (Canal) - 10:30
May 26 - Squamish - 10:44
June 2 - Pagoda Ridge - 10:29
Tripper Cup — Big Sky - June 16 - 11:00
Big Sky - June 17 - 10:00
June 23 - Northlands (Calcutta) - 10:30
Please remember to get back to me about shirts and about collecting for money for spares.
Time to get out there and practice even if it is highly over rated.
Commish
Flogem non scamus non shankus