Fine weather, fine course conditions, and a few weeks of golf under our belt, and the results showed, with many players well above quota. Breaking out of his slumber, and leading the pack was Ed Finn, who carded an impressive 18 points, good for a +8 and Individual honors. With that, Easy Eddie and Steady Teddy (Meyer) easily snagged the Team win at +9.
Other notable rounds were turned in by Mike McNeice and Paul Begley (+4 each) and Ed Burke, Mark Spears, Ed MacNeil, and Todd Texeira, all at +3.
Todd looked like he had Closest to the Pin on the tough 6th hole all sewn up when he laced one in there to 10'4". But playing in the same group, publicity hound Greg Paone was having none of that, and promptly dropped one in at 10'2". Todd was so mad that he purposely missed his birdie attempt just so Greg wouldn't have the salt in the wound satisfaction of covering him. (Tex, that's called cutting off your nose to spite your face.) Greg sunk the putt. Apologies to the early groups for the stick not being out. We're not gonna mention any names, but somebody (he used to play with the Shondells) went out so early he forgot to bring it with him.
We had a respectable nine birdies on the night, five of which lived, good for $22 each. Ed Finn missed an eagle chip-in by inches on 2 giving him a kick-in birdie. (On 16, his birdie chip found the cup.) Dawn Weber continues her impressive play and for the second week in a row will collect birdie, this one on 3. Grizzled veteran Johnny MacNeil, apparently over his horrible armoire accident, continues to keep the Young Turks at bay by remaining atop the leader board with a bird on 4. Bob Frick (Frickie to his friends) carded an impressive 78 for the night and a birdie on the 5th, and Greg Paone's birdie on 6 also survived. Birdies that did not live include the 8th hole (Finn and Tracy) and 9 (Paone and Cacciapaglia).
Greg and Cacci are battling it out for Rookie of the Years honors and that coveted new car. We haven't quite figured out how we're gonna pay for the car yet, but, yep you guessed it, Frank La Rosa knows a guy who knows a guy, who when he gets out on parole in a few weeks, can hook us up with one for practically nothing.
Well, it's back to the drawing board for poor Mike Bradley. Taking a golf lesson moments before teeing off in league play (is that legal?), Mike was pumped and jacked that he had found his game. But with 27 swing thoughts going through his head, information overload set in, and he promptly went out and posted his worst round of the year. Informed of the disappointing results, Easton C.C. golf pro Rob Citrano has now officially classified Mayhem Mike as a "project." (Rob, think Charles Barkley.)
And finally, welcome back home to Dr. (well, dentist really) Saul Payne after a recent vacation in Spain. Death in the Afternoon is a classic tale about Spanish bullfighting, but Saul's story, (Almost) Death in the Afternoon, is about an angry crowd at a restaurant that practically strung him up after he asked the bartender to change the Real Madrid soccer game to something more interesting. Saul, a little piece of advice for future trips abroad: When in Seville, do as the Civilians do.
See you next Tuesday.
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