At the beginning of last year, we seemed to have rain every Tuesday,
but apparently this year paying the good-weather premium to Easton has
been well worth it as we have had another nice night to tee it up. The
greens are coming back from last week's aeration, and other than the
instant new water hazard in the middle of the 7th fairway, conditions
were again outstanding.
The third week marked the debut of the "Don Dillon Show" starring Don Dillon, who almost ran the table. Don had a career performance with a 38, two birdies, and a total of 17 points, good for a +8 and individual honors. He teamed up with trusty sidekick Peter Jaffe who had a +3 for an unbeatable team at +11.
An unfortunate victim of circumstance was Larry Anshewitz who shot 37, good for 18 points and a plus +6, and had a birdie on 5, but who walked away empty-handed. Larry took the news that his impressive performance went for naught in his usual reasoned and philosophical manner. (Not!)
There were seven birdies for the night, but, you guessed it, Don Dillon had the only one that lived (3rd hole) and took the whole $100 pot. We just missed having a complete birdie pool carryover, as Bob Frick's valiant birdie bid on 3 missed by inches. Birdies that were smashed were the 5th (Anshewitz and Dave Weber), the 8th (Dillon and Barry), and the 9th hole (Aronson and Blake Willard).
Closest to the pin on 6 was snagged by Dan Szczurko who stiffed it to within 5 feet to a deep and dangerous pin. However, Dan was not able to close the deal with a birdie, which cost him $50.
Word is that Mike Bradley is still driving aimlessly around the course looking for his pitching wedge. (Mayhem Mike reminded me of Warren in the movie There's Something About Mary - "Have you seen my baseball?") Nice to have Bino back and good to see John Tracy finally show, but sorry to hear that Greg Jurgilewicz will be on the disabled list indefinitely with a herniated disk. Get well soon, Jurgy. And a hearty S.I.G.L. welcome to new newcomers Mike Fay and Tom Nolan. For those planning ahead, the year-end tourney is scheduled for Sunday, September 22nd at 11:00 AM.
And now a word from our crack Enforcement Division: All putts that are for a quota point or more must be holed. (A 6 inch gimme leads to a 1 foot gimme to a 2 foot gimme, etc. etc.) Any conceded putts will result in disqualification for all players involved. (Please be aware that the Division's Black Ops Unit has discreetly placed high resolution surveillance cameras around all of the front-nine greens.)
And finally, word has spread through the golfosphere that apparently whacky Johnny MacNeil aced the 16th hole on Tuesday night ! Congrats John on joining an exclusive club. I'm sure that John couldn't wait to burst through the clubhouse doors and regale his countless fans with the story of his latest exploit when ..... he suddenly remembered that timeless golf tradition of setting up the bar, and so for the first time in his life John MacNeil became the Quiet Man, and maybe we'll never know for sure.
The third week marked the debut of the "Don Dillon Show" starring Don Dillon, who almost ran the table. Don had a career performance with a 38, two birdies, and a total of 17 points, good for a +8 and individual honors. He teamed up with trusty sidekick Peter Jaffe who had a +3 for an unbeatable team at +11.
An unfortunate victim of circumstance was Larry Anshewitz who shot 37, good for 18 points and a plus +6, and had a birdie on 5, but who walked away empty-handed. Larry took the news that his impressive performance went for naught in his usual reasoned and philosophical manner. (Not!)
There were seven birdies for the night, but, you guessed it, Don Dillon had the only one that lived (3rd hole) and took the whole $100 pot. We just missed having a complete birdie pool carryover, as Bob Frick's valiant birdie bid on 3 missed by inches. Birdies that were smashed were the 5th (Anshewitz and Dave Weber), the 8th (Dillon and Barry), and the 9th hole (Aronson and Blake Willard).
Closest to the pin on 6 was snagged by Dan Szczurko who stiffed it to within 5 feet to a deep and dangerous pin. However, Dan was not able to close the deal with a birdie, which cost him $50.
Word is that Mike Bradley is still driving aimlessly around the course looking for his pitching wedge. (Mayhem Mike reminded me of Warren in the movie There's Something About Mary - "Have you seen my baseball?") Nice to have Bino back and good to see John Tracy finally show, but sorry to hear that Greg Jurgilewicz will be on the disabled list indefinitely with a herniated disk. Get well soon, Jurgy. And a hearty S.I.G.L. welcome to new newcomers Mike Fay and Tom Nolan. For those planning ahead, the year-end tourney is scheduled for Sunday, September 22nd at 11:00 AM.
And now a word from our crack Enforcement Division: All putts that are for a quota point or more must be holed. (A 6 inch gimme leads to a 1 foot gimme to a 2 foot gimme, etc. etc.) Any conceded putts will result in disqualification for all players involved. (Please be aware that the Division's Black Ops Unit has discreetly placed high resolution surveillance cameras around all of the front-nine greens.)
And finally, word has spread through the golfosphere that apparently whacky Johnny MacNeil aced the 16th hole on Tuesday night ! Congrats John on joining an exclusive club. I'm sure that John couldn't wait to burst through the clubhouse doors and regale his countless fans with the story of his latest exploit when ..... he suddenly remembered that timeless golf tradition of setting up the bar, and so for the first time in his life John MacNeil became the Quiet Man, and maybe we'll never know for sure.
See you next Tuesday !
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