Recap Week 2

 Okay, let's get the excuses out of the way early: Not used to playing the back nine, aerated greens, top dressed greens, not used to playing in decent weather, too early in the season, and my (insert body part here) is all messed up. For the second week in a row, there were only a limited handful of golfers who met or exceeded quota. The bottom line is that a lot of poor golf was played, which I know from personal experience. Not to mention any names, but one A player (Ed MacNeil's brother) had his worst round of his career, but he had a legit excuse as his hand was heavily bandaged. This resulted, not from an ugly dog incident, but from an ugly guy-too-old-to-be-carrying-an-armoire-down-a-flight-of-
stairs incident.  

   However, Jared Cacciapaglia, who apparently laughs at unputtable greens, rose above conditions and carded a very impressive +6 to snare Individual honors. And for the second week in a row, Jared won the Longest Name in the League contest. (The contest has been discontinued.) Scott Silvia and Mark Nolan were steady enough at + 2 each to take Team money. The good news for Scott is that he won $20; the bad news is that he has nowhere to put it, since he lost his wallet somewhere along the way. Scotty, did you check Teddy's bag?  

   There were only six birdies on the night, and for the first time in a while, every birdie lived. Steve Dasaro kicked off his first round of the year with a nice birdie on the difficult 15th hole, Rooster Cogburn chipped in on 16 for a bird, Ted Meyer finally got a birdie that wasn't covered with one on 12, Steve Peterson cashed with a bird on 11, Steve Lozzi continues his fine play with a birdie on 10, and John Fay finished off his evening in fine fashion with a birdie on 18. There will be $108 in the birdie pool. 

    Brian Murphy is slowing making his way back from two years of injuries by tripling his week one point total, good for a +3. Other than that, no else deserves an honorable mention. 

    Our man Bino lofted a beauty into 14 to take Closest to the Pin at 5' 6". However, 5 and a half foot putts were no easy task, and the birdie putt did not fall. As an example of how treacherous putting was, and not to mention any names, but one A player (initials T.J.) line up a 20-foot birdie attempt on 14, and moments later was walking befuddled off the green with a triple bogey. (For those of you not good in math, that's a five-putt.) 

     Comings and goings: A hearty welcome goes out to newcomer Bill Pope, and I guess we have to bid farewell to lovable curmudgeon Bill Karas who apparently wants to spend more time hanging around the local convenience store. (Billy gets to the store so early every morning he helps Patel bring in the newspapers.)  

      And finally, a big thanks goes out to the National Football League for granting our request to have the Patriots play away on September 29th, the day of our year-end tournament so there are no scheduling conflicts. So we got that going for us.....which is nice. 

     See you next Tuesday.