Thursday, September 10, 2026

Throwback Thursday

Today’s Throwback Thursday goes back to Summer 2015 and the 7th Hangover Invitational. By that point we’d already arrived at the "homebody era" where actually showing up was widely regarded as an unreasonable personal burden.

After three Hangovers in South Tampa, two in Carrollwood, and one in Westchase, we daringly proposed going somewhat near original Member Reid. PJ Dolan’s in New Tampa was selected - and was quite fun.

However, Tampa received a heavy downpour that was more than Darren and Gary were willing to endure. Brendan’s wife’s car literally flooded in South Tampa, so he was out too. And Gorecki... more on that below.

Attending the no-longer-mandatory bar was Chandler, Dave, Reid, and their WAGs. Countryside flooded overnight, forcing us to pivot to a noon tee time at Esplanade… which resulted in more bailings and a six-man field.

But what caught my attention was this passage from the recap:

The competition to find the best excuse to stay at home was fierce... with Gorecki ultimately winning by sending a screen shot of a weather radar, while at the same time suggesting we go to TopGolf which would require him to drive 25 miles in the very storm he was afraid of.

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