DPT Championship - Spring 2019 Preview

Heading to Grasslands in Lakeland, playing a private club on vouchers Big John was able to pre-buy. Two people have yet to pay the $42 (Geoff and Brendan), but I see Brendan is now a "maybe."

If you're bailing, let us know ASAP so we can cancel a tee time if needed.

Get to the course early so we can check everyone in and you can warm up. First tee time is 9:12am.

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Next week we'll be at Countryside (Casey's house). And for the Jamaican we are looking at a few places, none of which currently rhyme with Rebble Peek.

See you Sunday.

Boozer's Golf Review Vol. 14 - Bloomingdale Golfers Club

Reviewing Bloomingdale Golfers Club brings back memories of more carefree college nights in Gainesville bars. Booze plays a very important role in both. Bloomingdale's rough exterior requires beer goggles to fully enjoy a round. In fact, in order to truly "enjoy" Bloomingdale, we recommend at least attempting a beer per hole. You might drink enough to think you're playing Waterlefe, but even if you fail, passing out early might be better than closing the deal and waking up with a 3 in your bed or a +29 net on your scorecard. With that in mind, we expected Bloomingdale to have a great BGR rating. Spoiler alert: it didn't.

You can't drink all day if you don't start early

Bloomingdale aced this portion of the exam. When a burgeoning Booze Golfer asked if they would serve before 11 AM on Sunday, the bartender was indifferent, which is better than a flat denial. A wink and a nod with a coy smile is preferred when skirting local ordinances, but giving beer in exchange for cash is the important part here. Is it because it's semi-private? Perhaps, but either way bravo to your bravado, Bloomingdale.

On-course service

The cart girl was out early and often, but there was something amiss about the service itself. She either didn't notice or didn't care when groups needed booze, choosing instead to drive right on by. Later seen napping in the bar, perhaps she was just having an off day, something with which all Booze Golfers can empathize.That said, we have to rate what we see, and we were generally disappointed. Maybe it was a slow day so she was discouraged, or maybe the local Mormon church had a 7 AM shotgun start that made her arrive early. Either way, it isn't tough to push booze on a golf course, and she made it look like as painful as watching Gorecki line up a putt. At $21.50 for a domestic 6-pack, it's priced higher than you'd think for this level of golf course, and on top of it all she ran out of Budweisers.

Clubhouse Experience

Whereas last week we were told the clubhouse was a great place to take your significant other, we would advise against that this week. That is, unless she's a huge fan of a medium cheese pizza, 10 boneless wings, 6 garlic knots, and a domestic pitcher. The combo itself isn't so bad, but why call it the Valentine's Combo?

BGC masters the art of romance.

Prices were high in the clubhouse as well. $15 for a domestic pitcher is way higher than it should be. At least one league member protested by remaining on the deadbeat list for at least 2 more weeks rather than shelling out for overpriced draft beer. We guess these prices are what it takes to support the Chili's stools and unfinished outside patio* area. Oh, and the bartender sometimes disappears so if you want a refill you'll need to time it right.

There were no baby back ribs in sight.

Shot of the week

An Irishman and Big John walk into a bar...

A BGR founder was hopeful to take part in the shot of the week with fellow BGR founder Big John, but the lengthy absence of a bartender at exit time forced a substitute. It was later reported that Big John was able to spread the Gospel of the BGR with Irish Dave when they checked out the Crown Apple at $8.75 a piece. Beating a dead horse here, but that's too expensive. We have to assume the Apple and Dave were selected jointly as Dave stands as the most decorated apple-booze aficionado in our club. 

Overall

What started off with some promise ended with a thud. Prices are too high, inside clubhouse isn't nice enough, not enough food options for booze base, and poor cart service combine to give Bloomingdale 2 cold beers out of the 6 pack. We were going with 3, but writing this and looking back on it made us angrier and now it's 2. Tough luck, Bloomingdale.

*The patio area was actually pretty nice and we probably should have hung out there instead of the dreary indoor area of the clubhouse.

Bye-Week Golf - Sunday

Got two tee times for anyone who wants to wash Bloomingdale off their bodies.

10am at Brooksville Country Club. $46 plus tax. Comment if you want one of the open spots.

Currently in are:

Chandler
Gary
Dave
Ho
Dan
Robbie
Darren
[open]

Match Play - Spring 2019 Recap

Bloomingdale is a brutal grind, that never lets up from the opening tee-shot through the final approach. A handful of guys were under par early, only to eventually eject on the back nine.

Danny in particular, was 6-under-par (net) after 10 holes... and finished +12. JW was bucking his head, threatening to end his winless drought, and then shot +10 (gross) on a four hole stretch starting on the ninth. Big John set a record with +29 net, one stroke away from our first ever TRIPLE PITCHER.

When the dust settled, even par was all you needed to win. Reid's 39 on the back was impressive to watch, earning him back-to-back victories on Tour. He now controls his own destiny with a very large lead in the DPT Cup standings.

While many people have been mathematically eligible to win a season late in the schedule, only two guys — Reid and Dave — have had it ripped from their hands in the final event. It'll be interesting to see if  Reid can hang on.

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We're off this week, and play next at Grasslands in Lakeland on the 24th. The following people owe John $42:

JW, Geoff, Brendan, Ben.

Pay the man his money.

We have two guests that will make the pairings go out in a slightly different order. However we are still grouped in order of standings, matching up players and throwing in the guests where applicable. #playbetter or #playworse perhaps.

Boozer's Golf Review Vol. 13 – Countryway Golf Club

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy was I excited for this BGR Review!!! I have always felt Countryway gets a bad rap but if you just put on your beer goggles I think you might find she is the prettiest girl in the room.  We had a great showing with 18 DPT members, maybe because there were at least 6 pitchers to be purchased going into the day and a high probability for more to be added by the end of the day. Our tournament host started the day off by providing every group with a pack of Reef Donkey Pale Ale’s. One of our BGR members also provided a Mimosa Bar that went quickly. Things were off to a great start!

In the end, one BGR member continued his streak of owing a pitcher for poor performance and is now 4 for 4 on the season and Casey “Have you seen my golf ball” Rease also added more to the pitcher purchases.

This was one of the pitcher purchases and was brought out onto the course. A selfish strategy that I think needs to be looked into unless you are in my group. (Thanks Ben!)

The Memorial Champ was seen drinking from the cup in the clubhouse. Congrats Reid! Also great form! Elbow at 90 degrees and then letting the shoulders and head do the work from there, perfect!

You can’t drink all day if you don’t start early

I was in the first group out at 9am and came to the turn at 10:31am. How do I know such an exact time? Because when I made my order for one of their famous whiskies w/ a splash of coke, I was told, “In 29 minutes you can”. Bad news and a smart ass tone! I could have immediately snapped back but instead I took the high road by walking out to my papoose, grabbing another Bud Heavy, drinking it in the window for her to see, and then pointing to the watch I wasn’t wearing.

Boozer Cruiser?

No Hooch Mobile at Countryway. This has become a standard for BGR ratings and I might make the argument that it doesn’t make sense to have one on a par 3 course but I’m not going to. Let’s move on…

Club House Love

This is where Countryway gets all of my love! I am so impressed with their pricing that it has become me and my wife’s date night spot! Can I get a bacon cheese burger, add fries, and a whiskey and coke? “That will be $10, sir”. What?? They also sell stamps for 32₵ still, it’s great! So something unbelievable happened on this visit that was new. We bombarded them so much that they just kept bringing burgers, cheese steaks, and sides of fries out. Danny yells, “Just put em down, we’ll eat em!” It turned into $5 all you can eat. A pitcher of Bud Heavy is $6. Don’t order doubles here because their single cocktails only come with a splash of mixer. A Crown with a splash of Pepsi will run you $5.

John’s Side Car of the Week

Cinerators? Fireballs step brother I suppose. Not sure how this came about or how one gets chosen to participate, but either way $4 for a shot is pretty solid.

Overall

At the end of the day, I want to give a 6 beer rating because if Countryway doesn’t get a perfect rating, I feel we are chasing unicorns here. I guess I will keep looking for that unicorn.

Side Note: Coach Bombay said Brendan can’t play this weekend

Week 6 Reminder

If you’re playing in Week 6... and you haven’t paid John $42... do that now.

He prepaid the discounted rounds for us and I’m hearing many of you are slacking.

John... name names of who owes.

The Memorial - Spring 2019 Recap

Quick update, as I got too much going on today.

Lots of people bouncing around the top of the leader board yesterday, until Reid birdied 3 of 4 holes near the end to pull away from the field.

Tall Mike was able to birdie 16 to get solo 2nd. Everyone else ranged from "decent" to "awful."

Buchert had an eagle. Brendan had his first legal double-chip of his career. John has now bought a pitcher in every tournament this year.

The course was in Countryway shape... slow fuzzy greens... tight barren fairways in spots... thick wet bunkers. Perfect for this event.

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This week is Match Play, 10am at Bloomingdale. We are FULL at the moment, with Tall Mike as the first alternate if Brendan can't play with his injured wrist.

Because of this, I'm not going to officially make the pairings until later in the week when I know who's going to play.

Get your RSVPs updated sooner.

Also... a bunch of you had scorecard issues yesterday. Get it together. It's 4 scores per hole. Put the correct score next to the correct name. If you find you've gone 3+ holes without writing scores down... walk off the course and go home.

2019 Official Memorial Tournament Announcements

Hello DPT Memorial Participants.

We'll assume the rumors are true that people were SO upset with me abandoning the tee box announcements last Memorial Tournament that I've been reassigned to last group going out. Thanks in advance to Irish Dave "falling on the sword" and being ok with this. If only Tampa Bay Brewing Company brewed ciders I'd have a case for you in our cart come Sunday.

So last memorial tournament I announced the pairings on the blog "Ivor Robson Style" which received luke warm reviews and members suggested it would be way more entertaining if I abandon any form of golf etiquette and instead dish out some hate. So given the democratic state of this league the people have spoken. So I now present you with SUNday SUNDay SUNDAY's (Pre)Announcement of Pairings complete with some Gorechate: 

"Lads and Lassie, Welcome to the 2019 Semi-Annual Memorial Tournament!"

Starting Tee Position A we have:
Danny "I've broken 100 twice and this includes a 99 here at Countryway" MacLean
Brendan "Hold my newborn, I have a (now legal) double chip to take" Donoghue
Darren "Who has smokes, pills, and/or alcohol they can spare?" Broom
and Chandler "I'll accuse others of sandbagging so hopefully they won't notice my 2 stroke increase (18 percent) in just one months time" Brown

In Tee Position B we have:
Brian "My wife believes this is a men's only league" Buchert
Robert err Reideo "I arrive late and leave early cause I gotta beat the traffic" Reid
Casey "I moved North but my recent play is going South" Rease
and Robbie "Call me Gumby now with this new spine" Wilson

In Tee Position C we have:
Geoff "My entire wardrobe is Sell My Home Tampa shirts in size smedium" Leighly
Adam "Gasparilla is over when I say its over!" Lynch
Mike "Anyone wanna hear my shot by shot replay of my round? No? I'll tell you anyways" Hauch
and Chris "I'd rather streak naked than buy off-brand clothes on a clearance rack" Fazioli

Teeing off in Position D we have:
Gary "When can I start asking for the Handicap Flag for my cart cause of my poor vision?" Brown
Mike "I stand over my ball so long I play at the same pace as a foursome" Oostenbrink
Katie "Why haven't their been billboards put up yet announcing that I have a boyfriend?" Austin
And John "I've lost LB's but I've also lost my golf game" Webermeier

And in the Final Position E we have Dave "I went to India in search of enlightenment and am immediately tested with this pairing?!" Harrington
and finally Mike "All these jokes of others hopefully deflect from what my golf game really is" Gorecki


Well there you have have it. Looking forward to another successful tournament. Be sure to come see me for your "liquid courage" before your round commences! GorecHate Out!

Match Play Update - Feb 10th

My disdain for "winter rates" led me down a dark path for Week 5, booking Match Play at Bloomingdale Golfer's Club.

Tee time is 10am, with a $44 rate that includes range balls.

Bloomingdale is the 2nd most difficult course in league history, with a median of 8 strokes over net par. It's going to be a bloodbath. Should be fun.

We have 2 open spots, with 4 "maybes" on the RSVP sheet. First come, first served. Update your status, people.

The Memorial - Spring 2019 Preview

We return to the lush fairways of Countryway, which might all be underwater at this very moment. Eighteen holes of non-stop action and excitement. And the best grill in Westchase.

Everyone I've talked to thinks they're going to finish DFL on Sunday. Should be interesting.

Against my better judgement, I'm allowing Gorecki to bring TWO guests on Sunday. According to the standings, this puts Dave in his group, so it shouldn't be a problem. Dave will be back from India, completely enlightened and filled with more Zen than JW. Since Perillo is playing, who shot the worst round in league history, we're moving them back to the final group.

See everyone on Sunday!

DPT Open - Spring 2019 Recap

Yesterday the DPT Open was really the DPT British Open. Cold, windy, light rain for a brief moment. The scores reflected as we put up some massive numbers, especially on the back nine.

Brendan, who only showed up to keep his eligibility for the rest of the season (Rule 3.1), destroyed the field before smartly sandbagging the final three holes. He's now in the running for the Cup, and has to figure out how to play more events.

Gorecki has continued his stellar play, in relation to his astronomical handicap. While he imploded late in the round, he made one of the best pars I've ever seen on the final hole — while a handful of us stood around in the cold, drinking beers, jeering at him to blow up. But nope... he stuffed a short-sided chip to a few feet and made the putt... propelling him to #1 in the world for the first time ever. He could legitimately be a Rapture captain, breaking his streak of always being picked in the final two spots.

Danny also played well, until he mentally ejected for a couple of holes after making a birdie (net ace / albatross) on the 9th. His par on 17 was another net ace (eagle)... and he almost made the birdie for a net 0.

The scores on the back nine were terrible. Ten guys (62.5%) shot over 50. And the greens were great but seemingly faster than normal, with a handful running slow. I think it's an uphill/downhill thing... but as everyone was reminded yesterday, some of the greens break uphill out there. Many guys in the clubhouse sounded like they had a Little Peter experience:



The last group was super slow yesterday. Granted nobody else was behind us, but keep up with the group in front of you.

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We're off this week for Gasparilla. In two weeks we'll be at Countryway. We have room for one guest.

I'll post the time as soon as I can book the round, but I'll be shooting for 9ish since there's no range and the course is close by.

All the pitchers from yesterday were rolled over to Countyway... so you might want to take an Uber.

Boozer's Golf Review Vol. 12 - Southern Hills Plantation

One of the most difficult things we have to do here at the BGR is separate golf performance, conditions, and feelings for the courses themselves from our ratings. While one high ranking BGR official came away with a win, the other three were comfortably within pitcher territory. One in particular had an especially bad day around and on the greens, but set new records for cumulative club tossing distance while threatening individual club tossing distance records a few times (shout out to the great sand wedge toss of 2017 at Saddlebrook that went over one of the tall pine trees about 40 yards away).

All in all, six pitchers were owed at the end of the round, and none of them were purchased at the course. Our loyal BGR readers will recognize that Southern Hills lack of pitchers was a blessing for the 6 of us that had poor rounds with Countryway coming up in a few weeks and great pitcher pricing available there.

I was hoping we had written a previous review of Southern Hills Plantation as it has been our league's most played course by a decent margin. Alas, I have to write this and relive the pain of golf while describing the Booze conditions fairly. The things I do for love of Booze. Here we go.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning

I arrived early for this round with no booze other than the trusty bag bourbon I typically only break out in case of emergencies, which can range from a dry course to several duffs. Fortunately for me, I was able to fill my cart cooler in the lounge before the round on a Sunday morning. With six Buds in the chamber, I was ready for some golf shooting.

On-course service

The cart girl showed up at the 7th green for us, just as I was cracking open the 5th beer in the cart cooler. Great timing for a well stocked pre-round cooler, but not good if you'd started shanking the ball on 3 and needed to get those nerves in working order. It wasn't a busy morning, and cart girl timing is pretty random. She did recognize the BGR's proclivity for Budweisers and noted that she was only able to get her hands on a few of them and that the club house was low. A poorly stocked clubhouse isn't the fault of the cart girl. Overall, I appreciated the on-course service. Bonus points for braving the elements with her slight physique.

Cart coolers are always a boost for ratings in the BGR system, and the coolers at Southern Hills did not disappoint. They worked very well with the 12 oz cans and fitting more than 6 was no issue when the reload happened and we still had the 6th left in there. The BGR is nothing if not environmentally conscientious, and limiting golf course's reliance on single-use plastic bags as coolers is a crusade we will lead until every course encourages bringing your own cooler or provides real ones.

Thrifty Boozing

No carts in the parking lot, but depending on who's working where, you can probably sneak down there and grab a cooler from your car. You might even be able to subtly drop it with your bag if you really want to. I'm sure some of our thriftier golfers did just those such things, but as mentioned before, this Boozer only brought the emergency bag bourbon.

Prices weren't too steep and they had one of the finest 6-pack specials: buy 5 get one free. Domestics and craft beers were the same price, so if you were of a mind to accomplish a greater Boozing Enhancement at a faster pace, the IPAs would be a great deal for you. Speaking of the IPAs, they had a nice local selection including Brew Bus's Last Stop IPA. The cold weather pairs perfectly with that flavor for those that aren't driving.

The Clubhouse

There are a couple places to hang out before and after the round at the Plantation. The lounge is on the lower level and has an outside patio area that looks out at the leaderboard and driving range. It's much more casual than the dining room upstairs and a nice spot for post round food or booze. The dining room also has a patio that looks out over the 18th green. No hats allowed upstairs, and it's a bit stuffier. Still, both are well appointed and comfortable. Breakfast sandwiches come highly recommended for a good base for a Boozing round.

Our group enjoyed the lounge area, due to our balding members preference to keep their heads covered, most likely. The lack of pitcher availability was a disappointment to about half of the league, while the other half rejoiced. We've allowed pitchers to be credited by buying 4 beers in the past, but that diminishes the fun and utility of buying a pitcher. Also, it needs to be noted that gratuity is included in all pricing, which wasn't made clear in purchases at the lounge or in the cart. I don't mind tipping extra, but I'd like to know that before leaving the tip and not find out the next day.

Of note, I'm writing this section based on stories told to me by my fellow BGR leaders and past experiences. Camaraderie is a big part of the Boozer's round, and skipping out on post-round beers isn't looked upon favorably. I'd like to publicly admit that I did indeed run off right after the round to fulfill family obligations. This was in the interest of my continued presence in the league and to ensure future post-round drinking time and is in no way indicative of a change of heart regarding my enjoyment of hanging out with friends after a round of golf. Sundays have provided a unique challenge in scheduling recently and I am working through that as best I can. Thanks for your continued support.

Shot of the week

This week's shot came courtesy of Gorecki. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is the favorite cereal of a large part of Gen X/Millenial childhoods. Gorecki has recently discovered that it's also a shot. Clearly Gorecki hasn't frequented bars in the last 5 to 7 years, which is surprising because he's building a bar called Gen X Tavern (which I look forward to checking out when it opens) in downtown Tampa. Regardless, Cinnamon Toast Crunch became our shot of the week post-round in the lounge and it was enjoyed by all. As the $8 shot special, it only showed up on Gorecki's tab as $6.50. Maybe the $8 was the gratuity included? Regardless, the pricing is in line with what you'll find at our local bars so no complaints from the BGR crew.

Overall

With solid on-course service, early booze availability, a comfortable lounge, and decent pricing, Southern Hills was on the way to a 5 or maybe even 6 Cold Beer Rating. Then they ran out of Budweisers, didn't carry pitchers, and some of us felt a little scammed by the lack of gratuity honesty. Therefore, we deem Southern Hills Plantation deserves a 4 Cold Beer Rating out of 6. A couple of tweaks might be able to bump that up next time we're out there, though.

DPT Open - Spring 2019 Preview

We're headed back to Southern Hills. 9am tee time. $54ish greens fees.

We had another member bail, so we shuffled the Group of Death to the back of the pack.

A couple of you are having "problems" (ie: user error) with the registration form. But 18 of us are not. So after you change an RSVP... double check that it immediately happened on the blog. If it didn't, please text me so I can look into why.

But all of this is moot since we're probably going to get rained out. This time of year, storms are very predictable from about 4 days out... and it's not looking good. Same thing happened to us in December with our league scramble event.

Our only hope is that the front moves through early... we can clearly see it'll pass before 9am... and then we play on a wet course with 20 mph winds as the temperature drastically drops. We would 100% do this if possible. Bad elements can be fun, after the fact.

As always, the Board members in attendance will discuss in the morning (probably around 6:30am) and make the call. You'll then get texts with our decision.

If we do get rained out, the Major will be placed in the first open make-up week on February 17th.

Alright... stay tuned and hopefully we get out on the course.

Boozer's Golf Review Vol. 11 - Temple Terrace

Apologies for the late post, but even the best boozers among us need to take naps (some may call it going to bed) after a weekend involving 2 rounds of pretty serious booze golf. As our dear leader has already pointed out, the second of those rounds, Temple Terrace, was not my finest showing. Enough of me feeling sorry for myself, let's instead take a moment to step back and celebrate the fact that the BGR has held itself together long enough for our first ever second review of a course. 

You can't drink all day if you start in the morning

True to form Temple Terrace has still, somehow, remained a private club and will allow you to purchase booze at your earliest convenience. While taking a moment to fill up with water, I was asked by the cart girl in the clubhouse if there was any particular beer she should make sure to stock. I looked at her blankly, apparently she was not aware that the BGR has a clear preference, and after regaining my composure simply responded with Budweiser. We had no need to stock the carts at tee time as one of the fine guests joining DPT for the week brought a 12 pack to kick start the round.

On course service

I was proud to see that our foursome was all boozing and happily ordered a sixer of Bud heavy on the cart girls second pass. The service and mode of transportation was much improved over last year's incognito beverage flatbed, but sadly the request from the clubhouse seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. I walked away with 5 Buds and 1 Coors Light. I have never been known for my tact, but politely requested she stock up for the next pass. Sadly though there were no more red bow ties seen on the links that day.

Thrifty boozing

I'm sure Chandler can link the last TTCC review to this post allowing you to review the very reasonable prices this course has to offer. We had another 5 pitchers purchased this week. If $8.95 for domestics held (I forgot to look), then this was the cheapest really crappy golf week yet. 

This league can get through some pitchers

I will go ahead and give a shout out to Gorecki for his very smooth thrifty boozer move of the week. While he may have his short comings he does know how to score some free booze. Previous examples include hitting up his connections at Tampa Bay Brewing Company and swiping a bottle of Triple Sec from the drink tent at Bay Hill a couple of years ago. On this particular afternoon he simply floated the idea of doing another shot review, and I happily obliged by ordering two of that new liquor the kids really like, Fireball. He knows his boozers, but at $6 per shot I will suggest that Temple Terrace might get knocked down a notch as this seems expensive to my eye.

The Clubhouse

All good boozers know that the key to successful boozing is having a good base of food in your stomach before, during and after a booze session. Temple Terrace's Cajun Chicken Sandwich will provide you all the bread and sweet potato fries a growing boozer needs, but if you are counting on some protein to help offset the negative affects of our favorite pastime, then you will be left sadly hungover.

Is that a Cajun Pigeon Sandwich

Overall

Last year Temple Terrace scored a 3.5 out of 5. After this there was some discussion among the BGR board of sticking to only full beer ratings (clearly we don't leave wounded soldiers on the battlefield). I will go ahead and follow this rule and knock the rating down to 3 out of a possible 6. The first rule of customer service is to always under promise and over deliver. It is generally frowned upon for a course not to have a well stocked Bud heavy supply, but the fast one that was pulled on me is practically heresy. 

I'm not sure I'm allowed to remove the stock photo caption.

Skins Game - 2019 Recap

Great weather, excellent greens, very decent conditions, and Temple Terrace might have read my previous blog post and trimmed back a bunch of trees (although not enough). How in the world did everyone play so poorly today?

It wasn't the worst massacre in league history. That would probably belong to Bloomingdale in the Summer of 2012. But everyone ejected early, and often, on a course that continues to prove "short" isn't "easy."

Huge win for Danny, who had a rough entry into our league. Yeah, he recorded three 10s on par 5s... but 4 pars and 4 bogeys are stellar for a man of his handicap. Hopefully he can keep up the good play next week at a more open layout. It's always nice to get that first win out of the way early, kinda like JW did in his 4th event.

Chandler hit the ball terribly all day, but still found himself with a 2 foot (maybe less) putt to tie for the victory on 18. He yipped it so bad it didn't touch the hole. Some people just don't want it badly enough.

Reid shot a back-nine 39 to charge up the leader board and finish T3. A rare bright spot on our event scorecard littered with trash.

Buchert, who also finished 3rd, said after his round that he didn't deserve any points. I believe it, as he was even par on his best nine holes, and +16 on the others.

All across the board we had some monster numbers. Danny shot the same gross scores as John, who finished DFL. Five pitchers were purchased. Katie won our last event at Temple Terrace with a -6 net score, and shot 19 strokes worse today.

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The new Skins format was a success. Seemed like everyone enjoyed it, making the game a bit more personal. Everyone technically won some money today, with 3 being the lowest amount of skins won. Robbie won the most with 11 skins. Someone look at the card and make sure I calculated everything correctly.

Much to everyone's chagrin, I've currently given ClubCredit for all Skins dollars earned. That can be seen on the Club Dues page, and basically means you owe less money in the Spring. If you really insist on getting your $9-$33 paid through PayPal... let me know and I might entertain the idea.

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Southern Hills is this week, and they have to get us out at 9am due to other events.  Don't be late. We're going out in order of standings. Greens fee should be $54ish. We also have exactly 16 people so I'll probably have the 5th tee time cancelled.

Our 2nd Major on February 24 is officially at Grasslands in Lakeland. Big John was nice enough to pre-buy all our rounds, allowing us to get a discounted rate of $42. If you're attending that week, pay him ASAP. Do not bring $42 cash the day of.

See you next week!