Take It To The Bank

The Gazette has looked into its crystal golf ball and have the following bold predictions for 2015

Birdie will sell his house, move into an apartment next to Billy D and gain 20 yards on his drives with new "Power Move ".

Ginger

Pudge will get a job outside of Keene but still stay in golf business.  Romance continues strong with Ginger..

Commish misses first month of Pot Games with a broken foot after a new orphaned donkey steps on him at the Donna Daryl Ranch .

Skooger attends Popcorn Anonymous to try to kick his two bowls of popcorn a day habit. 

TJ hires a hypnotist to cure his swing woes which results in his duck hooks coming back making him a happy boy.

Joey M creates his own secret hand shake as he takes over the Invitational with a very limited field of players.

Chuckster invents remote control app for golf carts so he can sit in Pro Shop and move fleet from storage to tarmac while he plays cribbage with Ellis.

Mad Dog retires in April, changes his mind in May, waters flowers for month of June,  plays with grandsons in July, loses cash to Bear in August, orders new clubs in Sept, retires in Oct.

CFC switches to playing right handed and out drives Jerry Maquire which makes Jerry stop drinking girly "Rita" drinks on the deck.

NNN goes the way of Tiger and gets the "Yips" which puts him in the running for an actual nickname "Yippy".

Tractorman after going to his time share down south in spring to practice, wins the first 5 Pots of the season and collects the Hole-In-One pool money for his shot on 13 North one hopping into the hole hitting a wedge.

Fireman bought a new truck with his hefty Assistant Chief salary.  It is black and gold stripes.  He thinks it looks like a Steelers uniform everybody else think it looks like a giant bubble bee.

BB gets schooled by "Little BB" all summer long,  so he then starting setting up matches against "little little BB".  Didn't seem to bother him when "little little" had to hand over his new golf balls to him.

Molasses Boy after bragging his speed of play had improved was given a challenge by Commish to prove it.  He set up a match between the semi retired Sr Pro and Molasses Boy.  Each could play at their own pace with the first finisher getting to deduct 1 stroke for every 5 minutes ahead.  Molasses Boy shot 78 to Sr Pro's 82 but Sr Pro finished 25 minutes ahead which gave him an adjusted score of 77 and the win.

Sandy wins the Club Championship again.  For two magical weekends all his putts roll in and towering drives hit the fairways.  Rest of the summer he loses Dollar A Hole matches to Bear.

House was denied again from playing the white tees which put him in deep depression which led him to shoot three consecutive rounds in the 90s which forced the Commish to ban him from the Pot game for the rest of the season.

Vinnie set record sales commissions for his company when Andy Mac his protege picked up 20 new accounts in Northern New England.  But neither one played much golf.

Blue Tees after continuing his weight loss and strength training decides to play from blue tees all season long.  His scores didn't change nor did the melt downs.

Billy D hit his head skiing. Although he looked the same he wasn't acting the same.  He started quoting all things Obama, siding with Birdie when political arguments broke out on the deck and gave up Bud Lights for wine.

Jay Esch adopts side saddle putting stroke wintering in Florida.  It serves him well as he takes home chunks of the Pot all summer long.

Chimney turns over his ladders and brushes to his son and concentrates on his first loves golf and gambling.  He plays in all the week day Pot Games and becomes Week Day Commish.

Dicky Mac laid enough carpet during off season to allow him to play the most golf of his career.  He worked his handicap low enough so he was a Captain most of the summer.  But he still didn't like his teams.

Otis read a book over the winter called "Length Is Over Rated".  He bought it because he thought it was about a different subject other than golf.  But he did put the theories in the book to good use winning lots of Pot money, although it did look weird to see him tee off on the par 5s with a 7 iron.

Skrocki used his fruit picking skills to land a winter job in Colorado hand pruning Marijuana plants.  He made enough money to buy himself new clubs and a few dozen almost new golf balls.

Brett started training his daughter to hit the ball hard the minute she could walk so whether it will be golf or softball she is assured of a full scholarship.

Dr Dave spent most of the winter in warm Florida working on his game.  But a visit to see The Villages ruined his season when he hurt his shoulder.  He tumbled out of a former absent minded Pot Gamer's golf cart when they ran over a gator. 

Dougie ran his fifth Annual Vt Road Trip Invitational.  He of course won as usual, although he claimed it had nothing to do with having Mad Dog, NNN and Mini on his team.

Rama hired a Labor Attorney to negotiate his new employment contract with the Big House.  By the permanent smile on his face and the fact he played in every Pot Game, I would say it was worth it.