Opening Day and Other News

18 Pot Gamers showed up Saturday for Opening Day to play on the lumpy frozen south course.  What was suppose to be an 8am tee off became a painful waiting game of watching the white frost turn into globs of freezing cold dew.

Group #1 Bear, Tractorman and Hilow aka the "Secret Weapon" teed it up at almost 10am.  Group #2 Andy Mac, TJ and Rama followed right behind shivering all the way. Group #3 BB, Skrocki and  a one legged Billy D were out of front nine by the 4th hole.  Group #4 DMac, Dickie Mac and Jerry Maguire got off to a fast start only to derail on the 8th hole.  Group #5 Sandy, Chimney and CFC cruised along at a 1 over every hole pace. Bringing up the rear Group #6 lead by the retired Mad Dog, the retired Fireman and the part time school aide Birdie quietly (because no one could see them they were so far behind) slipped in with a cool +5 to take the front.

The back nine was a comeback for Group #1 and #3 as they tied with +3.  With most teams feeling the aches and pains that go with the first time out saw their scores soar on the back.  Which meant that Group #3 sneaked in by one shot over Group #1 for the overall.

Only two Pot Gamers could break 80..Mad Dog 78 and Sandy 79.

There were 5 skins worth $18 a piece.  Chimney, CFC, Dickie Mac, Bear and Sandy.

For those of you who keep tract of the Dollar-A-Hole matches of the Bear here they are:

YTD Mad Dog + $3
YTD Sandy +4
YTD Andy Mac -$1

The first casualty of the year was Billy D who managed to wreck his heel and could barely walk.  Mad Dog is pain free so far (because he won money).  Commish was a "no show" weather related.


Sunday only 16 players showed.  With no frost they were able to tee off on time at 8am.  Group #1 Captain Otis, BB, Fireman and CFC thought they were running away with the front after a -1 (three best balls) on the first hole, only to implode into double digits by the 9th hole.  Group #2 Captain Luke, Andy Mac, Chimney and Jerry Maguire knew they were toast by the 7th hole as they hit double digits.  Group #3 Captain Sandy, Bear, Skrocki and Rama looked good only on the card not on the course, they were all cashed in by the 6th hole.  Group #4 Captain Mad Dog, Molasses Boy, TJ and the Secret Weapon they thought they were playing two best balls as they cruised in with only +5.  Really need to start drug testing.

The back nine was only good for one team #2 who also shot +5.  Group #4 although they crashed and burned out back for +11 it was still good for overall (bastards).

Again only two Pot Gamers broke 80 and they happen to play on the same team (isn't that special) Mad Dog 79 and Molasses Boy 79

There were 4 skins Bear, Mad Dog, CFC and Otis worth $20 a piece.

D-A-H against Bear

Mad Dog $ +1  YTD $+4
Andy Mac $-2  YTD  $-3

Skoog was missing again either the contract that Joey M took out on him last year has finally been cashed in or his wife has him doing house work.  You guessed it Commish was missing again.  Billy D was icing his foot and drinking cold beers at home.  Bear's knee after walking for two days straight looks like a beach ball so he could be on IR.  Tractorman stayed away so he wouldn't have to play South two days in a row.  Otis needs to work on his handicap or else he will be a Captain all summer long.

Most Pot Gamers are shooting in the 80s with a few each day slipping into the 90s with the cold March weather.   North course opened this week we will be playing all 36 this weekend.

Happy Easter

Earliest Ever..

This Saturday will mark the earliest Pot Game ever March 12th..record was March 17th.  The Big House is licking their chops over all that dues money that will be flowing in a month early.

Billy D has been recruiting players to make opening day a success.  After skiing on ice and rocks all winter he has finally decided to concentrate on his golf game.  Although how much can he do when his little fade gives him the most consistent scores of any Pot Gamer already.  He even has his own par of 82.

Mad Dog with the mild winter played the 8th hole 231 times since closing.  He made 31double bogies, 85 bogies, 93 pars and 22 birdies.  No recorded hole-in-one.  He has lots of free time on his hands since he has retired from the grind of watering plants, washing carts and counting cash in the pro shop cash box.  So far he is pain free but the first ailment will show up when he shoots a round in the 80s and loses dollars to Bear

One Pot Gamer who won't be showing up is the one who's name rhymes with Fudge.  He has become the head pro at KCC.  He got the job after the beloved Charlie Kamal was ousted in a coup d'etat led by Fudge's friend on the BOD (rhymes with Leo).  Fudge did have to change his name to Kamal and be adopted by Dottie to keep the legacy in tact.

Fireman installed a chipping green in his garage this winter because he no longer has access to the one in the Firehouse.  He hopes to rack up thousands of mythical dollars this summer against the Bear.  Time will tell if his stroke grooved on fake plastic grass with hold up on the lumpy fringes of Bretwood.

Birdie hasn't had time to think about golf this winter, as he been "Feeling The Bern".  After being trained in the secret Bernie headquarters in Burlington VT, he has traveled with the campaign as a volunteer strategist.  He got the job after he explained that he had infiltrated a right wing group in Keene NH called the Pot Gamers and he had first hand knowledge as to how their minds work.

Commish & Yogi

Former Commish up to his knees in Donkey shit will only be making token appearances this summer as the number of abused animals at his farm has quadrupled in the last few years.  He does have a new baby in his family "Yogi" a golden lab pup.

Joey M has been spooked all winter long with the same bad dream.  His dream starts with the ghost of Deacon sitting on the edge of his bed.  The ghost then starts getting red and starts yelling at him for allowing the Durling Invitational to end in a tie.  But it really starts haunting him when it yells and wags its finger at Joey that he allowed a "Little Liberal" to be a captain.  That startles Joey out of bed every time in a cold sweat.  So he heads to the refrigerator, cracks a beer, hands it over  the ghost and promises to never to do again.

Tractorman will not be showing up for opening day because it will be played on the South course.  His blood pressure goes up 30 points every time he plays there.  He will wait until Sunday when he hopes "his" North course will open up.

CFC after he emptied all his envelopes of the Hole-In-One pool cash and gave it to his Mommy, she did give him back $100 to use for spending money.  But he wanted to save it so he placed it in his Tiger Woods piggy bank, which in his room sits next to his Tiger Woods clock and Tiger Woods fathead on his wall.

CFC Grabbing The Cash

Molasses Boy bought more new clubs this winter hoping for more distance so he can keep up with Billy D.  He even asked for private lessons from Mad Dog to learn "the flick".  We will see on Saturday if it has worked or not.

Jerry Maguire will be looking for a new libation on the deck this summer as he has dropped out of the "rainbow coalition" for good.  It won't be the Maple Bourbon he broke out last November during a round because his blood sugar was off the charts at his physical  and he gained 20 lbs in a few weeks.

If you miss these characters and all the other Pot Gamers head over to Bretwood this Saturday for a 8am tee off.  Remember call in to the Chuckster before 7:45 or you will be playing alone.