I write this on a relatively cool Thursday morning...in a week in which we had a humidex in the mid 40's, some heavy thunder showers, and lots of heat. So it was not surpising to have incredibly windy conditions for Mens' Night. How windy was it you ask? Well there were hats flying off heads around the golf course for starters. It was an all around blustery, breezy, blowy, turbulent evening. It was so windy a squirrel that was nesting in Milt's hair jumped off on the fifth hole and landed in Ipswich. It was so windy that it reminded Charlie McNabb and Dave Gill of when they had to walk to school uphill both ways. Ron Susinki's hair piece blew off on the tee box and it took his group five minutes to find it. It was so windy that people on the corner of Portage and Main were calling to ask for advice. People were hitting driver for their second shot on three and coming up short. On seven, there were eight and nine iron second shots flying the greens. Jason Gorrell actually had to aim backwards on a couple of holes to work his slice back to the fairway. The lake by number eight claimed more balls than a pool table with a roll to one corner.
In other Mens' Night news, Neuf had two triples on the seventh hole. He hit three balls into the trees half way up the hole...the first being his tee shot and the next two being the two subsequent attempts to get back into play. Of course, this all let to his second triple, the requisite Mens' Night triple bogey. Robin Kimpinski had a round which featured an amazing five birdies but resulted in a score of even par.
There were lots of new guys including visitors from BC and Alberta as well as several members from the local RCMP detachment. One of those members followed a fine round of golf with a poor game of Texas Hold' Em. I am assuming he was distracted by the pretty waitress.
My roving field reporter asked me to note the ongoing slow play and intoxication of a certain player, but I refuse to make this blog a place for muck-racking...so that large Icelandic guy shall remain nameless.
Speaking of Icelanders, Wes Arnfinson was closest to the pin for the second week in a row, this time hitting it to twelve feet on nine. He then three-putted for bogey. Terry Susinski stuck one tight on #5. Two of the skins were won by John Gill and Wayne Chegwin ($20 on #1) and Bob Gingras and Aaron Short ($20 on #2). Blake Hunter and Ron Anderson had the big payday of the evening with a skin on #4 that earned them $122. Blake excitedly spent the next ten minutes telling everyone it was his first skin of the year. Then when he went to cash his check he noticed that Mr. Anderson had departed. He was heard uttering a few obscenities as the check was pinned to the bulletin board for next week. The $57 deuce pot was shared by Robin Kimpinski and Brad Swereda.
Given that I have your attention, I should clarify something that happened at the end of the evening. When Scott Maynes was leaving I yelled for him not to forget the dress. For the record, the dress in question was one that was being delivered from my wife to Scott's. I was not referencing Scott's poor hitting or his affinity for wearing women's clothing. We all know Scott is a masterful ball striker. Also, how he chooses to dress in the privacy of his own home is his business.
Well, that's it for now. I am taking a trip to Wasagaming with Blake for a round at Clear Lake. This is the first time he has golfed there since he was fourteen years old. I will need to keep reinforcing how slow the greens are as we drive up this morning.
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