On our final Mens’ Night on September 25th, skins went on seven of nine holes. Appropriately, it was an evening during which the wealth was shared, with fourteen golfers cashing in. Winners included Wes / Jamie ($20 on #1), Dale Watson / Neuf ($20 on #2), Chris / Bob Moffatt ($35 on #4), Charlie / Butch ($45 on #5), Hubey / Blake ($53.50 on #7), Sport / Stephen (420 on #8), and John Gill / Mikey ($20 on #9). Charlie and Sport were closest to the pins (on #5 and 9 respectively). The deuce pot went unclaimed.
So…Mens’ Night is over and, barring an unforeseen change in
the weather, the golf season is likely done as well. Remarkably, I am okay with
this. We had a great year for golf with twenty-five Wednesday evenings of
golfing, steak eating, and card playing. Not bad by most estimates.
Like a lot of good things, it is good to finish while you
are on top. The weather last Wednesday wasn’t bad…whereas the weather this week
was winter-like. We had 25 golfers on our final night. This past Wednesday we
couldn’t get a half dozen for cards. Last week, I felt young and healthy. This
week, I am slightly hobbled by a mild back injury…caused of course by cool
weather golf.
So instead of complaining, I will be grateful for the season
that we had in 2012. Instead of rushing to the golf course for one more round,
I will sit home and convalesce a bit while watching the start of the baseball
playoffs. Of course, I am hopeful that I will be able to swing a club next
weekend if suddenly it gets back to double digit temperatures.
That’s it for this year for Mens’ Night. Thanks to Butch and
his crew for serving us well this summer. Thanks also to Wes, Blake, Jason
Hunter, Scott Maynes, Luke Funk and everyone else who helped keep things
running smoothly since April 25th. Thanks to all the golfers who came out for
one night or several.
I expect that I will see you all at Benny’s some time in the
future. Mentioning that makes me wonder if Mens’ Night might continue in some
capacity at this new establishment. It has a liquor license, comfortable
seating, and flat screen televisions with sports programming. Instead of golf we
could play pool. Instead of cooking our own steak we could have someone cook
pizza for us. We could probably even set it up so Butch still offered free
rides home at the end of the night. The only thing that would be different
would be when Brad loses early in poker, he will not be able to go home right
away on his golf cart. He would have to stay until closing time.
