Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Plagues of Mens' Night


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I need to reread the Book of Exodus. I think Mens’ Night is in the midst of those plagues that the Bible references.

A few weeks ago we had that intense storm that brought us darkness. We haven’t had water turn to blood yet…but routinely the men on Wednesday have their blood get very watery. I have also seen frogs around the pond on #7 and I am pretty sure Neuf has a boil on his neck. Earlier in the week I saw Dan Stokes scratch his head a lot while putting in Shilo. This could easily be the beginning of the plague of lice.


Last night we had what seemed to be a plague of insects. It would be no exaggeration to state that the bugs were as bad as we have ever seen them. There were the regular mosquitos combined with swarms of repellant resistant gnats or black flies. I saw people mishit shots because of the onslaught of insects. You could not putt without have bugs fill your ears and nose or bounce between your eyes and glasses. You know the bugs are bad when there are three discussion groups on the main page of eBrandon dedicated to them.


Given their steadfast resilience, the Mens’ Night participants soldiered on and completed their rounds before hurrying back to the Club House. It was interesting to listen to the conversations and hear many more references to bugs than to golf shots.


Thirty two golfers battled the elements with skins going on five holes. Winners included Ron Susinski / Jamie McCutchin ($20 on #1), Neuf / Jason Hunter ($20 on #3), Rob Anderson / Stephen David ($33 on #4), Ken Ostash / Robin Kimpinski ($33 on #6), and Joel Ostash / Luke Funk ($51.50 on #7). With a couple of first time winners we now have 37 golfers who have taken home cash this year.


Closest to the pins were Cubby on #5 and Ryan Merasty on #9. Neither they nor anyone else scored a two. As a consequence, we will likely see a deuce pot next week of around $150.


A reminder that the Ringer Board runs until August 20th so you have five more nights to lock in your scores.


That’s it for this week. Hopefully we will see most of you at the Horse Race on Saturday.

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