LAST THURSDAY was WEEK 16 & therefore advertised as the final week of the season – was WASHED OUT. RAINED OUT. STORMED OUT. in somewhat dramatic fashion. SNAPPER traveling this week as each week from home in Kalamazoo 2 hours one way was unfortunate to endure both of the storms traversing our state and causing 1st SEVERE THUDERSTORM WARNING then TORNADO WARNING. Storm avoidance was impossible for storm # 1 which struck his path approximately Lansing as it happened all at once resulting in buckets of water and blowing reducing visibility on the freeway to 8-10 ft which meant accelerating above 35 mph without 4 way flashers or below that speed down to zero and thereby risking immediate asspack were equally impossible. Then relaxing before league with the typical pre-league round starting in the modest sunshine resulted within 5 holes in – cellphone ALARMS and SIRENS announcing a tornado warning and instruction to seek immediate cover in the lowest most secure area blah blah blah.
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We were then located in the trapezium/quadrilateral in the above storm pic. Well from where your intrepid golfers were then located on the golf course the nearest such place offering a modicum of safety was a cart ride around 3 corners up multiple cart paths and short cut walking trails where we found ourselves on the boat dock on the edge of Walden Lake at the cart barn which we drove into seeking safety. What we found instead was a structure similar to that built by little pig #2 in the nursery rhyme story as protection from the BIG BAD WOLF. Looking to my right I noticed the only real protection was not having to see the blowing. Instead there were walls of ¼ in plywood tacked occasionally to 1 x 2 furring strips constructed on 5 foot centers. To my left? multiple golf carts clogging any reasonable egress.
It then occurred to me. He Knew. DABLADE knew it would happen. That is why he skipped this important season ending position round feigning a sore back. He and I shared a very superstitious mother whose premonitions were almost willed to happen she believed so hard. DABLADE must have intercepted such a premonition from her . BUT ALAS, all survived… The storm passed… the golf course wasclosed… a round or 2 of alcohol was had by all who attended and the inevitable final position round was simply postponed for 1 week …I hope to see you then DABLADE.
Blade’s Slice
Hmmm… the lower left corner of the above weather map shows the warning expired at 3:45PM, more than an hour before our scheduled first tee? Is there an AOTD vote somewhere in here?…
As I got to the end of Snapper’s writeup (“DABLADE knew it would happen!!”) All I could think of was the 1982 horror movie Poltergeist. Remember the famous line from Steve Freeling (Craig T Nelson) as he shouted in that neighborhood developer’s face, “You knew, didn’t ya?… You son of a bitch! You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn’t you? You son of a bitch, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! You only moved the headstones! Why? Why?”
No, I had no spectral visitations and I did not know a storm was coming. I swear, I threw my back out! Before Dave Furey objects by reminding me he played with a bad back the week before, I would counter that he shot a ’45’. That’s 25% MORE STROKES than his score of ’34’ from the week before. That’s almost 25% MORE. When applying that factor against my ’61’ from the prior week, that would result in a round of ’76’ (which is impossible with our ’72’ max due to the “Double par plus one” mandate). But enough math.
And now its time for this week’s picture quiz, Snappers League OR Poltergeist?
Picture 1: A) Diane Freeling (JoBeth Williams) slips into the pool during the storm while looking for Carol Anne, OR B) A beer babe slips into the Lake Walden cauldron during the storm looking for the beverage cart?
Picture 2: A) Little Stevie Freeling stares in horror at the spooky-ass tree from safety of his bedroom during an inter-dimensional disturbance OR B) Little Timmy Kachelski watches tornadic activity from the safety of the dockside cart barn.
Picture 3: A) The girls are shocked to see the kitchen chairs have been neatly stacked by a Poltergeist, OR B) The Majestic staff is shocked to see that the Snapper League cleaned up after themselves before departing the beer deck.
In another scene, the wacky and diminutive medium named Tangina ties a rope around her waist before plunging into the dark and mysterious spirit world in search of Carol Anne. I could really use that talent before plunging into the dark Majestic forest in search of my golf ball. At the very least, I will be tying off from here on!
DaBlade (looking for his lost golf balls): “Cross over, children. All are welcome. All welcome. Go into the light. There is peace and serenity in the light.”
Birdies: JWOLF got 2…..CMO got 1 ….SHANG got 1…WAY TO GO GUYS
5-HOLE: SHANG’S BIRDIE WAS ON THIS HOLE!
TEAM SKIN: carry over..we will break the pot this week
LOW ACTUAL:NICE “38” WOLF actual and “32” net SNAPPER
OK HERE WE GO FINAL POSITION ROUND TONIGHT FINISHES THE 2026 SEASON…UNLESS we wanna finish with a scramble dinner and awards?
I have booked tee times and dinner tentatively to RETURN TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED:
TYRONE HILLS GOLF CLUB if you want…here it is:
$125 BUY-IN covers 18 holes/ea …dog at turn..dinner and INCLUDES $25 greenie and skins $$
AS USUAL 1st Sunday after Labor Day, this year SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 @ 10 am
TELL ME ASAP if you are coming so we can get enough guys for foursomes. WOLF and JWOLF cannot attend so subs MIKE WALKER? GRANT STAHLEY? GLENN SIMMINGTON? ART KARDITZ? We can do 16 0r 20 whatever works out. TELL ME NOW IN OR OUT?
Blade’s Slice
Pop Quiz
The Snappers moved to the Majestic in 2005, which was the golf course’s ___ year. a) first year of operation. b) claim to fame. c) semiquincentennial anniversary! d) 12th year of operation
In 2017 ______ was awarded Golf Course of the Year by the Michigan Golf Course Association. a) Ye Nyne Olde Holles in Charlevoix County b) The Wawashkamo Golf Club on Mackinac Island c) A-Ga-Ming at Torch Lake d) The Majestic at Lake Walden in Hartland
The course was designed by _____, who has designed over 100 golf courses, most of them right here in Michigan. a) Chris Matthews b) Dave Matthews c) Clay Matthews d) Jerry Matthews
The Majestic is supported by 15 dedicated _____. a) Beer Babes b) pontoon boat captains c) Somali Learing Centers d) shareholders
We have 110 Yamaha quiet-tech _____. a) Roombas b) Samurais c) Rickshaws d) gasoline carts
Majestic has ________ that takes golfers to and from the 10th tee. a) a chairlift b) a suspension bridge c) the Jolly Mon’s magical dolphin d) a 24-foot Tri Toon Pontoon boat
Lake Walden is 150 acres and the course is 333 acres spread over 150 feet of _____. a) nutella b) lost Rams c) Blade’s tears d) elevation change.
It is approximately 8.3 miles around 1-18 and 4 miles around holes 19-27. a) which is 21,648 total yards. b) but only a total of 142 yards from the gold tees. c) but triple that “as the Blade flys”. d) all are true (ish)
The _____ is 4,000 square feet and can seat 180 people. a) bathroom stall b) pontoon c) last hole gallery d) clubhouse
We have over 75 team members working behind the scenes to give everyone a great experience. *This is obviously true, and the Snappers League would like to thank each and every one of you…
The answer key (below) is a sign on the wall directly eye level when standing at one of the bathroom urinals (except for Timmy, who has to stare at the urinal cake). Did you get them all correct?
And the sign said “Long-haired freaky people Need not apply” Speaking of signs, the Snapper league has a long history (and sometimes conflicts) with signage.
There were times when THERE WAS A SIGN, but it was ignored (or misinterpretted). I’m guessing this was one of those times?
OR how about this one (that led to an AOTD win)
6/1/2000 Bill Cape was runner-up when, upon arriving to the course, pulled his vehicle into a parking spot clearly marked by a “Reserved for Golf Professional” sign. Bill’s defense was that he felt the sign was “kind of vague” since it didn’t actually name a particular golf professional. Even his own partner, Dave Lawless, wasn’t buying it when he rhetorically asked “what was your score again tonight Bill?”
*Sometimes blatant anarchy!
And sometimes an honest attempt at compliance! The LETTER of the law conveyed by this sign states “CARTS ARE TO BE DRIVEN IN ROUGH EXCEPT WHEN CROSSING.”
So when Rick Bailey and partner Mike Kennedy were spotted driving in the landscaping by this sign, were they following the SPIRIT of the law?
Speaking of following the spirit of the sign…
PHANTOM SIGNS? Those times when there really wasn’t a sign (but should have been one?) ASSHOLE OF THE DAY, June 16, 2011: Dishonorable Mentions: Bill Cape, for driving the passenger tires of his golf cart erratically over large landscape rocks which were placed precariously beside the paved cart path near the worker’s booth just outside of the clubhouse prior to the round. When “John” the shuttle driver objected, Bill feigned a back and neck injury, boisterously complaining the fact that there were no warning signs of “ROCKS NEXT TO CART PATH AHEAD”. “Why are there no arrows or reflectors clearly marking this hazard?,” inquired Bill. Darren answered this question with his own, “Don’t the large rocks mark themselves?” To which Bill retorted, “Obviously the safety of the customers are not a top priority,” as he rubbed the back of his neck and dangling the prospects of a class action as bait in a feeble attempt to get Nakes to take the case. “Besides, I was distracted by my partner Dave’s yelling,” to which Jamie responded, “Yeah, he was yelling ‘WATCH OUT FOR THE ROCKS'”. Jamie also made the point that Bill had no business piloting a cart at the clubhouse prior to the boatride to the starting tenth tee. Partner Dave successfully argued that they shouldn’t be expected to walk the 20 feet from the booth to the shuttle pickup in front of the beer boat.
AND LAST but not least (for now), where is this “FREE BEER” sign?
Asshole-of-the-day (July 3, 2006) TIMMY KACHELSKI, for authorizing the giving of “FREE BEER” by the Majestic Golf Course or by WDFN radio station or by …well who cares anyway…it’s “FREE BEER” isn’t it? …isn’t it? No, it wasn’t. When the Snappers finished play this week and collected at one end of the deck outside the clubhouse awaiting the official start of the post golf Snapper Meeting, they found local sports talk radio station WDFN broadcasting live on the air at the other end of the deck.
Long rumored to be hosting a live broadcast from the course on Snapper League night, they were finally here. Local Club Pro Steve Tanner with full radio microphone headgear was seated at a table with two other curious looking show hosts similarly attired, fielding phoned in questions about golf. Across from them was another table with a cardboard box with a slit in the top, several notepads and pencils and a whole bunch of red plastic souvenir cups with the WDFN logo on them stacked as a pyramid clearly awaiting anyone who wished to have one.
Free? Seeing his opportunity to win a golf ball, and embarrass a few fellow Snappers in the process, Timmy K began pointing to the far end of the deck and authoritatively announcing to Snappers who finished after him, starting with Snapper himself, that they were to go there, fill out a sheet with their personal info and put it in the box for a chance at free Tiger tickets, then take a red cup, go inside and Laura, the unfortunate employee to have drawn inside beer duty would fill it with beer for free. Snapper realized two things almost immediately upon following Timmy’s instructions to the letter, First, Laura had no damned idea what he was talking about as she clearly had not been instructed that the beer she was selling would under any circumstances be free, and second that he left his wallet in his golf bag in the car having an unfinished bourbon & coke with him for the meeting and no intention of purchasing a beer. Snapper determined to utilize his lawyerly powers of verbal persuasion and upon insisting the proper number of times that in fact “they told us to do this, it’s free, really” without one time allowing her to ask who “They” were caused Laura to relent and he and his buddy Les Helmkay walked out with free beers. The crowd of Snappers outside were beside themselves with delight when Rick & Les came out with their brewskies until Les convinced them that we really had not paid for the beer…really.
Snapper left Les to explain the Johnny Cochran-like oratory he had just witnessed, and went to the parking lot to retrieve his wallet to pay for the beer only to pass the next group with Micha Fulgham & Chad Ellis on the way in. Unable to refrain, Snapper nodded towards the deck and simply stated “FREE BEER” in as nonchalant a manner as one can utter those two words, to see if Timmy would do it again. He did, over and over.
Honorable Mentions: Rick Carlson, for falling for such a prank without knowing better; Micha Fulgham, for incredulously insisting to Laura (immediately after Snapper had in fact paid for his previously pilfered beer and Laura in on the gag) that it could not be so…he saw red cups with beer in them in front of Snappers on the deck and Snapper, his lawyer, had never lied to him before. Steve Peltier, who was sitting next to Timmy the whole time and obviously in on the gag for nevertheless successfully representing himself and talking Laura into the same deal as “that guy in the green shirt (Snapper) got”, successful only until Snapper flipped his $20 over Steve’s shoulder & explained to Laura, who stated the obvious in gathering the change, she was simply waiting for Mr. Tanner to get off the radio to verify she was right in giving away beer.
…and there you have it. Snapper lore meets Signs.
Just remember, be like THE GLACIER TWINS. SMILE IT’S ONLY A GAME – VISIT THE CHUCKWAGON!
Birdies: ROMO on 26 Shang on 27 BUT EAGLES? Yes WOLF on 27 and FUREY on 26 WOW!!
5-HOLE: CAM went par par on 5th and 6th holes
TEAM SKN : RICK NORTH and GLENN SIMMINGTON with net “5” on #22
LOW ACTUAL : Let’s just call this DAVE FUREY FUNK BREAKOUT WEEK. NICE “34” actual and “27” net
BEER BABE OF THE WEEK: ????? WE GOT 2 THIS WEEK. CONGRATS BROOKE and ANZI for superior service from each.THAT’S ALL I GOT . TAKE IT AWAY BLADE>
CONGRATS BROOKE:
CONGRATS ANZI:
BLADE’S SLICE:
Thanks, Snap! We have a chock full issue this week. We’ve had Snapper Bites. Cudos! Games winners. TWO Beer Babes… That is worth the extra dues collected (which is $0) And yet, THERE IS MORE! Let’s begin with last week’s scores by hole.
And now for the highly anticipated AI-generated haikus teased in the Headline. “Why”, you ask? “Why not?”, I say…
Back in 1988 when this league started, I was sure that we would have flying golf carts by now. Oh sure, we have since reached “the singularity” with Artificial Intelligence, but instead of self-tying sneakers and flying cars, we have AI created memes of Enes Kanter stealing Natasha Cloud’s wig. Still worse, large data centers being built to address AI’s insatiable need for power uses significant amounts of water for cooling (think of the beverage consumption of the average Snapper on a 90+ degree evening).
Per an AI generated search (irony intended) these data centers consume “between 1 million and 5 million gallons per day under peak conditions, which matches the daily usage of a town with 30,000 to 50,000 people.” Is it any wonder why Lake Mead, the reservoir that services Las Vegas, has water levels down 33% due to this high water demand from the Colorado River? At this rate, the only “bones” being rolled in Vegas will be found in the empty alleys along Fremont Street.
BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS! We have AI to generate golf-themed Haikus featuring The Snappers! No need for creative thinking! If we are going to dry up, we might as will go down with ignorant grins. So I entered the necessary prompts, and this was the instantaneous result…
Here are custom 5-7-5 golf haikus for each pair on your list:
Snapper & Tony T Snapper hooks it left, (5) Tony T is in the weeds, (7) Both need better luck. (5)
Timmy K & Hollywood Timmy K chunks shot, (5) Hollywood just poses nice, (7) Vanish in the pond. (5)
Wolf & Jason Wolf mutters a curse, (5) Jason muffs a easy chip, (7) Pack knee deep in mud. (5)
C Money & Cam C Money is broke, (5) Which club will Cam snap in half? (7) Deep into fescue.(5)
Shang & Ogy Shang shanks it way wide, (5) Ogy throws his heavy wedge, (7) Total golf despair. (5)
Blade & Ed Blade slices his putt, (5) Ed is stuck inside the sand, (7) Scores are way too high. (5)
Mike T & Rick North Mike T slices right, (5) Rick North heads south in the pond, (7) Goodbye Titleist. (5)
Furey & Romo Furey whiffs the ball, (5) Romo hurls his putter far, (7) Time to hit the bar. (5)
I’m not sure why AI insisted on counting the syllables at the end of each line (precious ounces of water lost), but we can rest assured that AI has a good grasp on us and this technology is finally being used for the greater good. And that’s gonna do it for this week. Remember, keep your head down. Especially when I am teeing off.
Birdies: STEVE MARKUNAS #15 and CHRIS CARLSON #11 on their 1st birdies carded for league for the year. ROMO scored one too but not his 1st.
5-HOLE: STEVE MARKUNAS parred it then birdied the next for good measure.
TEAM SKN : 2 week carry over busted by CHRIS CARLSON AND CAM BARNET on # 11 with CHRIS putting that birdie I told you about to good use.
LOW ACTUAL WOLF “40”” and LOW NET???? CMO“35”
BEER BABE OF THE WEEK: ?????
STORY OF THE DAY????? AS ROBIN WILLIAMS GETTING WEATHER REPORT FOR POOTANG ON THE RADIO IN GOOD MORNING VIETNAM SAID: “ Its Hot…Damn Hot..Real Hot…so hot I saw one a dem little guys in orange robes burst into flames”Well it seemed like it anyway as we all tried to launch golf balls into the heavy humid air.
Blade’s Slice
For those of you keeping score, the following is a history of league venues by year:
…and now, this week’s musical interlude (not to be confused with any Motor City Madman tune)
♫ There I was back in the wild again. ♪ I felt right at home, where I be-long. ♫ I had the feeling, coming over me again. ♪ Just like it happened so many times be-fore. eh. ♫ Finding my golf ball in the Woods is like an old good friend. ♪ Makes me feel warm and good in-side. ♫ I knew his name and it was good to see him again. ♪ Cause in the wind he’s still a-live.
Birdies: CONGRATS ART KARDITZ holes 5 & 7 and MIKE ROMANOWSKI hole 9.
5-HOLE: I just told you ART birdied # 5 and yes it held up.
TEAM SKN : carry over
LOW ACTUAL : ROMO “37” and LOW NET???? ROMO “35”
BEER BABE OF THE WEEK: ALLIE
AOTD: None but check this out.
2 foursomes crossed the pond after finishing #9. The boat ride was relaxing and serene. Fish rose and left surface circles where insects had been moments before. It was beautiful, quiet, comfortable. Then the full dismount from the boat, strap into the golf cart train and THEY ARE OFF!! Speeding down the path 8 strong plus the driver. Somebody said “I hope we see some wildlife” as the brush whizzed by. Just then 4 adult does, 3 fawns and an 8 pte buck appeared grazing next to our path and left with no choice but to remain there as the brush whizzed by our speeding tandem golf cart as if the driver had a date with the porcelain throne. But we all saw them. LOOK at that gaggle of deer. No, it is a flock.. a flamboyance I think, or maybe a pack, a pod, a school, a pride, a mob, someone else said. All good answers, if wrong, and then our Majestic Cart driver (who will remain nameless due to current defamation laws) got the winning response. “SURE LOOKS LIKE A SHITLOAD TO ME!” As we passed the herd at continued thundering speed.
Pip: When wildfire smoke cancels your golf league, you know the season has taken a turn — and Majestic Snappers Golf League has the receipts.
Mara: jerrydablade has been keeping the record straight across a stretch of weeks covering canceled rounds, rescheduled dates, birdies, eagles, and at least one very eventful AOTD vote. Let's start with the results from the course — and the one week there wasn't any.
Smoke, Eagles, and a Hard-Won Par
Pip: Three weeks of Snapper golf, and the range runs from a complete cancellation due to wildfire smoke to what might be the most celebrated par in league history — which tells you something about the season's arc.
Mara: The Week 10 post sets the tone right at the top: "GOLF CANCELED FOR TODAY, THURSDAY, JULY 16TH DUE TO THE POOR AIR QUALITY." That's the whole round, gone — though the Snapper Bites still ran, because the awards don't stop for air quality.
Pip: Right — and the AOTD that week practically ran itself. Cameron Barnett, already departed, collected nominations on sheer volume: a 3-wood helicoptered into chest-high fescue, recovered by his partner, followed immediately by the same club launching itself fescue-bound again, this time in two pieces.
Mara: And then the iron, allegedly broken over his partner's head at the end of the round. His partner Chris's defense for every charge was the same two words: "bad day." The vote was called, seconded, and unanimously passed.
Pip: Democracy in action, golf division.
Mara: The Honorable Mention that week went to Timmy K, whose dispute with new guy ED STOLTZ over in-round practice shots escalated to a full USGA citation. ED quoted Snapper Rule Number One verbatim — "PLAY USGA RULES EXCEPT AS HEREAFTER AMENDED" — then cited USGA Rule 5.5. TK could not produce the Snapper rule he claimed existed.
Pip: New guy wins on points. Week 11, titled "Did You See it," is leaner — the scorekeeper was heading out on vacation — but still notes Furey and Romo taking another Team Skin on hole ten, and raises the lingering question of whether anyone counted Cam's clubs at the end of the round.
Mara: There was also a Wounded Snapper update: Mike Walker reportedly played eighteen holes the day before the round. The post notes he did not confirm his score, and the scorekeeper did not ask.
Pip: Week 12, "Blade Got a Par," is where the season pivots to something almost triumphant. Romo shot a bogey-free two-under 34 for the lowest actual score of the year. Shang recorded his second eagle of the season on hole twenty-six.
Mara: And then, as the post puts it: "a more impressive display of raw skill greater than an Eagle, OR a round of 2 birds and 7 pars" — Blade's first par of the year, on the dog-leg fourth. Blind squirrel, the post asks. Maybe. But it got its own song.
Pip: The schedule shift that made all of this possible is worth a quick look on its own.
One Canceled Week, Two Moved Dates
Pip: The Week 10 cancellation didn't just cost a round — it reshuffled the back end of the season, and the Schedule Update post spells out exactly what moved.
Mara: The rule on scheduling, quoted directly: it "shall be considered binding throughout the season" — with the noted exceptions being the July 16th pairings, now moved to August 27th, and the Position Round pushed to September 3rd, extending the season by one week while keeping the sixteen-week total intact. Canadian smoke, meet the rulebook.
Pip: More weeks of golf. Every cloud, apparently.
Mara: Canceled rounds, rescheduled dates, a broken 3-wood in two pieces, and a par that earned its own original song — it has been a full stretch at the Majestic.
Pip: Next time, maybe Cam brings a spare club. See you out there.
GREENIES: Mike Romanowski and Tim Kachelski each scored their third of the year!
5-HOLE: CONGRATS Paul Oginsky
TEAM SKIN: #20 was cut. You’re sayin’ there’s a chance?
BIRDIES? Whatever. WE GOTS US ANOTHER ONE OF THEM EAGLES! Steve “SHANG” Peltier needed only TWO STROKES ON THE #26 par four. THAT’S HIS SECOND EAGLE this year! Not sure if that has been done before. Not too shabby, sir!
As for Birdies: Dave Wolfenden, Mike Tomaszewski, and Dave Furey all had one each. TWO EACH for SHANG and ROMO. LOW ACTUAL and LOW NET???? ROMO shot a BOGEY-FREE TWO-UNDER “34” for LOW ACTUAL FOR THE WEEK (AND THE YEAR!) and of course, ROMO with the LOW NET “31”. Nice shooting, sir!
BLADE’S SLICE:However, a more impressive display of raw skill greater than an Eagle, OR a round of 2 birds and 7 pars, Jerry “Blade” ACHIEVED HIS FIRST PAR OF THE YEAR! It was that stupid fourth hole (#22) dog-leg left that I average north of a double bogey. Blind squirrel you say?
CONGRATS Reese, you are the honored Beer Babe of the Week!
Today’s musical original (not to be confused with Toby Keith’s I LOVE THIS BAR)
♫ We got winners, we got losers ♪ Chain-smokers and boozers ♫ And we got birdies, we got eagles ♪ Some may not be legal ♫ And the beer girls drive up like movie stars ♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, Blade got a par!
GREENIES: 1st sweeper of the year. Shang scored one then nobody hit the other green, Go Shang. Double Up!
5-HOLE: CONGRATS ED!
TEAM SKIN: #10 FUREY and ROMO again!
Birdies???? MIKE T. on 17, JWOLF on 15. THAT IS IT. Nice goin..wait a minute just found 1 3ach from Ed and SHANG neither important enough to the scorekeeper to circle for my convenience. But I did find them while searching for dots next to the pars on the cards which aren’t there either although often requested oh well Im not bothered I am on vacation. LOW ACTUAL : ROMO “42” and LOW NET???? MIKE T shot 34
AOTD: NOT THAT I KNOW OF BUT I DID LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY to get a jumpstart on my vacation. Did anybody count CAM’s clubs at the end of the round?, How about Timmy’s real score for the round; did anyone ask ED?
WOUNDED SNAPPER UPDATE: MIKE WALKER offered before the week’s round that he had actually played 18 holes the day before. He didn’t say that he finished the holes or what his score was. I assume he finished or he would not have bragged about it. I did not ask about the score.
JUST FINISHED THIS UPDATE AFTER WATCHING ANOTHER GORGEOUS SUNRISE OVER THE ATLANTIC. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO THIS TIME OF YEAR. SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA!
Blade’s Slice
Congrats Kara, the Majestic Beer Babe of the Week!
Did you see it? There were reports of a roaming buffalo on the course last week.
As you should be aware, League play was canceled for Thursday, July 16th due to “bad air” (which, coincidentally, is the name of my 3-wood). As per the rule regarding the SCHEDULE, it “shall be considered binding throughout the season…” WITH a couple of changes.
The scheduled match pairings for July 16th have been moved to August 27th.
The season-ending Position Round has been moved to September 3rd and extending the season by another extra week (keeping the 16-week total)
I have no idea if the hole assignments have shifted. Let’s grab a beer and find out.
GOLF CANCELED FOR TODAY, THURSDAY, JULY 16TH DUE TO THE POOR AIR QUALITY.
SBITES (aka Snapper Bites)CUDOS :
GREENIES: JASON WOLFENDEN & PAUL OGINSKI each scored their 1st of the year
5-HOLE: CONGRATS DAVE WOLFENDEN
TEAM SKIN: #25 was cut with team net “6s” by SHANG/OGI & BLADE/ED
Birdies???? HELL YA IT WAS RAININ BIRDS: Mike T.. Rick North..Wolf….Ogi & Romo all drained 1.. JWolf put down 2 and SHANG scored 3 but still couldn’t beat his own “37” as Romo pointed out even trying to nominate him an AOTD for that but alas no such awards are allowed for simply playing or more rightfully not playing proper golf.
LOW ACTUAL and LOW NET???? WOLF shot 36 for LOW ACTUAL “31” to tie OGI for LOW NET
AOTD:OH YEAH and as is often the case the award winning SNAPPER had already departed the scene. CAMERON BARNETT won well for just having a bad day as his partner put it. There were 5 or 6 nominations made and heard, but when tallied up and put to a vote It was noticed that most of the nominations were made of CAM and someone suggested that he be AOTD on sheer volume of nominations alone. The question was called with little discussion seconded and unanimously passed, Highlights of his “BAD DAY” as Chris called it answering every charge against his absent partner with the same 2 words: His uncooperative 3wood helicoptered into the chesthigh tick infested fescue following his golfball there to be recovered by partner C-MO only to stupidly refuse to direct his golfball where CAM intended it on the very next shot and again launched airborne fescue-bound this time in 2 pieces and once again silently recovered by Chris. Then ROMO felt mistreated by CAM having stepped on his ball and ground it into the soft sand of the greenside bunker he thought intentionally and uncalled for . ROMO playing the group behind CAM explained the hole is only 225 yards from the green. Finally with the unfortunate 3wood incident well behind him CAM was photographed with a long iron (his approach club of choice at the end of the round) found its way somehow also broken in half this time allegedly over CHRIS’ head. For these reasons congrats CAM you win a golfball.
HONORABLE MENTION : goes to TIMMY K who nominated in the absence of opponent ED STOLTZ who left for home after a “kiss your sista” 11 pts tie with TK’s team. The alleged offense? TK was witnessed launching numerous balls into the woods during the round as he always does but this time ED called him out for practicing during the round. TK claimed a par at the end of the hole when ED asked “ what about all the shots in addition into the woods not to mention the 2 stroke rules violation for the first offense and disqualification for more for hitting shots other than chips or putts during the round? TK protested that IT IS A SNAPPER RULE WE CAN DO IT and YOU DON’T KNOW THAT CUZ YOU ARE A NEW GUY! But TK was unable to cite the rule. Instead new guy ED did citing SNAPPER RULE #1 verbatim “PLAY USGA RULES EXCEPT AS HEREAFTER AMENDED” then he cited USGA RULE 5.5 and the argument was lost to TK who but for CAM’s BAD DAY may well have had his nomination of ED reversed upon himself due to everyone previous to ED having ignored his USGA violation as if it had been a mere CAPE/LAWLESS weed snow angel indiscretion.
Blade’s Slice
Smoke on the Water (not to be confused with an old Deep Purple tune with the same title)
♫ We all came out to The Majestic ♪ On the great Lake Walden shoreline ♫ To play golf in air pollution ♪ We didn’t have much time ♬ Papa Snapper and the Mothers ♪ Were at the best place around ♪ But stupid Trudeau and poor Canadian forest management ♬ Burned his place to the ground ♪ Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky ♬ Smoke on the water
Congrats to Chelsea and Anza for superior beverage service!
Don’t forget to tip your waitress, and don’t forget to hydrate today!
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