Friday, November 23, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Turkey Cup 2012 !!!!
We have three tee times reserved at the Mesa Del Sol Golf Course
located just east of Yuma for Friday morning, November 23rd. The
tee times are scheduled at 7:45 am, 7:53 am and 8:00 am, so we will need to get
to the course by 7:15 am. Cost is $46 including cart. There
is a reduced price available for juniors.
The Players:
John W., Brent, Brian, Steve, Spencer, Dave, Mickey, Oliver, Benjamin, John M. and the guy Mickey picked up under I-8 on his way to Yuma!! Sorry Annagret (see Below).
The Trophies:
A Turkey Butt Head Cover and a Panda Butt Head Cover for the Under 18 bunch!!
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The Players:
John W., Brent, Brian, Steve, Spencer, Dave, Mickey, Oliver, Benjamin, John M. and the guy Mickey picked up under I-8 on his way to Yuma!! Sorry Annagret (see Below).
The Trophies:
A Turkey Butt Head Cover and a Panda Butt Head Cover for the Under 18 bunch!!
The Shirts:
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Way To Go STEVE!!!!!!
For 19.95 you can have a Turkey Cup Polo Shirt!! But wait ...There' s more.... it slices, dices, and hooks. No wait that is the Golfers playing in the Turkey Cup...Never MIND!
Oh, I forgot remind Alan to "Bear Down" and "Go Cats"!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
International Travel of the Turkey Cup Trophy
Highlights of the Turkey Butt’s adventures during 2012
included a trip to Scotland
in August, and a trip to Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast in October.
In Scotland ,
the Butt accompanied the Reigning Champion to two courses on the west coast –
Royal Prestwick and Western Gailes . Prestwick was the home of the first Open Championship
(referred to as the “British Open” by us Yanks). It was also the first course
designed by Old Tom Morris, and the first club at which Old Tom was the head
pro. In case you don’t know, Old Tom Morris is revered by many as the father of
modern golf, grew up at Royal St. Andrews and finished his career there.
Prestiwck is a true links style course with some odd features including massive
built up grassy dunes guarding greens to create blind shots (two such holes
have the names of “Alps” and “Himalayas”) and a massive bunker the size of a
house with stairs to climb into known as the “Sahara
bunker.” Western
Gailes is a lesser known course with less historical significance.
However, it was probably the more enjoyable of the two (Ok I scored better
there). It is a site of Open qualifying tournaments and is a classic links
layout by the sea. The weather was absolutely beautiful for 73 holes played
over two days. The rain gear stayed in the bag!
Bandon dunes is the next best thing to Scotland without leaving the United States .
It is a true golf Mecca
with four championship courses as well as two par-three tracks. The Reigning
Champion and the Butt experienced all of the Bandon courses during a team play
tournament with some fellow members from champ’s home course in CA, Rolling
Hills Country Club. The four main courses are: Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, Old
McDonald and Pacific Dunes. All had a links style layout (with some pine forest
thrown in on Bandon Trails), each course having its own distinct personality.
The amazing thing about Bandon is that walking is mandatory – there are no golf
carts there (by the way it is the same in Scotland ).
Caddies were a part of the experiences in Scotland as
well as Bandon. It is truly a joy to play golf in this manner!
Following are several photos with captions and comments.
The Butt at the Prestwick
first tee!
Turkey Butt on the bag at Prestwick
– waiting to tee off.
Reigning Champ at Prestwick
– on course with the Butt.
View of hole #17 known as Himalayas
for the large “mountain” that must be carried on the approach. However, your
ball also has to clear the Sahara bunker shown
here in front of the green. The size of the bunker can be put in perspective by
the flagstick and the stairway into the bunker.
A closer look at the green on #17 – look where the ball
ended up. Yessss! (OK, yeah, I missed the birdie putt.)
The Turkey Butt arrives as Western
Gailes !
Champ with Butt on first tee at Western
Gailes – ready to tee off!
Nice beach view at Western Gailes
– a beautiful day for 36 holes!
Champ and Butt ready for tee-off at Bandon.
Caddies showing us the way at Bandon. Note the Butt is still
on the bag!
Heavy load for the caddie!
A seaside green at the Pacific Dunes course.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Tools that maybe Used at the Turkey Cup 2012 - YUMA
These Tools can only be used in every situation deemed appropriate. So for the newcomers these tools are at your disposal!! You will need them!!!
Just don't over use them!!!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Just Let Them play Thru Damn It!
You may want to reconsider asking the foursome in front of you if you can play through the next time you're on the course.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, an on-course altercation turned ugly when a threesome tried to play through a slow foursome that was holding the group up.
After receiving instruction from the course marshal to play ahead, the group encountered a roadblock when they tried to pass the foursome. Clay Carpenter, a member of the threesome got into a war of words with the foursome, and before he knew it, he was on the ground fighting with one of the golfers.
That's when things turned really ugly, after a member of the foursome reportedly used a broken club shaft to stab Carpenter in the leg twice.
But the story gets even more bizarre. As Carpenter lay suffering with a punctured femoral artery and massive blood loss, a member of the foursome called 911 and told the dispatcher that the victim had fallen "on a golf club or something."
Carpenter was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released on Sunday. That's the good news. The unfortunate news is that the loss of blood could lead to Carpenter having his leg removed due to the lack of blood flow.
"People get in arguments every day on every golf course in America," Carpenter told the Star-Telegram. "But 99.9 percent of the time no one takes it this far."
It should never get to this point. Hopefully the entire foursome gets the book thrown at them for this gruesome incident.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, an on-course altercation turned ugly when a threesome tried to play through a slow foursome that was holding the group up.
After receiving instruction from the course marshal to play ahead, the group encountered a roadblock when they tried to pass the foursome. Clay Carpenter, a member of the threesome got into a war of words with the foursome, and before he knew it, he was on the ground fighting with one of the golfers.That's when things turned really ugly, after a member of the foursome reportedly used a broken club shaft to stab Carpenter in the leg twice.
But the story gets even more bizarre. As Carpenter lay suffering with a punctured femoral artery and massive blood loss, a member of the foursome called 911 and told the dispatcher that the victim had fallen "on a golf club or something."
Carpenter was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released on Sunday. That's the good news. The unfortunate news is that the loss of blood could lead to Carpenter having his leg removed due to the lack of blood flow.
"People get in arguments every day on every golf course in America," Carpenter told the Star-Telegram. "But 99.9 percent of the time no one takes it this far."
It should never get to this point. Hopefully the entire foursome gets the book thrown at them for this gruesome incident.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
A Funny Golf Joke submitted by Uncle John
When my doctor asked me about what I did yesterday,
I told him about my day:
"Well, yesterday afternoon, I waded across the edgeof a deep lake, barely escaped from a coyote in
the heavy brush, marched along a treacherous trail up
and down a mountain, stood in a patch of poison ivy,
crawled out of quicksand, and narrowly avoided
an aggressive rattlesnake by leaping away at the last second."
Inspired by my story, the doctor said, "You must be an
awesome outdoorsman!"
"No, I'm just a shitty golfer."
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