The 7th week of Men's Night turned out to be the best so far this season, replete with beautiful weather, excellent conditions and intense competition. Clatch's Team 6 finally made it on top of the refuse pile after two second place finishes, thanks to his merry band of sandbagging minstrels like Commander in Chief Sexton, G-Note Tatti, the excitable Gary Smith and, most notably, Cowboy Al Dawson (sorry Al, with all these low scores, your cap is dropping faster than Tony Romo's pants in Jessica Simpson's bedroom). Captain Clatch and his hired gun Tunes Pearson contributed the gross scores to the winning total of 213. Right behind was The Commish's team at 214 who unfortunately drew Team 6 as their opponent and sadly has a big L to show for their excellent score. Cozzy's shrewd draft picks of previously little-known new members like Paul Lang, Travis Rogers and Ed Vivolo have paid handsome dividends so far as this marks the fourth time Team 2 has appeared on the money list. Most remarkable about their success is the fact that first-round draft pick Mark Cunningham has been a shadow of himself on the course due to a painful back issue. John Simpson's Team 1 came in third place at 218 and now boasts the largest number of sub-40 scores of any team in the league (your welcome, John).

In the close-call department, Paul Burton narrowly missed jarring his tee shot on Hole #4, leaving it only a few tantilizing inches short of the cup and the $3400 hole-in-one prize. PJB caused an uproar by moving the marker to an equidistant positon behind the hole to prevent it from deflecting another potential ace and risked a DQ for the improper spot. However, Chairman Hanna decided to allow the indiscretion in the spirit of good sportsmanship and only insisted that Paul share his pitcher of Sleeman's with him. The aforementioned Mr. Rogers scooped the low net for the day with a 31 and perennial Club Championship finalist, Peter Johns, shot a scintillating 34 to take low gross. Whew! Tough bunch we got this year! As far as the league standings are concerned, Team Foxy (#7) has now asssumed a share of the lead with the Sleeman Clears (Tuffy's Team 10) at 5-2. Tuffy's squad somehow managed to tie for the worst score of the day (the captain's still struggling) but continues to sit pretty as a result of their quick start out of the blocks. Four teams are at 4-3 so there's still a logjam at this point and no team is out of it.

It's a little less than a third way through the season so we thought it would be a good time for a brief MWL Survey. Please answer the following questions as honestly as you can and respond by clicking on the "Add a comment" tab at the bottom of this blog and putting in your answers. So, here goes:

1. A good name for the swale in front of the green on #7 would be:

a) Hog's Hollow

b) The Pig Trough

c) Valley of Death

d) Afghanistan

2. The hole-in-one prize money should be:

a) blown on a large party for the winning team

b) used to buy a bigger TV in the Lounge

c) used to hire a personal masseuse for Cunningham's sciatica

d) invested in a soundly managed investment account with CIBC Wood Gundy

3. One way to get players to stay later in the Lounge on Wednesdays would be:

a) free wings with every pitcher of Sleeman's

b) Jack Kelly leading a karaoke competition

c) rent an Attridge bus to get intoxicated members home

d) armed security at the door to prevent anybody from leaving before 9 p.m.

4. Playing in the morning on Wednesdays is better because:

a) there's more quality patio time with Jauhal and friends

b) I can still get a nap in at home before going to Swiss Chalet for the early-bird special

c) my wife wants me back by 2 p.m. for sex

d) I don't want to have explain to my captain why I suck so bad

5. My goal for Men's Night is:

a) just for once getting off the Useless Bastard list

b) finally meeting my captain

c) not putting the ball in the pond on #13 from #8 tee

d) learning the names of all the cart girls

6. I can help my Men's Night team best by:

a) slashing the tires of our opponents each week

b) getting swing tips from Peter Johns

c) bribing the MWL Committee members with free vacations

d) not showing up

7. The one thing I like best about Men's Night is:

a) the camraderie

b) the competition

c) winning money

d) the beer cart at #7

8. If I was MWL Chairman for a day, I would:

a) play with somebody other than Stan Kudlats

b) invite the Carling Lite girls to serve beer to us on the course

c) remove all the handicaps from Men's Night

d) find out where all the Hole-In-One money is kept

9. Everyone should tee off on Men's Night from:

a) the Black tees

b) the Gold tees

c) the White tees

d) 1 p.m. to dusk

10. The one guy I've always wanted to play Men's Night with is:

a) Jeff Fox

b) Mike Flannery

c) Vince Marchesano

d) none of the above

e) all of the above

f) a & c

g) b & c

h) a & b

i) Dave Narduzzi

We'll let you know the results of the responses we get next week. 'Til then, so long and remember what Bob Hope said, "Golf is a hard game to figure. One day you will go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and, for no reason at all, you really stink."