Trouble abound plagued me this week. It all started early in the week after my attempt to give the program a shot in the arm with big rewards for participation and to give the lower standing teams a chance to close the gap, if not even marginally, against the higher standing teams. Well you all have heard of the adage “Is the glass half full? Or is the glass half empty?’ Some of the captains did see the glass half full and welcomed the opportunity to do a little catch up and then there were the ones who took the negative and saw the glass half empty and were all over me like flies at a picnic. They felt the extra points would make it impossible for them to catch up. This was particularly surprising from the point of view that the top team could distance themselves even further from the rest. It’s like giving a kid the key for the candy store and it being refused. Can you imagine any kid saying no to the key to the candy store? Another Captain felt this was so negative that the participation would drop dramatically. This could only mean that would be achieved by being promoted that way. Ten points (10) would not make a drastic difference in the standings and watch for the results for what they would have been after the 18^th week. Bottom line ended up being that for the greater good we did not add the extra points for the wins this week. We did attempt to reward participation with 3 points however run into some programming problems. As of right now it still is not fixed and hope to have this resolved before next week.

Next problem was the numerous complaints regarding slow greens. Management was approached and the issue was addressed. The greens were cut Wednesday morning however not rolled. The greens have been having a growth spurt last week. Grass clippings from the mowers would normally be dumped after 11 greens and this week had to be dumped after only 3 greens. Primo is a chemical that allows grass roots to grow and be healthy however slows the blades of grass from growing and which helps keep the speed of the greens all day. The last treatment had reached the end of its cycle and had to be reapplied on Wednesday. If greens are doubled cut every day and rolled there would be no greens left after two weeks. Things should be up to speed next week.

Next problem is the refreshment cart or in this case the lack of it. Many have voiced this concern over the last while. The complaints are justified as the heat over the last few weeks’ calls for hydration and lots of it. This has been brought to the attention of management and they have told me this will be addressed. Until we get some sort of action plan to resolve this, my only solution would be to bring your own beverages to hydrate. Frozen Gatorade or fruit juice or water is the call and if you can get it in a cooler bag it will stay cold for a long time.

Walkers Warriors wins the week with A Few Good Men close behind. A Few Good Men also had their full team out this week even after I was told that 4 of the players would not be playing. That was part of the argument for not changing the point structure for the week. Questionable tactics for me but once bitten twice shy. This would not be the first time this happened. We have had two or three times where the whole team showed up. Well done never the less and keep up the efforts.

Next week we play the Old and the greens were punched on Tuesday. I played nine holes on the Old today and found them fine with the occasional bump here and there. Hopefully they will get smoothed out by next week and just remember that all play the same conditions and subject to the same bumps if still present.

Until next time

Your human target of Malcontent

John Kawiuk