It rained yesterday. It also poured pumpkins all over the course. I’ve never seen so many pumpkins since Halloween 1994.  It was on that year, at the family’s insistence; I was coerced into searching for the perfect orange sphere amongst fields filled with giant odd shaped cultivations most of which resembled something I made in pottery class once – deformed and revolting. Nevertheless, I did find the ideal pumpkin after several attempts to gain the family’s Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.  I brought it home and carved it up into this scary mutation and parked it on the doorstep like a good Dad. Next morning I discovered some little Trick-Or-Treater, who obviously got caught a little short after gulping down a multitude of candy kisses washed down with fruit punch Kool-Aid, decided to use my perfect pumpkin as his personal pottie. Guess my carving job wasn’t as scary as I thought. Or maybe I just forgot to put the lid down.

So with that little Trick-Or-Treater in mind, LAING’S PUMPKINS did much the same to TOWNE’S TEAM yesterday - in other words, they s**t all over them. It wasn’t even close. But you know, when you look at the results one thing becomes abundantly clear, short guys really do play better in the rain. SHINE, SAWCHENKO, SABETTI and HAGGERT all came through. Is it because their short legs are more ideally suited to wet conditions, just like a duck’s or maybe it’s because they get less wet under those big golf umbrellas. In any regard, CONGRATULATIONS to MIKE LAING and the PUMPKINS.

I don’t know what happened to TOWNE yesterday. I think he must have given each of his fellow team members a sip of that SCOTCH he won last week before they all teed off. Trouble is, I drained that bottle the day I found out PETER had won it. What PETER and the rest of his team thought was SCOTCH, was in actual fact PUMPKIN PISS. YOU KNOW IT PETER…… TREAT-OR-TREAT.

I was on the 7^th GREEN yesterday afternoon huddled under my umbrella when we heard this giant roar from across the golf course. I said that sounds like a HOLE-IN-ONE roar to me - which didn’t surprise me by the way. I spoke with MARK PRIEUR the other day and requested the tee markers and pin placements be placed in the easiest positions possible on all the PAR 3’s. I really wanted someone to win the HOLE-IN-ONE POOL especially on the last day. So after hearing the roar, I naturally assumed someone had won it. Well as it turned out, BOB WILCOX hit a shot on 3 that everyone in his group assumed was in the hole – it was that close – only to discover it had snuck in behind the flagstick and sat all but 3” from the hole. TOO BAD BOB. But don’t feel too sorry for him, he still walks away with something to show for his efforts, $115.00 worth. Not quite the $4,000 he thought he’d won but something nonetheless. 

Yesterday was the last day of competition for the WEDNESDAY LEAGUE. We’ve had 20 weeks of battle in anything from the wet and cold of early May to the blistering heat in July. I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve had my share of FUN regardless of the weather. We had well over 200 guys sign up for the LEAGUE this year and our average attendance was just under 170 guys per week. The total number of rounds played was 3352. Gentlemen, that is nothing short of fantastic and I want to thank you for both your enthusiasm and participation. Without your support, this would not be possible.  

I also want to pay homage to the Captain’s and Fraser and his staff. Their work cannot be appreciated enough. Like everything in life, the WEDNESDAY LEAGUE just doesn’t happen without the efforts of those unsung and inconspicuous individuals behind the scenes. A BIG THANKS to you all.

Finally gentlemen, I want to invite you all out to our CLOSING EVENT – THE SWATFEST next Wednesday. I know some of you can’t make the golf but please come out for the dinner in any case. Your COMMITTEE has come up with a fantastic culinary delight in which to end the season. I can assure you it will be well worth it if not for the food but to get together one last time this year for a few laughs, a couple of libatious concoctions, and maybe a couple of surprises. The MENU and cost is posted above. And for your information, the COMMITTEE does pick up a portion of the cost, so why not take advantage of a good thing. It doesn’t happen that often .. RIGHT? 

Till next week .. and as always .. congratulations to all the winners.

GENTLEMEN ..  I want to extend my best wishes to MURRAY WALKER. Murray's wife is in hospital and understandably Murray has not been able to join us of late. We wish her all the best and most assuredly for a speedy recovery. Please let Murray know we are all thinking of him. 

RESULTS – WEEK 20 – ROUND 3 – PLAYOFFS

 September 21, 2011

OFFICIAL

FINAL PLAYOFF STANDINGS