With our largest tournament to date, 64 golfers descended upon Bardmoor to remember our friend and raise money for those less fortunate than ourselves. The weather was hot, but at least the rain held off. Many of us got in the spirit of the tournament, which was evident when the cart girl said to me:
"This is the most fun tournament I've ever worked. A few minutes ago I drove up on two guys wrestling each other."
Naturally, wrestling on the green and riding on top of the cart (Ernie, Chuckers... I think Nate) is a good way to get us kicked off the course. But the head pro and food manager both told me they want us back. I should ask them to make their course a little easier...
We had a ton of raffle prizes this year, and once again THEE Beer Nuts won much of the loot. I want to give a HUGE "thank you" to Alison for soliciting 95% of those items, traveling all over Tampa to get donations, creating all the gift baskets by hand and putting up with me during crunch time.
Also... Alicia, Bull and Gorecki were very kind secure and pick up prizes as well. Heather and Alicia made/sold delicious jello shots. April (short), Paige and Maria were a great help with set-up and picture taking. And all the ladies in general made the event run very smooth. Finally, Nicole E. donated a ton of Heineken beer and merchandise, Teneille donated the liquor, and Anne E. provided all the wine that we raffled.
As for the winners:
Dino won longest-drive... while one of Rob's ringers, Roger M., won closest-to-pin.
We pre-flighted the tournament results in order to reward more than those teams comprised of semi-pro golfers. So 1st, 6th and 11th place all got equivalent prize money. In future years, we'll probably move toward giving more to the lower flights...
- First place went to Rob's team with an impressive 61 (-11).
- The winner of Flight 2 (6th place) was Cong, Quoc, Alex S. and Jase H.
- Team Soul Glo dominated Flight 3 (11th place), with gift cards going to Griff, Ruben, Joe G. and Matt B.
- The last place "Chanomnom Trophy" (donated by Rollo) was once again won by Jared, Chuckers, Knowlton and Ernie... who quit after nine holes due to the 16-over score at the time.
- There were two girl teams who played very well, especially since many of them had never played a full 18 holes before.
Final total raised... $1,525, which is impressive considering we did not charge any fees on top of the golf round. To summarize Chuckers' drunken speech... Leif loved our group of friends and participating in large events where we didn't take ourselves seriously. Whether it was golfing, camping or the countless house-parties he and Heather hosted... we were all together and having the time of our lives. I hope we were able to replicate some of that on Saturday.
Thanks again to all those who attended and donated.
4 comments:
Just to clear things up, Knowlton attacked me. Came at me head on in his cart, thought he was kidding around like I was but when I swerved he still came at me and clipped the back of my cart. Really surprised it didnt flip. Then tried to wrestle me (I had no choice in the matter and for a guy that is so anti-gay that was pretty gay) and then Chuckers and him proceeded to pin my cart with theirs. Hilarious yes but that is the type of shit you do on shitty courses not Bardmoor. Especially when we were on hole 10 near the clubhouse...tards...
Haha it's all good. I think they want our money again next year so no worries.
Oh... and I heard you were playing "Fight It if You Like It."
Hahaha yeah I was caught off guard...should have know with Knowlty Poo...no mercy next time!
Just so you know Chandler you are on stirke 2. When you get to 6 or 7, without warning I'm just going to let loose the cumulative rain. Jus' Sayin'
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