Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
Commish Sungjae Im , Cam Davis
Doug Tom Kim, Emiliano Grillo Pad, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jaustin Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk
Jim Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman
Big J Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa
The Doctor Max Homa, Sepp Straka, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
Kevin Milton Bradley
B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English, Sam Ryder, Kevin Streelman
Scottie gets his stretches done in a Louisville jail; arrives to the course about an hour before tee time and then shoots one of the best rounds of the day with a 66. How is that possible? A possible omen on how the rest of this season is going to go for Team PAK-Mon? On the other extreme, if the barometric pressure is slightly off, The Doctor may not make his round of golf. Crazy stuff.
Shocking news came out of Kentucky as round 2 was about to begin on Friday. Oh sure - it’d be easy to make some Kentucky jokes now. But Manager Big J lives there so we’lll leave that alone. But other reports are circulating on the internet, radio and TV, newspapers, town criers, telegraphs, etc. It would appear that team PAK-Mon has been harboring a felon. SHAME! Perhaps a 50 point team reduction would be in order? (Of course that would still leave them ahead of half the FGL teams!). But clearly more investigative work must take place. Maybe even a happy hour to talk over the ramifications. Stay tuned.
Went to the Schottenstein Center and saw Cheap Trick and Heart. Ran into a few Shadowbox kids there as well. A very good time. I had never seen Cheap Trick before and it made me want to go watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High again. Heart was still amazing. Those ladies are both in the early 70’s. Most older bands can’t hit their high notes or have the crowd sing along for most of the songs. Not so with Heart. They still sounded the same. But they kept me out until 11:00. That just seemed very late!
That seemed to be the most common team point score at the Wells Fargo. With most everyone playing this signature event and there being no cut, everyone picked up points. Team Jaustin picked up 14 points with help from Rory’s win which moves him into 2nd place. No other changes in the standings other than everyone moved forward and with Monica’s squad only scoring 4 points, everyone gained just a little ground.
We’re off to the PGA Championship next in Kentucky. Will Justin Thomas find his old hometown magic and pull out a big win. No. He will not. But it’s a nice story. Your Commissioner has decided to pick up a couple tossed away FGL golfers for this week. I’m going to try Books Koepka and Byeong Hun An for a week and see how I like them. Nick Taylor and Shane Lowry have been dismissed though there’s always the possibility of future negotiations.
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Cameron Smith, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Brooks Koepka, Byeong Hun An
Doug Wyndham Hotels, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau
Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley, Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman
Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon, Joaquin Niemann
The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
Kevin Xander Schauffele, Milton Bradley, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Conners, Akshay Bhatia
B.T.O. Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English
In his spare time when he’s not managing the affairs of Team Jaustin, Manager Austin has a side job with The Hillman Company. Recently Austin got promoted to Senior Manager of Solutions Design Analytics. Now I don’t know what any of that means, but I’m sure it’s pretty important.
Had a great time with Managers Doctor, Monica, Jaustin and Doug for lots of food and too much ice cream. Even had Woody and my cousin show up. And nothing got broke - at least that I’ve noticed so far.
Went to the Ohio Theater Tuesday night to see the Tina Turner musical. It was very good though certainly not anything like a concert. I don’t ever remember sitting in Merrill Tower on campus listening to Tina music. And I really didn’t know much about her story so Tuesday night’s show was a bit surprising. Very dark and disturbing. Ike was certainly a jerk. Again - a very good show in its own weird way.
Two enormous celebrations coming up this week. Thursday marks the 9th wedding anniversary of Team Laustin. We also mark Manager Dave’s birthday. I would expect a huge parade in Montrose.
A net total of just 5 FGL points were scored at the Byron Nelson. No one had any player finish in the Top 10. Standings did not change through Team Jaustin is now just 1 point behind your Commissioner.
Jordan Spieth - Texas is supposed to be your state. You were a favorite pick to win this tournament. Something tells me that all is not well with Team Big J right now. Monday’s conference call will not be pleasant.
Wells Fargo - I can’t keep up with all the different names this next tournament has had. And it’s usually later in the season. But it’s a great course and has a strong FGL field being a PGA Signature event.
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Captain Kirk, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam [NO SCOTTIE!]
Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Shane Lowry
Doug Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English
Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley
Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Austin Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama
Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon
The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
Kevin Xander Schauffele, Milton Bradley, , Justin Thomas, Corey Conners, Akshay Bhatia
Manager Doug and I hung out at the Ohio Union last week for a luncheon to help Jack kick off the upcoming Memorial tournament. Honoree Julie Inkster was also there as they told stories of their favorite moments, tournaments, etc. All very nice but I still find myself loving Doug’s golf adventures much more.
Very impressive butterfly exhibit. Kind of forgot we even had butterflies. I know - butterflies? But it was much easier than going to a wasp exhibit. And it scored me points.
Concerned about his back, Will has withdrawn before the tournament. Monica, rub some Ben-Gay on that boy’s back.
Is LIV something like what we saw in New Orleans with the team concept? Our FGL standings did not change with this tournament though I did cut my gap against Monica/Paul a bit with Shane Lowry’s win. (I heard his interview after the tournament. I absolutely love his accent. I just had no clue what he said.) Team Jaustin picked up 10 points with Rory also on the winning team.
First time I had been to one of these. These 8 trucks are huge, smelly and sooooo loud. The way they spin around, bounce all around, jump in the air, etc - kind of reminded me of riding in the golf cart with Big J.
Liam went fishing. He likes fishing. He just doesn’t like the fish.
Not a huge FGL event.
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge
Commish Sungjae Im
Doug Tom Kim
B.T.O. Sam Ryder Truck, Kevin Streelman
Jim Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman
Jaustin Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk
Big J Jordan Spieth, Jason Day
The Doctor No one. Nope - no one going to play
Kevin No - no one will play for you either.
I headed south Saturday to golf with two legends. Absolutely a lovely day - except for crazy winds. I wish this story had a happy ending but it doesn’t. After about 7 holes, Three Finger Tim had to withdraw with some strained neck injury. As for Big J, his golf game was absolutely terrible. Simply horrible. But the sad truth is that my game was even worse. My highlight was probably getting a hot dog at the turn. After 10 holes, we no longer bothered keeping score. Just glad all of that madness must certainly be behind us!
One is a Lions fan and the other is a Steelers fan but both from Ohio. I’m just surprised I didn’t see them on TV.
We got out with the Kids in IT. Roamed around Oakland Park Nursey and then hit Budd Dairy Food Hall. Had never been there before. Nice place.
Played Upper Deck Golf at the Shoe with Lauren. Roamed around the stadium playing 9 holes. I can confirm that the stadium still has plenty of steps. I think I walked them all. A fun time seeing the Ohio Stadium in a different way.
Hit TopGolf with Brelley one afternoon. I don’t think of my son as a comedian but as he was telling me a story of how Big J tried to explain to him when to use the “A wedge”, I had tears in my eyes.
Thank you Woody for an invite to opening night of a new Shadowbox Show: Behind Close Doors.
