Oh Ozzy!

Hulk Hogan is gone. Theo Huxtable of the Cosby Show passed away. And also Ozzy. As local news reported below, Ozzy and Black Sabbath had an interesting adventure in Columbus back in 1997. OzzFest at Polaris Amphtheather. Lots of metal bands all day. I was in the VIP section with Kurt Haag who had the connections. We mostly had that section to ourselves. When it got to be around 9:00 and we all expected Ozzy to come out, the lead singers from the other bands came out and started singing his songs; as they tossed bottles of Jack around to each other. We were confused. Why would they play Ozzy’s songs if he’s about to come out? Then we noticed helicopters overhead and someone mentioned all the concessions were closed up. We later learned Ozzy was too hung-over to make it to Columbus. A riot followed. At 11:05 that night, my dad called from Findlay. “Your mother just saw a concert riot on the news and figured you might be in it.” Yep - about the 5th row!

What's left to say?

It’s inside 1 minute left in the 4th quarter and the game is a blow-out. And the announcers have run out of things to say. That’s kind of where we’re at. This season is pretty much done. Scottie alone has scored over 110 points and Bastard Team O’Brien is sailing along. Even won the Major sidebet. And Jim looks to have 2nd place locked up. Top two ranked PGA golfers (Scottie and Rory) are aligned with the top two managers on your FGL leaderboard. Coincidence. Clearly they must feel blessed to be with the best managers around.

In just a couple of weeks, Big J has jumped from 4th place to just one point ahead of 7th place. A brilliant pre-2026 draft move!

Bryson and Wyndham Hotels were both so far out of the tournament after Thursday that I chalked them up as missing the cut. What a turn-around. Both ended up in the top 10.

Okay - that’s all I’ve got. We’re off to the 3M Open -wherever that is.

Manager Golfers expected to play 

B.T.O.   Max Homa,  lil Rickie Fowler, Henrik Norlander,  

Jim   Captain Kirk, Beau Hossler, Max McGreevy

Big J   Matthieu Pavon

Commish  No one 

Doug   Max Greyserman,  Eric Cole

Kevin Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Maverick McNealy

Jaustin   Akshay Bhatia, Byeong Hun An

PAK-Mon  Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Nick Dunlap!!!!, Adam Scott

All-Star Break. And this is where THE BET stands

I don’t ever recall the team behind at the break coming back to win THE BET. Not looking good for the Tribe.

And for fun - here’s the 1968 Champion Tigers Roster:

Pitchers

38 Les Cain

22 Pat Dobson

30 Roy Face

18 John Hiller

15 Fred Lasher

29 Mickey Lolich

17 Denny McLain

47 Don McMahon

43 Daryl Patterson

14 Dennis Ribant

34 Jim Rooker

21 Joe Sparma

39 Jon Warden

16 Earl Wilson

37 John Wyatt

# Catchers

11 Bill Freehan

12 Jim Price

# Infielders

33 Dave Campbell

25 Norm Cash

46 Bob Christian

2 Tom Matchick

7 Eddie Mathews

3 Dick McAuliffe

1 Ray Oyler

44 Dick Tracewski

8 Don Wert

# Outfielders

26 Gates Brown

27 Wayne Comer

30 Lenny Green

23 Willie Horton

6 Al Kaline

5 Jim Northrup

24 Mickey Stanley

Leaders continue to hold their own

Bastard Team O’Brien (where losing is not an option) and Jim both did just fine at the Scottish Open. As has been typical all season, all their guys (except McGreevy) made the cut. Both continue to hold onto the lead for 1st and 2nd place as we head towards our final Major and last few tournaments.

Doug had a nice tournament. He slipped ahead of Big J and into 4th place on our FGL Leaderboard, for anyone paying attention that far down.

Congrats to Jordan Spieth for his new baby. Sully Spieth. He’s supposed to fly over for the Major but will his head be in it? I predict a missed cut.

We’re headed to Northern Ireland for this last Major. Peacock will have your coverage while you’re sleeping followed by USA & NBC.

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Kevin Wyndham Hotels, Tom Kim, Milton Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Maverick McNealy, Jon Rahm

Jaustin Viktor Hovland, Akshay Bhatia, Cameron Young, Corey Conners, Byeong Hun An, Will Zalatoris

PAK-Mon Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Adam Scott

B.T.O. Scottie, Jordan Spieth, lil Rickie Fowler, Carlos Ortiz

Jim Rory, Justin Thomas, Fleetwood Mac, Captain Kirk

Big J Collin Morikawa, Bobby MacIntyre, Shane Lowry, Matthieu Pavon, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee

Commish Lude Aberg, Don Henley, Denny’s McCarthy, J.T. Poston, Sepp Straka, Daniel HamBerger

Doug Xander Schauffele, Max Greyserman, Matt Fitzpatrick, Aaron Rai, J.J. Spaun

We tried……..

Dave and Doug will remember this - Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia, Ohio.

Such a great lay-out!!!!

Possibility of a pop-up shower. A rogue cell - as Dave would say. Well - we played through a few. But before we finished, the skies turned black, the wind went nuts, rain somehow came in sideways from all directions and I think I saw a couple flying houses. I may be wet until Christmas. It took an hour for my phone to dry out so I could charge it. You try - and sometimes you strike out.

Unofficial IDI takes place Sunday

Even though we did not have a Founding Father available, we still tried to carry on with some version of the Independence Day Invitational at Denison (Granville) Golf Club.

Big J won the boot! It was hot and steamy and one of those grind-it-out types of day. Except for a few curious drives, J was remarkable. I’ve never seen him scramble so well to save so many pars. He blew me away. Congratulations!!!!!

His tee shot on par 3 #14 which led to a birdie.

Dave continues to roll on

While riding his John Deere, B.T.O. picked up 7 points over the weekend. That stretches his lead to 18 points over Manager Jim.

And now we jump over the water to Scotland for the Scottish Open.

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Kevin Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Maverick McNealy,

Jaustin Viktor Hovland, Corey Conners, Byeong Hun An  

PAK-Mon Sungjae Im,  Great Scott

B.T.O. Scottie Scheffler, Henrik Norlander

Jim Rory, Justin Thomas, Fleetwood Mac, Max McGreevy

Big J Collin Morikawa, Robert MacIntyre, Matthieu Pavon

Commish Ludvig Aberg, Denny’s McCarthy, Sepp Straka, Daniel HamBerger

Doug Xander Schauffele,  Max Greyserman, Matt Fitzpatrick, J.J. Spaun

Medical Update

My leg/groin still hurts from the 6/19 surgery. Nerve pain. I don’t like it.

Doug. well - he’s still Doug. But I am reminded by him of his wisdom of how pain and age kind of go together. He’s carrying on.

But the big news that has rocked the FGL is about Manager Jim. He’s going Bionic! We can re-build him. Make him faster, stronger than ever before! A new knee. Good luck Manager Jim!

Manager Jim closes the gap

Tapping into his Birmingham, MI days, Jim tried to create some magic at the Motown with 7 points from Captain Kirk while B.T.O. Went -1 for the week.

Doug also did well pulling to within one point of his arch enemy Kevin.

We’re off to the John Deere next with many guys making an early jump over the Atlantic to get ready for the Scottish Open.

Manager Golfers expected to play

Kevin Tom Kim

Jaustin No one

PAK-Mon Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Nick Dunlap

B.T.O. Max Homa, lil Rickie Fowler, Henrik Norlander,

Jim Captain Kirk, Beau Hossler, Max McGreevy

Big J Jason Day

Commish Denny’s McCarthy, J.T. Poston

Doug Eric Cole