Last week saw the second annual McCartyville area golf outing, a.k.a. "The Southenders vs. the Northenders vs. the Village People vs. the Featherfolks I, II, and III vs. the Eastringers."
If you remember last year's outing, there were only 3 teams, but word spread and since everyone had so much fun, things expanded greatly. This year, we added the Featherfolks teams and this worked out because all these guys are really on the west end of the village and not many of them were really very well known to the rest of us. The Eastringer team kinda stretched the idea of local residence, but all of those players are in the Rumley league and originally lived in McCartyville, so what the heck. The idea was to have fun.
My team, the Southenders, was defending its championship, but could only manage a 6-under par 66. That was four strokes better than last year, and seemed to be a response to the challenge of the Eastringers -- a team made up of one scratch player and three other pretty good golfers. But, alas, it was not enough. The Eastringers won on their first effort, shooting an 8-under 64.
The Village People managed to pull themselves out of the cellar (I think they were helped by a rule change for this year which allowed the seniors to hit from the senior tees). The "trophy" was taken home for the year by the Northenders who struggled to a +3 score of 75.
Final scores:
Eastringers (64).
Southenders (66).
Featherfolks #2 (69).
Featherfolks #3 (68).
Village People and Featherfolks #1 (71)
Northenders (75).
I guess the scores are not really important (unless yours is the bottom team). What is important is 28 neighborhood guys managed to get together for a fun afternoon of golf and fellowship. We also got to know each other a bit better. I expect we'll have at least two more teams next year and I think we'll also have some of the women teeing it up for an inaugural powder-puff outing.
Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your neighbor than will 18 years of dealing with him across the back yard fence.
Hooah
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