MD/DC/VA Golfers - Twelve Monkeys Mental Divergence

[TheCityGame]

> @FAbb said:

> I'll be butt sad if they let carts scatter tomorrow. It would wreck the fairways and rough.

>

 

Anyone finding Fabb's insistence over yesterday being the last good day of the year to play Waverly odd?

 

FWIW, Turf was PRIMO. Fairways were green, but firm. Greens are perfect and fast. But, one day of rain isn't going to ruin anything anywhere.

 

[TheCityGame]

Smalls vs Talls Update :

 

Captains Siegel and Aiyyer are putting together the line ups.

 

We're going to have 6 matches. I asked Siegel to pick 6 golfers, then Aiyyer fills in HIS 12, then Siegel fills in the remaining 6.

 

The only forced pairing was Tex and Tex's buddy, playing in his first Hive event.

 

This is what Siegel came up with. I thought he'd make pairings. He didn't.

 

 

[FAbb]

> @TheCityGame said:

>

> Anyone finding Fabb's insistence over yesterday being the last good day of the year to play Waverly odd?

>

> FWIW, Turf was PRIMO. Fairways were green, but firm. Greens are perfect and fast. But, one day of rain isn't going to ruin anything anywhere.

>

 

It is odd. I bury my head in the sand over odd things sometimes.

 

Not the last good day, but the best remaining day. I think the courses are going to get softer. The weather was 68-70 degrees, sunny, and a little breeze. I don' think we'll see that combination of weather and course conditions again in 2019.

[Ocgolfrick]

I'll take Tall 6 over Siegel for $1 please.

[siegel159]

> @TheCityGame said:

> Smalls vs Talls Update :

>

> Captains Siegel and Aiyyer are putting together the line ups.

>

> We're going to have 6 matches. I asked Siegel to pick 6 golfers, then Aiyyer fills in HIS 12, then Siegel fills in the remaining 6.

>

> The only forced pairing was Tex and Tex's buddy, playing in his first Hive event.

>

> This is what Siegel came up with. ** I thought he'd make pairings. He didn't. **

>

 

>

 

Expect the unexpected is the smalls motto this year.

[FAbb]

Word on the street is that the talls are opening up an inquiry, to investigate whether City abused his powers to allow Siegel to be in a position to have final control over every single match in the selection process.

[TheCityGame]

I thought the motto was "chop 'em off at the knees, then go for the eyes."

[siegel159]

> @FAbb said:

> Word on the street is that the talls are opening up an inquiry, to investigate whether City abused his powers to allow Siegel to be in a position to have final control over every single match in the selection process.

 

THDC will also be brought in in an effort to determine where the small's have the best chance of putting points on the board. I'm confident that he and I can pretty accurately estimate the round scores.

[ceejay81]

> @FAbb said:

> Word on the street is that the talls are opening up an inquiry, to investigate whether City abused his powers to allow Siegel to be in a position to have final control over every single match in the selection process.

 

I overheard their conversation on the phone. It was the perfect call. No quid pro quo.

[ceejay81]

Oh, btw, no idea if anybody is attempting to buy 2020 Ryder Cup tickets, but I've been sitting "in line" since 11am when the process started. I'm probably not going to buy tickets, but I wanted to go through the process to see what it's like. Seems to be a joke so far. So much for their "lottery" system.

 

 

[gsrjc]

Anyone know how musket ridge is lately? Playing there on Friday in a scramble.

[TheCityGame]

> @ceejay81 said:

> > @FAbb said:

> > Word on the street is that the talls are opening up an inquiry, to investigate whether City abused his powers to allow Siegel to be in a position to have final control over every single match in the selection process.

>

> I overheard their conversation on the phone. It was the perfect call. No quid pro quo.

 

Warning point.

[ceejay81]

> @gsrjc said:

> Anyone know how musket ridge is lately? Playing there on Friday in a scramble.

 

Played there 2 weeks ago and it was in fantastic shape. I loved it.

 

Also, my Ryder Cup screen updated. Match Day tickets are now sold out, but weekly packages and practice day tickets remain available. Not that it matters because I'll never get to the front of the line.

[SullGolf]

> @FAbb said:

> Word on the street is that the talls are opening up an inquiry, to investigate whether City abused his powers to allow Siegel to be in a position to have final control over every single match in the selection process.

 

I think it's set up to be pretty fair. Talls got to pick the singles matches for the 6 guys that the Smalls put out first. Smalls get to pick for the remaining 6. The way Siegel did it makes some interesting choices because we have to think about who might get paired there. But then our picks may/should change his pairings.

 

Lot's of intrigue leading up to a tournament that's going to amount to the equivalent of the Talls scoring 7 runs in the first inning. It'll be over before the pitch n putt.

[gsrjc]

> @ceejay81 said:

> > @gsrjc said:

> > Anyone know how musket ridge is lately? Playing there on Friday in a scramble.

>

> Played there 2 weeks ago and it was in fantastic shape. I loved it.

 

Awesome. Thanks CJ.

 

 

[davechen]

> @siegel159 said:

> > @FAbb said:

> > Word on the street is that the talls are opening up an inquiry, to investigate whether City abused his powers to allow Siegel to be in a position to have final control over every single match in the selection process.

>

> THDC will also be brought in in an effort to determine where the small's have the best chance of putting points on the board. I'm confident that he and I can pretty accurately estimate the round scores.

 

In the ongoing saga of Dave-Can't-Keep-Score, I was following Junior around Laytonsville on Saturday. He was playing a MCG Junior tournament. He always has a bad case of first tee jitters, so as usual, he yanked his drive left into the junk. Double. He did that again on #4. Another double. On #5 he hit the green and then 4 putted. Yet another double.

 

I wasn't keeping track of his score, but he must have been in the high 40's on the front. It was so bad that I thought about not walking the back with him. Just couldn't stand to watch it. He did play better on the back, but still, I figured he ended up near 90. Turns out he shot an 83 for 4th place. Not bad, all things considering.

 

But, yeah, don't count on me for scores.

[SullGolf]

Before Sunday, I'm going to need the handicap chair to confirm that THDC Jr posted that 83.

[Ocgolfrick]

C'mon Aiyyer, I don't even have a stake in this and the waiting is torture. I need it phrased like this to please:

 

"Top 12 Tall Golfers Revealed with matchups! (You won't BELIEVE who Number 6 is!)"

 

[TheCityGame]

meatDave just came by the office and tried to guess the twist. wasn't even close.

 

Little did he know that if he scanned the big printed out QR code sitting on my desk, he would have been taken to a page that explains it.

 

 

[TheCityGame]

Going to see Joker tonight.

 

Gotta admit, the amount of, and severity of, negative reviews get more more excited for this than they normally would.

[SullGolf]

Maybe Aiyyer is one of those guys who works at work. We should screen for that next year before picking captains.

[XHoop24]

Did anyone else see this [tweet](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-honesty-from-this-washington-nationals-fan-is-something-we-should-all-strive-for "tweet") going around?

 

That's actually a friend of mine. He's hilarious, but literally didn't know the Nats were playing the night of the wild card game when I ran into him a few weeks ago about an hour before the game started.

[TheCityGame]

> @XHoop24 said:

> Did anyone else see this [tweet](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-honesty-from-this-washington-nationals-fan-is-something-we-should-all-strive-for "tweet") going around?

>

> That's actually a friend of mine. He's hilarious, but literally didn't know the Nats were playing the night of the wild card game when I ran into him a few weeks ago about an hour before the game started.

 

his dance will be done after all birdies this Sunday.

 

I thought it was going to be the tweet where the woman went to see the Nats at RFK.

[dcmidnight]

> @XHoop24 said:

> Did anyone else see this [tweet](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-honesty-from-this-washington-nationals-fan-is-something-we-should-all-strive-for "tweet") going around?

>

> That's actually a friend of mine. He's hilarious, but literally didn't know the Nats were playing the night of the wild card game when I ran into him a few weeks ago about an hour before the game started.

 

That dumb dumb made the opening of Around the Horn tonight lol.

[aiyyer]

 

> @SullGolf said:

> Maybe Aiyyer is one of those guys who works at work. We should screen for that next year before picking captains.

 

Yup - swamped at work.

Mark G would’ve been been with the Talls

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[FAbb]

I think aiyyer officially has a bigger crush on freezus than domes does.

[misplacedtexan83]

Little sneak peak of the “trophy”

 

 

[aiyyer]

> @FAbb said:

> I think aiyyer officially has a bigger crush on freezus than domes does.

Fabb, you were not at Pinehurst..

 

 

 

 

[FAbb]

Look, there's nothing wrong with having a crush on freezy. He's handsome, has great sartorial flair, is very photogenic, and it's even rumored he can impregnate women with his pheromones alone.

[aiyyer]

Rick, Usual suspect helped out with the pairings.

Cart golfers complicated the issue a little. Will wait for City to post.

Usual suspect will anchor.