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So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas.
A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice. Carl Spackler
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Recap - Sunday 5/3- the Wheel Black-
The group gathered on Sunday, May 3rd at Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course for a packed and competitive outing that featured a full field of 24 golfers. The group was rounded out by four guests—Jack Lynch, Jack Jr. Lynch, Andy’s son Henry, and his friend Ungar—adding to both the competition and the camaraderie of the day.
Conditions proved to be a true test. While temperatures climbed from the low 50s into the mid-60s under partly sunny skies, a steady and at times gusty wind was a major factor throughout the round. Club selection was tricky all day, and the impact showed clearly in the scores.
On the leaderboard, Macko and Gerry O both posted strong Stableford rounds of 33 points. With the tie at the top, the overall victory went to Macko, with the tiebreak decided on the hardest handicap hole.
In gross scoring, Inzi handled the conditions best, carding a low round of 85—an impressive number given the wind.
The par-3s played especially tough, making the Closest to the Pin winners stand out: Hull on #3, Keith on #7, Buck on #11, and Dan on #17.
The Birdie Parade featured a few bright spots despite the conditions: Jack on #2, Inzi on #9, Neil on #10, and both Dan and Gary on #17.
All in all, it was a full and competitive outing, with challenging weather, strong performances, and a great group that made for another memorable day at Fairchild Wheeler.
Recap from Orange Hills - Shout out to Retcho for getting the tee times!
It was a nice day at Orange Hills, conditions were in good shape, had 20 golfers out there taking it on. Consensus was that the greens were in good shape, pin placements were diabolical, at the edges of the greens and we all had to deal with sloping greens that had a hard time holding shots. This is a course that would see significantly better scores if we knew the layout better, where the trouble was, and where to try and land the approach shots. Cart path only role sucked though! And every other hole seemed like a damned dogleg. On the whole, I wouldn't mind taking another crack at it.
Food for thought for any consideration for a future event here - planning ahead to order pizzas would have been a good idea since they didn't have their kitchen running. That's on me for being a dumbass. Good thing we drank dinner.
Birdies were in short supply, only two on the day: Macko on the 377 yard par four 14th and Neil on the 481 yard par five 2nd hole. Nice work, gents!
Closest to the pins were sub Hank Carlson on 3, Craig on 9, Retcho on 10 (bogey) and Johnny Mac on 13.
Stableford winners was a tie between Gerry O and Inzi with 34. Shout out to Lou (31 points) and Johnny Mac (30 points) as the only other guys to crack 30
Low Gross was Inzi with an 81, great round.
Looking forward to the next round at the Wheel Black on 5/10.
Chad birdied 3 with a great tee shot and sinking a 20 foot putt as well!
Great recap Andy!! Looking forward to the next one.
Today is opening day for the CT State Golf Association as well as Poc Fada Golf Club to enter scores so if any of you golf nuts are playing today or this weekend be sure to enter those scores….good or bad as long as you are following the rules of golf for the round. If you are still playing rounds and not following the rules of golf and are taking mulligans, extended gimme putts, scramble format, etc that is fair as well this early in the season and no scores need to be entered. Cheers.
Great day with a lot of friendly shenanigans. Gerry O ,Johnny Mac and myself sticking around for just one more just in case of a miracle on the court and WOW!!!!!!
3/30/2026 - The day Braylon Mullins broke the hearts of Duke fans and rose into UCONN royalty. But we also had a warm up round in Poc Fada with the Pink ball tourney at the renowned Fairchild Wheeler. It was quite a chilly round with 4 groups heading out around noon. Only 2 groups came in with the ball and the winners were Macko, Retcho, Brad & J Mack with a respectable score of Net 78. Coach Carlson with new members Craig Odermat and Paul Vitola along with "just smash it' supersub Jack Lynch ended up the pinky as well, but with ~86 Net. It wasn't close enough to count officially.
HIGH LIGHTS
New member Paul Vitola spending 5 minutes in prickers to pull out pinky on 16th. (Good eyes to Lynch for pointing it out to him 20 yards deep)
Pat Baldwin with the shank on the 15th tee to lose pinky.
The ultimate lost pinky was Gerry O. In the 14th green side bunker, his shot went deeper into the sand where he could not dig it out no matter how much sand he shoveled around.
CLOSEST TO PINS went to Odermat on 3rd (8ft), Odermat again on 7th (only one on the green) Bongo on 11th and Macko on 17th
LOW GROSS I believe went to Macko with a 89.
BIRDIES - Hook on 6th (DAMN! - That's a good birdie!)
Lots of us scurried our tails outta there to go watch that EPIC win by the Huskies over those Blue Devils. No monies collected so no bar tab to control/limit. Hope you all had a good time.
First event of the season is Sunday April 12 and will be hosted by the Saunders brothers. Stay tuned for more information.
Any pink ball highlights can be posted to the message board.
Nice work THull!
Welcome to the site, boys! Let's have a great year