- By Dick Fitzwell AP
Tilbury ON: The Gordon’s Gin league was off on June 25, 2018 as many of the pros had stuff going on. I will try and catch our fans up as to what has been going on the past few weeks.
June 15, 2018 – Tomcat Open
The Tomcat Open was held at Sutton Creek on June 18, 2018. Snowpants did an amazing job organizing the event. He was literally the Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. Snowpants was at the course at 5:30 am grooming the greens and selecting pin placements for the day. At 8:00 am, he runs over and sets up the registration table. At 8:30 Am, Snowpants holds a meeting with the staff at Sutton Creek. He basically laid down the law and told the staff every Tomcat should be given the Red Carpet treatment.
At 8:45 am, limousines started arriving and Tomcats were greeted by boisterous fans as they got ready for their yearly golf outing.
Snowpants gave his annual welcome speech at 8:55 am and the boys were then directed over to the 1st hole where Tunzie had a mobile photo studio set up to take pictures of the foursomes.
Great job by Snowpants and thanks to Tunzie for taking the photos. They will be life long memories.
The Ride Home
May Day was in charge of the Bucko Bus as it picked up and dropped off players Stevo, Bucko, The Big Easy, and Hatchie. With Hatchie in the rig, who needs a GPS? “His directions to and from the course were the best directions I ever followed. Better than MapQuest”, said May Day. “I was impressed. Hatchie even knew the start and end dates for construction and even knew what company won the successful bid”, said Stevo.
First drop off was the Big Easy. As you probably guessed, he lives on Easy Street in Tecumseh. The Big Easy’s fine family was home to greet him as he returned from a gruelling day of golf. Bucko and May Day met the family for the first time. The Big Easy’s wife, Sweet Feet and daughters Paris and Nicky were on hand to greet the guys when they pulled in. Paris is engaged to Ned, Stevo’s son. The Big Easy and Stevo signed a pre-arranged marriage contract when the kids were 7. “I couldn’t ask for a better son in law in Ned”, said the Big Easy. Look for a Wedding Bans announcement soon.
Next, it was off to Hatchie’s place. Hatchie’s dog Bandit was home to greet the guys. Hatchie treated the boys to some cold beer and major league baseball on the big screen in his garage. “It’s a Belle River thing”, said Hatchie of the big screen in the garage. “But it really brings the community together. There must have been 75 people here watching game 7 a few weeks back”.
“Hatchie really knows how to be a host. He actually offered me his last pepperette”, said May Day. “I was almost in tears”.
A thanks to Hatchie for the car wash gift certificates he provided the guys as a parting gift. What a guy.
June 18, 19 & 20th
The annual Bundura tour was held in London, ON and the boys were at Otter Creek, Forest City National and Firerock. A great time was had by all and most of the guys are looking forward to the Battle Creek trip in the fall. Lots of stories but everybody is sworn to secrecy so details are under a publication ban.
July 2, 2018
The league is resuming play at Willow Ridge in Blenheim on July 2, 2018. Fan favorite Chrispy is joining the pros for the first time with the appearance, he qualifies for the year end banquet.Get there early if you want an autograph.
And hey, whatever became of Crow?