By Harry Ballsonue
Without a hitch, the Kobassa Open (a 2 man scramble format) was played on July 15 with the winners Bagzand Spanky coming in at 73. “This is a great honour to be a winner of this magnificent tournament, when the last putt went in, both Spanky and I had tears in our eyes.” Stated Bagz.
More Winners
Second place with 75, was taken by the combo of Hollywood and the Big Easy, “I am a golfer now, this may be the second best day of my life, to finish second in this prestigious event, well I am speechless, I am with out speech.” Stated Hollywood.
Third place went to Chevy and Sheepdog with a 75, then fourth was taken by Hatchie and Stevo with a 75 and fifth went to Bubbles and the Howler at 76. The most honest golfers went to The Turk and Little Bird with a steamy 86.
Closest to the pin were taken by three different winners, Sparky, Hatchie and Crispy. No one got on the green on the par 3, 13th.
Thank You Goes Out
Huge thank you goes out to Bundura, May Day, Hatchie, Big Easy, Howler/Little Bird and Sea Lion for providing the food and prizes. And thanks to Turk for the appetizers…. “Yes, I host it and supply some of the stuff, but without these guys helping me, the tournament would not be the same without them, they deserve a great deal of thanks and credit. If anyone else ever wants to help contribute please do so.” Indicated Stevo, tournament organizer.
Best Dressed
Even though there was no prize for the best dressed, it was obvious to everyone Hatchie and Stevo’s matching outfits were the talk of the tournament, Cribzie and La Bamba a close second with their red hats and black golf shirts, “Look, the tournament is fun and we just try to lay another layer of fun on top of it, I hope more guys get matching shirts next year, it’s fun and who doesn’t want or need a nice new golf shirt.” Hatchie said enthusiastically.

Next Year
“We will be having our Kobassa Open year endmeeting in October to discuss next year, I think one of the options would be to add more guys and to not go back to Stevo’s, but maybe go to Legion in Essex but we will need to look at all options before we make a decision. One thing I can tell you is that we will probably charge each golf 10-20 dollars to help offset some of the costs. I think it is only fair not to have the same people pay all the time.” Stated May Day.
Prizes and food and booze do cost money, so it will be a natural thing to do, to have everyone contribute.
Next up is the Ride Her Cup on Monday August 2, Mad Day Marauders take on Hatchie’s Humpers.
Any given Monday, the Mr. Gordon’s golf league is alive and well, if you are interested in playing, contact the Commissioner, May Day.
August 23, 24 and 25 sees the Tomcats in the Cougar Bush tour. Three days of fun and merriment. Chevy is the organizer of this stupendous event, if you are interested, please see him to be put on a waiting list.
Photos and Big Ending
There were 100’s of photos taken, cannot get them all up, but here are a few.

Most honest : Little Bird and the Turk with 3rd place finishers Chevy and Sheep Dog 
Crowd favourite …Big Poppa …” great foursome ..Cosmo..Dino Gasolino and Moose.” 
Markie Mark and the Fun Bunch : Stingray, Stevo and Hatchie ….you want fun …play with these guys ! 
Best looking foursome; La Bamba…Cribzie ..Soupy And Stubby
Thanks to La Bamba, who created the Kobassa Open page on WhatsAP… you can view more photos.
In case you are wondering if the Tomcat Forever song was belted out in the back yard of a quiet unassuming residential neighbourhood, YES IT WAS ! While you sing the song to yourself as you read this, do you think I can put my Harry Ballsonue.

Don’t recall the vote on best dressed….might have been topping off my drink to be fair. Stevo thanks for hosting….not only the tournament but the after party and offering accommodation to golf refugees from parts east. Glad to meet all you Tomcats….forever, Tomcats forever….
Great fun guys. Pleasure to meet you all. Next year I’m going to nail the why for some of the most interesting nicknames. Snow pants? Got to be a good story there.
Great time guys. Steve thanks for inviting me.
All the best
Stingray