the golf league finale
Tonight is the finale of our summer golf league for work.
We play 9 holes and start at 5:30. The finale brings everyone out of the woodwork because there are door prizes. This never ceases to amaze me, mostly because the door prizes are not big things. Examples are a sleeve of balls, or a golf towel, or a deck of playing cards with the 17th hole at Sawgrass on the back...that kind of stuff. There are also longest drive and closest to the pin contests for gift certificates. This could explain it, but most of those coming out of the woodwork are beginners and have no reasonable shot at those prizes. Neither do I, by the way.
Still, all summer we have somewhere around 10 groups playing golf and tonight, there are 19. Two starting at every hole but one, where there are three. Since it's also the end of the season, it gets dark earlier, and with all the beginners...lets say it won't be a quick trip thru the 9 holes. It will be dark when we're on the last hole. I'm OK with that, because it will be dark for everyone's last hole....so it's all fair. What I don't get is...all you people had all summer to play. It's fun, it's cheap and it hasn't been crowded, so...what....for a chance to win 3 new golf balls in a box, you'll come out and play? Computer down, so you're having to do everything by hand, and you can't find the playing cards? What is it?
Part of my frustration is I help run this circus, and I have the thrilling job of assigning groups to holes tonight. It wouldn't be so bad if everyone would just send me e-mails with their group, let me put the thing together and be done with it but noooooooooo. I published the hole assignments this morning and ever since then it's....so and so can't play so we want so and so instead. Can you put us on this hole with this group? The handicap you have is from last year. It should be such and such....and damn people....I have a real job here, and it's not spending my day on something that should be long done.
I love playing this league thing, because it's one of my better opportunities to actually play...but I'll be glad when today is done.
We play 9 holes and start at 5:30. The finale brings everyone out of the woodwork because there are door prizes. This never ceases to amaze me, mostly because the door prizes are not big things. Examples are a sleeve of balls, or a golf towel, or a deck of playing cards with the 17th hole at Sawgrass on the back...that kind of stuff. There are also longest drive and closest to the pin contests for gift certificates. This could explain it, but most of those coming out of the woodwork are beginners and have no reasonable shot at those prizes. Neither do I, by the way.
Still, all summer we have somewhere around 10 groups playing golf and tonight, there are 19. Two starting at every hole but one, where there are three. Since it's also the end of the season, it gets dark earlier, and with all the beginners...lets say it won't be a quick trip thru the 9 holes. It will be dark when we're on the last hole. I'm OK with that, because it will be dark for everyone's last hole....so it's all fair. What I don't get is...all you people had all summer to play. It's fun, it's cheap and it hasn't been crowded, so...what....for a chance to win 3 new golf balls in a box, you'll come out and play? Computer down, so you're having to do everything by hand, and you can't find the playing cards? What is it?
Part of my frustration is I help run this circus, and I have the thrilling job of assigning groups to holes tonight. It wouldn't be so bad if everyone would just send me e-mails with their group, let me put the thing together and be done with it but noooooooooo. I published the hole assignments this morning and ever since then it's....so and so can't play so we want so and so instead. Can you put us on this hole with this group? The handicap you have is from last year. It should be such and such....and damn people....I have a real job here, and it's not spending my day on something that should be long done.
I love playing this league thing, because it's one of my better opportunities to actually play...but I'll be glad when today is done.
John put this out here at 12:41 PM
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