Wonderful holiday weekend

Your Commissioner had a great birthday weekend with a dinner at Texas Roadhouse, lots of tennis (tho I forgot it required running) Graeter’s ice cream and a surprise dinner with Manager Doug/Maxine and Monica at Yogi’s (along with a cake from the ladies there)

Amazing northern Michigan golf trip

I had a great road trip to Gaylord Michigan thanks to Big J pulling it all together. Six golf courses, so many bad shots and amazing scenery. Joining Big J and myself were my brother Tom, Woody from Delta and his friend Darren.

We almost lost Big J on our second day. This is the scene and it was the wet railroad tie that nearly did him in. The big man went down and went down hard, blooding his face, breaking his glasses and basically just making a mess of himself. Thankfully he was able to pull it all together after a few holes.

We played 108 holes in just 72 hours. On the 107th hole, your Commissioner scored an Eagle on a par 5. My only moment of glory!

Kevin makes major move at Major

Breakfast Souffle finally did it. He shot a 65 to keep ahead of DeChambeau and win by one stroke. (Sorry Jaustin) Kevin moves into 3rd place on your FGL leaderboard and wins the Major Sidebet pool.

Team Jaustin also had a good week and sneaks closer to that coveted first place spot.

Doug ….. -2 for the week? That’s terrible. But then again, I scored 0 points. Not a good tournament for a few of us.

Jim and Doctor are now tied for 7th place - for whatever that’s worth.

Charles Schwab up next

Manager Golfers expected to play

PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam

Commish Sungjae Im , Cam Davis

Doug Tom Kim, Emiliano Grillo Pad, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy

Jaustin Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk

Jim Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman

Big J Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa

The Doctor Max Homa, Sepp Straka, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose

Kevin Milton Bradley

B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English, Sam Ryder, Kevin Streelman

UNBELIEVABLE

Scottie gets his stretches done in a Louisville jail; arrives to the course about an hour before tee time and then shoots one of the best rounds of the day with a 66. How is that possible? A possible omen on how the rest of this season is going to go for Team PAK-Mon? On the other extreme, if the barometric pressure is slightly off, The Doctor may not make his round of golf. Crazy stuff.

Possible ethics violation being investigated on Team PAK-Mon

Shocking news came out of Kentucky as round 2 was about to begin on Friday. Oh sure - it’d be easy to make some Kentucky jokes now. But Manager Big J lives there so we’lll leave that alone. But other reports are circulating on the internet, radio and TV, newspapers, town criers, telegraphs, etc. It would appear that team PAK-Mon has been harboring a felon. SHAME! Perhaps a 50 point team reduction would be in order? (Of course that would still leave them ahead of half the FGL teams!). But clearly more investigative work must take place. Maybe even a happy hour to talk over the ramifications. Stay tuned.

Wednesday concert night

Went to the Schottenstein Center and saw Cheap Trick and Heart. Ran into a few Shadowbox kids there as well. A very good time. I had never seen Cheap Trick before and it made me want to go watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High again. Heart was still amazing. Those ladies are both in the early 70’s. Most older bands can’t hit their high notes or have the crowd sing along for most of the songs. Not so with Heart. They still sounded the same. But they kept me out until 11:00. That just seemed very late!

9 points

That seemed to be the most common team point score at the Wells Fargo. With most everyone playing this signature event and there being no cut, everyone picked up points. Team Jaustin picked up 14 points with help from Rory’s win which moves him into 2nd place. No other changes in the standings other than everyone moved forward and with Monica’s squad only scoring 4 points, everyone gained just a little ground.

We’re off to the PGA Championship next in Kentucky. Will Justin Thomas find his old hometown magic and pull out a big win. No. He will not. But it’s a nice story. Your Commissioner has decided to pick up a couple tossed away FGL golfers for this week. I’m going to try Books Koepka and Byeong Hun An for a week and see how I like them. Nick Taylor and Shane Lowry have been dismissed though there’s always the possibility of future negotiations.

Manager Golfers expected to play

PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Cameron Smith, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam

Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Brooks Koepka, Byeong Hun An

Doug Wyndham Hotels, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy

Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau

Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley, Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman

Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon, Joaquin Niemann

The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose

Kevin Xander Schauffele, Milton Bradley, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Conners, Akshay Bhatia

B.T.O. Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English

Congrats to Manager Austin

In his spare time when he’s not managing the affairs of Team Jaustin, Manager Austin has a side job with The Hillman Company. Recently Austin got promoted to Senior Manager of Solutions Design Analytics. Now I don’t know what any of that means, but I’m sure it’s pretty important.

Mother's Day party included several FGL managers

Had a great time with Managers Doctor, Monica, Jaustin and Doug for lots of food and too much ice cream. Even had Woody and my cousin show up. And nothing got broke - at least that I’ve noticed so far.

Tina

Went to the Ohio Theater Tuesday night to see the Tina Turner musical. It was very good though certainly not anything like a concert. I don’t ever remember sitting in Merrill Tower on campus listening to Tina music. And I really didn’t know much about her story so Tuesday night’s show was a bit surprising. Very dark and disturbing. Ike was certainly a jerk. Again - a very good show in its own weird way.

Quiet weekend in Dallas

A net total of just 5 FGL points were scored at the Byron Nelson. No one had any player finish in the Top 10. Standings did not change through Team Jaustin is now just 1 point behind your Commissioner.

Jordan Spieth - Texas is supposed to be your state. You were a favorite pick to win this tournament. Something tells me that all is not well with Team Big J right now. Monday’s conference call will not be pleasant.

Wells Fargo - I can’t keep up with all the different names this next tournament has had. And it’s usually later in the season. But it’s a great course and has a strong FGL field being a PGA Signature event.

Manager Golfers expected to play

PAK-Mon Captain Kirk, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam [NO SCOTTIE!]

Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Shane Lowry

Doug Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy

B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English

Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley

Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Austin Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama

Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon

The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose

Kevin Xander Schauffele, Milton Bradley, , Justin Thomas, Corey Conners, Akshay Bhatia

Team golf in N'leans

Is LIV something like what we saw in New Orleans with the team concept? Our FGL standings did not change with this tournament though I did cut my gap against Monica/Paul a bit with Shane Lowry’s win. (I heard his interview after the tournament. I absolutely love his accent. I just had no clue what he said.) Team Jaustin picked up 10 points with Rory also on the winning team.

A fun day of MONSTER TRUCKS!!!!!!

First time I had been to one of these. These 8 trucks are huge, smelly and sooooo loud. The way they spin around, bounce all around, jump in the air, etc - kind of reminded me of riding in the golf cart with Big J.