Last year was very tough for the US economy. Trillions in wealth disappeared. Billions of new debt added. Millions of jobs lost. However, this year the stock market has bounced back, home values are increasing and labor market is improved. Several other economic indicators also show signs of a solid recovery.
On a much smaller, more relevant scale, many of you Golfers Gone Wild showed solid signs of recovering from your early season slumps. On Saturday, May 22, GGW met to compete in our 7th Tour Event of the season at Deer Creek Golf Club in University Park. Our very own Way Cool took full advantage of the (finally) warmer temperatures to emerge victorious.
Way Cool also had a tough year last year. Battling through minor injuries and juggling other time commitments; left Wayne without a Tour win in all of 2009. But on Saturday, Way Cool prevailed by hitting some miraculous recovery shots; starting at the first tee and continuing through #18. His first drive hooked under the trees on the left, but he recovered to make bogey. Throughout day Way Cool hit solid recovery shots to make par or save bogey and finished with 45 on the front. But he saved his most amazing recovery shot for the last hole. #18 at Deer Creek is a hard dog leg right. Wayne hit his coolest drive of the day, 250 yards straight; but it went through the fairway, past the sand trap into the rough. Way Cool then hit a remarkable 2nd shot through the trees, onto the green, made par to seal his first win of the 2010 season, finishing with a net 68.
Cadillac Blue came in second 2 strokes behind. Blue hit several greens in regulation, but not close enough to have easy birdie putts. To coin a phrase, he must have “figured out some things” and looks dangerous come summer. Double D finished third with net 72. After struggle on the first three holes, Dennis settled down and shot a solid 48 on the back.
Several other members of Golfers Gone Wild had good rounds at Deer Creek. Rifleman and Hawk both finished with net 74. The Gambler and Quick Draw both had net 75. Grade A and Country Strong both had net 76. TaylorMade Kid, with net 77, spent his energy recovering from several issues including wardrobe malfunctions and carded a 50 on the back nine.
Two others simply could not recover from bad rounds. Kappatain Styles (85) with the best game off the tee box usually never has to hit a recovery shot, but desperately needs to recover a short game. And Medicine Man (83) could not recover from whatever is ailing his game.
The Gambler won the Nassau bet and also won 4 skins. But Skins play was dominated by Rifleman. Chuck was playing so well and feeling so frisky, he was even able to even recover balls from standing water in a sand trap, twice! Rifleman ended up winning 9 skins on the day with a key solo par on #14. K Styles won two skins and of course, Quick Draw who has game to win skin on any hole, won the first three but couldn’t recover to win any after that.
Others GGW members were kept away from this event due to various needs for recovery. The only good excuse comes from Lucky Lefty who has been recovering from surgery for the past month. Silent Assassin wasn’t available while trying to recover money lost at golf from his bowling pigeons. Big Dog, whose household economy must be pretty good about now, given three consecutive weeks’ worth of GGW winnings, just couldn’t recover from effects of late night party.
Memorial Day weekend marks the official start of Midwest’s summer golf season. To celebrate, the Golfers Gone Wild Tour will make two stops in Indiana. On Saturday, we will be at Sherwood Golf Course in Schererville. Where Kappatain Styles is the current Titleholder. On the Monday, we plan a first official GGW round at Turkey Creek Golf Course in Merrillville. Summer is back. The US economy’s coming back. We’re almost back. Full recovery begins this weekend.
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