Initial
Event Date: 8/93 Venue: Mens Golf, Ladies & Juniors Competition and
Family Picnic (Families
Mandatory) Location: Various Greater Atlanta Courses
2003 FORMAT-
This years format will be BEST BALL for the front
nine and ALTERNATING
SHOT for the back nine.
PUTTING RULE!!-
On the front nine there is a 3 putt maximum. If
you miss your 2nd putt...just pick it upand
give yourself a 3 putt
Alternating shot format will have
a slight "twist" in that both players in twosome will drive
the ball on each back nine hole. Strategy will come into play by
virtue of the team determining whose shot to use to start the
alternating shot format.
LightWeight
rule is in affect. Whomever has the highest individual score on front
nine for the two man team will be deemed the “Lightweight”. ONE of his
scores will be used on the front nine total. This hole will
be picked in a blind draw at the Awards Ceremony. This means you don't
know who wins until 9:00 Saturday night!! This is a VF&SE scoring
tradition!!
Ellen
To Back At It In 2003!!
After
a one year sabbatical from kitchen duty, Ellen will be back at
it again in 2003.
"This
leg ain't healing as fast as I thought...get ready to bring a
covered dish" was Ellen's only comment
Ellen Van Frayen
9-time
Cookout Champ!!
Golf
'n Grille
Trivia Corner
Did you know
that for the first time in the history of G'n G, women were
invited to play in the 2002 event. The three
"pioneers" had fun and they represented themselves well and finished 38th,
39th and 40th in a field of 40.
VFSE
Probing Poll
Porter-Spindler Win 2003 VF&SE
2003 Golf 'n Grille
Dawsonville, GA ---- Itwas evident from the 1st shot on the first tee that the
odds-makers and handicappers for the 2003 VFSE GnG had made a huge
mistake in pairing 6'5" Alan Porter with the scrappy Jason Spindler.
Porter, sight unseen on the golf course, was a late entry and this duo
just had too much firepower and ran away with honors. With a
blistering team 33 on the front, it was only a race for 2nd place.
Mouths were agape as far away as Chattanooga when both Spindler and
Porter almost drove the first green!! Spindler, after being
shuttled in on a private jet from Columbus, Ohio, got his short
game going early...and often and became the 2nd Spindler to garner top
honors in the event's history.
In a final exclamation to the evening Porter declared,
"I don't know what's so hard about winning this Jim", to
friend Jim Lindenmayer who posted his 11th winless bid in as many years
to take the top honors.
Tom Dutton/Rob Lindroos Duo Snag
Runner-Up Honors
Dawsonville, GA ---- With the
deftness of Jewish circumcisionists, Tom Dutton and Rob Lindroos
carved their way around the tricky 6732 yard Gold Creek Golf
Club to sew up the #2 spot for the 11th Annual G'nG event.
Although winning is seldom on the mind of this fun and frolicking
two-some, they usually find their way onto the leaderboard on the
strength of Dutton's picture-perfect golf swing and Lindroos'
picture-perfect beverage cart purchases.
Van Frayen's End Eleven Year Drought -
Finish Third
Dawsonville, GA ---- Buoyed
by a 30 foot birdie putt in front of hundreds of fans and players on the
18th hole by Pete Van Frayen, the V & V combo finally made their way
to the winner's podium for 2003. After rolling in the
downhill snaking putt ,the roars of relief could be heard resonating
through the North Georgia foothills. A simple "We did
it", was all that could come from the lips of the elder Van Frayen
as he likened it to the tender moment with head in hands of Ben
Crenshaw's unlikely Masters Championship of 1995.
Ellen and Joe Strike Gold For Van Frayen
Household
Dawsonville, GA ---- The
"curse of the bambino" was eradicated in the 11th Annual VFSE Golf 'n
Grill by Ellen and Joe Van Frayen as they took top honors in the Ladies
and Juniors Championships respectively. Ellen nudged out Jill
Galang and Virginia Lenahan in championship and then proudly proclaimed
"I swept, cleaned, cooked, socialized AND won this
thing...not bad for a days work!".
Joe Van Frayen, doing what his older brother and his dad
have been unable to do since the inception of G'nG, came out "smokin"
and fired a 250 pointer on this first ball in the Juniors Championship
and then coasted with 4 25-pointers to easily out duel the competition
of Jordan Baker, Amory Lenahan and Brittany Van Frayen. Joe, a man
of few words, simply smiled and bashfully muttered "Cool" when
handed the champions trophy by tournament officials.
Closest to Pin Winners: Rob Lindroos - #4 at 16' 5"
Gary Spindler - #2 at 5' 9"
Rob Lindroos - #6 at 9' 2"
Marty Churilla - #5 at 19' 3" Jim Thorn - #8 at 22' 5"
Gold Creek Golf Club Wins Bid for
2003 VFSE Golf 'n Grille
September 13, 2003
FINAL
2003 PAIRINGS
&
TEE TIMES
Last years champs try to repeat. Although
the 2002
format favored this duo, the 2003 style might fit them well
also!
TEE TIME: 9:00
If competitors are "your bag" then
these guys are for you! Two time champion Churilla and
Hedderick may be the last ones standing.
TEE
TIME: 9:00
A recent week long session with world-renown
golf psychologist Dr. Mike Beardmore may be all the elder Spindler
needs to break out in 2003. Hard to bet against this team.
TEE TIME: 9:10
After a 1993 championship, Galang has had a
10-year drought. He proclaims that it won't be 11! If
Hughes gets hot on this day...this team is a lock!
TEE TIME: 9:10
Death, taxes and Bob at the awards podium...three
things you can count on!! Two past champions combine to cause fits
for the field!
TEE TIME: 9:20
Rookie of the year Rogers finished 3rd last year.
Dlugo hampered by a bad back though this year.. Motrin and
Miller-Lite could be the magic elixir!
TEE TIME: 9:20
Bonnie/Clyde, Siskell/Ebert, Jekyll/Hyde,
Dutton/Lindroos... the names just fit together! This
perennial contender twosome is in the hunt every year.
TEE TIME: 9:30
Thorn looks to make a big impact in his rookie
year. If Burbrink shoots 55 on the front this team will take
the honors
TEE TIME: 9:30
This brother-in-law combo may be stiff
competition. Lots of athleticism between the two however has
been diluted by too many hours at the bar.
TEE TIME: 9:40
Young Spindler set a Callaway Gardens record
last year for elapsed time from putting ball on tee to hitting ball
off tee. Late minute entry Porter may have secured a sure win,
place or show!!
TEE TIME: 9:40
Lindy has yet to make the winners circle and is
in the unenviable position of holding TBPTHNWAGNG
title. Rookie Keeney looks to help Jim change that
this year
TEE TIME: 9:50
This twosome is my personal pick for top honors.
Lots of cerebral talent in this twosome. Ice Water Galang is a
given for strong play and if Tommy stays sharp on back nine they're
tasting victory.
TEE TIME: 9:50
If "little Terry" can get off the tee,
papa should be able to use his deft short game to make some
waves. Alternating shot back nine format could be crucial.
TEE TIME: 10:00
Mike and Pete are G'nG's rendition of the
Chicago Cubs...everybody loves 'em but they never win!!
Someday....!!
TEE TIME: 10:00
Top Stories from 2002...
Borrello-Reineking Take Top Honors in 2002 Golf 'n
Grille
Patterson Brothers Capture 2002 G'nG Runner-up
Position
McGowan-Rogers Finish Third
Dottie Draws First Blood For Lackey Clan
First Van Frayen & Sons Entertainment Hall of
Fame Inductees Announced
Ever wonder why
golf is growing in popularity and people who don't even play go
to tournaments or watch it on TV? These truisms may shed light
on reasons why.
Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of
players being
honorable people who don't need referees.
Golfers don't scratch their privates on the golf course.
Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.
Professional golfers are compensated in direct proportion to how
well they play.
Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight
when they travel
between tournaments.
Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts,
because of
another player's deal.
Professional Golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the
courses on
which they play.
When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them
or back them up.
The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one year than the
National
Football League does in two.
You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any
tournament,
including the majors, all day, every day for $25 or $30. The
cost for a seat in
the nosebleed section at the Super Bowl will cost around $300 or
more.
You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course,
watch the best in
the world and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try
that at one of
the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadium. I brought a
Coke into Oriole
Park at Camden Yards last year, and an usher came to my seat and
told me I had
to dispose of it, or I would not be allowed to stay in the
stadium.
In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a
season, like the
best baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do.
Golf doesn't change its rules to attract Fans.
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
Golf doesn't have free agency.
In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and other stars,
would shake your
hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime Jose
Canseco wore
T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone."
You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a
tournament.
Ladies are welcome players.
At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer funded sports stadium
and arenas) you
won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name
calling while
you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
Also: If
you have re-gripped your golf ball retriever more than once you
might question if this game is really for you.
1. Golf can best be defined as an endless
series of tragedies obscured by
the occasional miracle.
2. "I wish I could play my normal game...just once."
3. "Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play
your foul balls."
4. If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the
snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip: Your life
is in trouble.
5. Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the
shot
rarely make a perfect shot.
6. The term "mulligan" is really a contraction of the
phrase "maul it again."
7. A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement
between two golfers ....neither of whom can putt very well.
8. An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly
you play; it is always possible to get worse.
9. Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice
it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green.
The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really
stink.
10. I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't
play.
11. If your best shots are the practice swing and the "gimme
Putt", you might wish to reconsider this game.
12. Achieving a certain level of success in golf is only
important if you can finally enjoy the level you've reached
after you've reached it.
13. Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is
you.
14. Golf is like marriage If you take yourself too seriously it
won't work... and both are expensive.
15. The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.
16. To some golfers, the greatest handicap is the ability to add
correctly.
Golf Club Rules
1. Back straight, knees bent, feet shoulder
width apart.
2. Form a loose grip.
3. Keep your head down.
4. Avoid a quick back swing.
5. Stay out of the water.
6. Try not to hit anyone.
7. If you are taking too long, please let others
go ahead of you.
8. Don't stand directly in front of others.
9. Quiet please... while others are preparing to
go.
10. Don't take extra strokes.
Very good. Now flush the urinal, go outside, and tee off!
If you drink, dont. drive. Don't even
putt.
Dean Martin
When I die, bury me on the golf course so my
husband will visit.
Author Unknown
I'm hitting the woods just great....but having
a terrible time getting out of them!
Author Unknown
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try
picking up the wrong golf ball.
Jack Lemmon
1. Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in
your mind during
your swing.
2. When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can
either hit
one more club or two more balls.
3. If you are afraid a full shot might reach the green while the
group
ahead are still putting, you have two options: you can
immediately
shank a lay-up, or you can wait until the green is clear and top
a
ball halfway there.
4. The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share
his ideas
about the golf swing.
5. If it isn't broke, try changing your grip.
6. Golfers who claim they don't cheat also lie.
7. Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot.
8. A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponent's
luck.
9. It's surprisingly easy to sink a 50 foot putt when you lie
10.
10. Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a
rule is like
expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.
11. Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
12. It's not a gimme putt if you're still away.
13. The shortest distance between any two points on a golf
course is a
straight line that passes directly through the large tree.
14. There are two kinds of bounces: unfair bounces and bounces
just the
way you intended to play it.
15. You can hit a two-acre fairway 10% of the time and a 2-inch
branch
on a tree 90% of the time.
16. Every time a golfer makes a birdie he must subsequently make
three
triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the
universe.
Feast on These!!
Golfer: "I've played so poorly all day; I think I'm
going to go drown
myself in that
lake."
Caddy: "I doubt you could keep your head
down that long."
Golfer: "I'd move heaven and earth to be able to
break 100 on this course."
Caddy: "Try heaven. You've already moved most of the
earth."
Golfer: "Well, I have never played this badly
before!
Caddy: "I didn't realize you had played before,
sir."
Golfer: "Caddy, do you think my game is improving?"
Caddy: "Oh yes, sir! You miss the ball much closer than you
used to."
Golfer: "Please stop checking your watch all the
time, caddy. It's distracting!"
Caddy: "This isn't a watch, sir, its a compass!"
Golfer: "Caddy, do you think it is a sin to play golf on
Sunday?"
Caddy: "The way you play, sir, it's a sin any day of
the week!"
Golfer: "This golf is a funny game."
Caddy: "It's not supposed to be."
Golfer: "That can't be my ball, caddy. It looks far too
old."
Caddy: "It's a long time since we started, sir."
Golfer: "Do you think I can get there with a
5-iron?"
Caddy: "Eventually."
Golfer (screaming): "You've got to be the worst caddy in
the world!"
Caddy: "I doubt it. That would be too much of a
coincidence!"
17. If you want to hit a 7-iron as far as Tiger Woods does,
simply try to
lay up just short of a water hazard.
18. To calculate the speed of a player's downswing, multiply the
speed
of his backswing by his handicap. Example, backswing 20 miles
per
hour, handicap, 15, downswing = 300 m.p.h.
19. There are two things you can learn by stopping your
backswing at
the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands
you have, and which hand is wearing the golf glove.
20. Hazards attract; Fairways repel.
21. You can put "draw" on the ball, you can put
"fade" on the ball, but
no golfer can put "straight" on the ball.
22. A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not
yours.
23. If there is a ball in the fringe and a ball in the bunker,
your ball is
in the bunker.
24. If both balls are in the sand, yours is in the footprint.
25. Don't buy a putter until you have had a chance to throw it.
26. The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant
elimination of
the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to
compensate for
all your errors.
When
I die, bury me on the golf course so my husband will
visit--Author Unknown
I
don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd
come
up
sliced.--
Author Unknown
I've
spent most of my life golfing. the rest I've just wasted.--
Author Unknown
They
call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.
-- Raymond Floyd
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest
if somebody would put a
flag
stick on top.~Pete
Dye (His golf courses reflect this belief!!!)
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives
think
they are out having fun.~Jim
Bishop
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in
baseball. I
did
it in one afternoon on the golf course.~Hank
Aaron
Golf
is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and
write down
five
~Paul
Harvey
Give
me golf clubs, fresh air &a beautiful partner, and you can
keep
the clubs and the fresh air.~Jack
Benny
Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?~Al Boliska
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf
course.
-- Billy Graham
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you
are
inclined
to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect
golf swing.~Ben
Hogan
Go
play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the
ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The
end.~Chuck Hogan
If
you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up thewrong
golf ball.
~Jack
Lemmon
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while
they
are
still rolling.~Mark
Twain
Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.
~Harry
Vardon
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with
implements
ill adapted for the purpose.~Woodrow Wilson
A
golfer's diet: live on greens as much as possible .~Author
Unknown
Golf
and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at
them.~Jimmy DeMaret
If
I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook.
If Ihit it straight, it's a miracle.~Author Unknown
The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't
improve your lie.
George Deukmejian
Golf
is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out
of a bagpipe.~Author Unknown
