MB2K7 - The year of Pain:
The year after our first year of expansion resulted in
our most challenging golf tournament to date. Greg
Picarello, using the greatest 36 hole stretch in MB2K
history, took home his 3rd MB2K championship besting
Chris Grove by 5 strokes. The Career MB Standings are
as follows:
3 wins - Greg Picarello
2 wins - Neil Schoenberg
1 win - Bob Smith the III, Chris Grove
Best Player(s) to have never won a major - Peter
Vinch, Mike Riba
Final Scores will be posted on MB2K.com. However, for
our records, I believe they ended as:
Sixth Place - Mike Riba - 376
Fifth Place - Neil Schoenberg - 358
Fourth Place - Bob Smith the III - 356
Third Place - Peter Vinch - 350
Second Place - Chris Grove - 349
First Place - Greg Picarello - 344
Now onto the ramblings:
The top 10 quotes/sayings/objects of MB2K7:
Honorable Mention. Strictly Dickly (Party like a
Cockstar) - Bob and Grove enjoyed this just a little
bit too much.
10. 13-Foxtrot - Riba’s seat from Charlotte to MB got
the weekend going.
9. Shived - The fat ladies on the plane from Charlotte
to Philly, it would have taken a mighty big shiv.
8. Dr. Bob - The official soda of MB2K7, its like
watered down, year old Dr. Pepper and it only comes in
3-liter bottles.
7. The Blue Sausage - The worlds ugliest golf travel
bag.
6. Chen Net - We would like to thank Chen, for without
him, no internet access would have been had for MB2K7.
Chen - we salute thee.
5. The Gondola - Apparently in Myrtle Beach, a gondola
is not a “traditional venetian sculling boat”. There
it is an “enclosed carraige used on a ski lift”.
Thanks wikipedia (disambiguation).
4. The I-Phone - Pic eats with it, sleeps with it,
golfs with it. It was always out, never left his side.
At least he’s getting his money’s worth. It’s fucking
sweet though - makes you wonder what Pic would buy if
he was actually employed. Dizammmm. (This customary
Greg-doesn’t-have-a-job crack was brought to you by
Monster.Com)
3. Doo Doo Smells Worse - Wouldnt be a MB2K without a
little Chappelle. All those ribs and wings definitely
gave us the itis and a little doo doo smells worse.
Although i can’t imagine Bob’s shits smelling any
worse than they already do. Wash your ass son. Wash.
Your. Ass.
2. Jimmy Legs - I’m still not sure what they are.
Apparently it’s when you shake your legs
uncontrollably. Wikipedia has a solid definition of
the disorder if you look it up and it even mentions
the Seinfeld episode Bob talked about.
1. Blicks - A man, a horse and a toad walked into a
bar. The bartender said to the horse, what are you
doing here with these 2 jail cells………
Sadly for the second straight year, there were few
females to discuss….However, here are the Top 5
girls of MB2K7:
5. The waitress at the karoake place formally known as
Broadway Louies - Pink Shirt, hot body.
4. The TPC Cartgirl - apparently Bob told her she
wasn’t getting a tip…and we wonder why our list
shrinks yearly.
3. The Milf at the MB Airport - hotter then the
daughter, check…f me boots, check…mini-skirt,
check…..i’m sure we’ll find her online at
somepoint…..Milfhunter.com anyone?
2. The Camera lady at TPC - apparently they never
taught her “centering” at Camera school..or she really
likes that bush next to grove…..
1. Bartender at the Wizard - suprise, suprise, Schoey
falls in love yet again…..
The Top 10 Most Disappointing Moments, Events, Things
of MB2K7:
HM. The US Air Pilot from Myrtle to Charlotte - He
flat out lied to us about the flight time. He said 30
minutes, it was 45-50 and it almost caused us to miss
our flight back to Philly. Shiv?
10. The Steelers loss to Denver on Sunday Night - 3
Steelers fans along with 2 bets on them. Only Pete
didnt suffer.
9. Bob’s comment to Riba at Outback - I believe it was
“Don’t be such a Fucking Vag”, and it was timed
perfectly with the appearance of our uptight, nervous
Outback server. I’m fairly certain she heard it. I’m
fairly certain it scarred her.
8. Grove’s and Bob’s snoring - apparently Bob went to
Grove’s Snoring school this past year. The only time i
got sleep was when Bob had the Jimmy Legs. Grove on
the other hand, take your hat off for a legend (bah
dah dah dun dah - i’m loving it).
7. Riba vs the Sticky Fingaz Bartender - Not only did
he not ask Riba if he wanted another beer, he
continually asked everyone else if they did, and then
walked away. Shiv?
6. Fuzzy Navel Boone’s Farm - Grove’s attempt to bring
a little class to MB2K7 ended up spilled all over the
fridge.
5. Waterway Hills - We already mentioned the
“gondola”. No showers. The sandwiches. The greens of
“medium speed”. We were the youngest people on the
course by about 20-25 years. I guess you can’t be
shocked when the golf course you play is next door to
Thee Dollhouse. We are never playing north of the 17
merger again.
4. Grove’s broken Pitching Wedge - A bad chip at TPC
resulted in a busted PW for Grove. Bob could have used
it at Waterway Hills for his shot when he was standing
in the gully.
3. Firehouse Subs - The shock of MB2K7 comes from a
perrenial Top Moments finalist of MB2K’s past.
Firehouse Subs wasn’t prepared for our entrance into
Myrtle, and it resulted in 6 medium meatball subs
because they didn’t have enough for larges. It was a
travesty. And the server with the tongue-ring,
seriously kid, WTF. Shiv?
2. The bad golf moments - And for a great weekend of
golf there was a lot of them. Pic, Riba and Bob all
had 10’s. Pic’s 44 putts at the wizard. Riba’s 126 at
TPC. Neil’s shots on the first holes at the Wizard and
Waterway Hills.
1. The year of pain - I’ve never seen so much advil,
aleve, medical tape, icy hot, bandaids. You would
think we were in our 60’s not our 30’s. Sigh, maybe we
did belong at Waterway Hills. But we did play through
all the pain and finish all of our rounds, so there is
a silver lining.
and now - The top 10 moments of MB2K7:
HM. The ease of the trip down - Its just known now.
You get to Charlotte and meet up at the Bar, fly to
Myrtle, get the cars, drive to the condo, unload, go
to bilo and firehouse subs, and relax. It only took us
7 years to make this work.
10. Bob’s first GIR in 73 tournament holes - Bob didnt
hit a green at the Grover Invitational in Tampa but
managed to hit the green on the 2nd hole of the
Wizard.
9. The Streak continues - Cal Ripken has games played.
Joe DiMaggio has games with a hit. Greg Picarello has
MB2K’s while unemployed. Some streaks will never be
broken. This might be one of them.
8. Pete’s Cigars - I think we decided on 8-10. Another
MB2K record.
7. The Discovery Channel - Overtook ESPN as the
official channel of MB2K7. Highlights included the
Survivor Man’s tin foil blanket, and the marathon on
Last Man Standing where they kicked the wooden ball
with sandals made of tires (too bad we don’t know who
won.)
6. Poker 2007 - Bob Smith captured his 2nd MB2K poker
championship (first in 2005). Past champions include
Neil (2004) and Pete (2006). Pete had the hand of the
weekend when he flopped a boat and bet, causing Neil
to go all in on his dead flush draw.
5. Misc. golf achievements - Bob’s putt for 99 at the
Wizard, Grove’s 85 at the Wizard, Pete’s front 9 43 at
Arrowhead, Neil’s 2 birdies in 4 holes at Waterway
Hills, Riba’s back 9 49 at Waterway Hills.
4. Sticky Fingaz - The heir apparent to Firehouse
subs. The box full of food for dinner Sunday night
was so good we went back for lunch on Monday.
3. Logjam at the top - Going into the final round, 5
players were within 4 shots of the lead, making it the
most competetive final round in the MB2K history. Just
to compare with other years, Pete’s third place score
of 350 would have won MB2K in any year except MB2K5,
and Neil’s 5th place score of 358 was the same score
he won with in MB2K2 and MB2K3.
2. The golf - another full 4 rounds of golf with only
1 hole in the rain and 2 gourgeous sunny, non-humid
days…..and as always, its better than work.
sidenote: “The golf” has been #1 on the top 10 moments
of MB2K for 5 years…it has to take something pretty
good to push it back a slot……
1. Pic winning MB2K7 - The Sunday and Monday rounds
were arguably the best two rounds in MB2K history.
Personally, the Sunday round at Arrowhead was the best
round of golf I’ve ever seen. 81 with a 10. 13 pars.
Sick. Monday with the championship on the line, Pic
shoots 79 and even par on the back 9, including back
to back birdies, for the victory. Pretty impressive
after 44 putts on friday and no pars on saturday.
Congrats Pic!
Til MB2K8………..