Last year, Mike Riba finished up his fifth place finish and talked about leaving the game for good.  This year, Mike Riba talked shit on the 68^th hole.  Riba put together 4 solid rounds of golf, in route to coasting to a nine stroke victory and his first MB2K title.   Riba’s victory was a result of the separation he attained in Monday’s third round, by shooting 7 strokes better then the field on Monday’s round at Pawley’s Plantation, clearly the toughest course played in this years open.  With his victory, the current MB2K standings are as follows:

3 wins - Greg Picarello

2 wins - Neil Schoenberg, Robert Smith the III

1 win - Chris Grove, Mike Riba

Best player to have never won a major - Pete Vinch

Final Scores will be posted on MB2K.com. However, for our records, with handicap adjustments, ended as:

Sixth place - Greg Picarello - 388

Fifth place - Peter Vinch - 379

Fourth place - Chris Grove - 361

Third place - Robert Smith the III - 360

Second place - Neil Schoenberg - 348

First place - Mike Riba - 339

Now onto the ramblings:

The Top 10 Quotes/Sayings/Objects of MB2K9:

HM.  The super rain storm of death - Magically, there was no rain during the rounds, but the drive for the L’ville crew from the Wizard to the condo was interrupted by a monsoon and some Oregon Trail type barging.

10. “Donnell.  Mine bags on A!” - Greg and Neil heard this grammatical gem in the Philly airport while picking up the checked baggage.

9. The end of MB2K poker - With the decline in poker playing amongst the group, the poker chips went unused in MB2K9.  The end of an era; maybe next year we’ll play some canasta!

8. Emeka Okafor sighting - The official celebrity sighting of MB2K9 occurred at the Charlotte airport, joining such celebs as Duce Staley and Fred Funk.

7. The Outback Sam Adams Glass - Thievery!

6. Super Bilo - The upgrade from Bilo to Super Bilo is summed up in this text: Beer oj chips Gatorade fruit donuts cakes jerky tums…..180 bucks.

5. Mini-Games - Mini-games didn’t catch on in its first year, but Mike Riba was the big winner with 3 victories.

4. “Get the hell out of here” - Bob’s response to the elevator tweakers who kept talking about our Sticky Fingaz take out order.

3. F.U. Fridays - ROCK 107.1 ON YOUR FM DIAL. MAD MAX F.U. FRIDAYS!!!! WE’RE SO EDGY, MAN!!!!!  A station so hard, they play Bon Jovi followed by Def Leppard’s “Armageddon it” (a song which ironically Pete had never heard before).

2. Rehab - The official TV show of MB2K9 - Live from the cheesiest place on earth, the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel pool. Deebo, douches and debauchery!!

1. Indoor Chipping - For the second straight year, a plastic golf ball game claims the top prize.  Big shots out to Neil for hitting 3 of his first 4 attempts, and Greg for hitting the target on the fridge and leaving prizes for the cleaning people behind it.

The Top Females of MB2K9:

HM. Barbie Chestnut - We didn’t meet her, but she was on our mind the whole trip. Thanks Barbie!

5. Stacia - L’ville’s own, who Neil and Pete saw at the Charlotte airport and whose name took us 8 hours to remember.

4. Our server at Overtimes - friendly!

3. 2 girls on our flight home from Myrtle to Charlotte - classy!

2. Lady in the van who asked for $4-5 for gas so she could pick up her daughter - druggie!

1. The cart girl from the Fazio course - FINALLY! It’s only been about 3 years since we had a cart girl under the age of 65.  The one at the Wizard wasn’t bad either, but this one was the best.  Hooray!

The Top 10 Most Disappointing Moments, Events, Things of MB2K9:

HM.  R.I.P dead bird - “You finally got a birdie” - Boooooooooooooo!

10. Bad golf shots - There were plenty this year. Just from round 3 at Pawley’s Plantation you have Neil’s duff/duff/shank on 1, Pete’s 2 in the water on 6, Grove’s “Mickleson” from bunker to bunker, Riba’s almost miss on 13’s island green, etc, etc…….

9. Myrtle injuries - Pete’s shoulder, Greg’s leg; this years winner is Neil’s eye.

8. Dunes Club rules - We know Dunes Club is semi-private, but “our members will call us if you do anything we don’t like” is a little much. Thanks Nazi golf course.  Fun fact - Neil doesn’t wear a belt while golfing anymore, and that’s always fun when you have to tuck your shirt in.

7. Vagina moments - The Pete Vinch bar tap-out, medium coffee, tons of leftover beer; but this years winner is the 6-burgh crew for not one, but two pre-10PM bedtimes. You would think those large, manly coffees would keep them caffeinated.

6. GheyB - So out of all the female servers at the Outback, we get stuck with a guy named GheyB. We should have introduced him to “press 7″ guy, they might have hit it off.

5. Greg’s golf - Pic will be the first to admit that the swing was broken.  3 rounds over 100 from the MB2K 3-time champion.  Sloptastic!

4. Food! - Donuts for breakfast, hot dogs or McDonalds for lunch, Sticky Fingaz or Outback for dinner. MB2KXV’s injury report is going to include some clogged arteries.  Sloptastic!

3. 9’s and 10’s - The scorecards aren’t around to prove it, but there were a lot more 9’s (10) and 10’s (2) then could be remembered from recent years. Sloptastic!

2. The Putting - There were a lot of lowlights with the flat-stick this year: four 4-putts (Grove, Riba, Bob 2) with Grove needing to hit a 5 footer to avoid back-to-back ones, Greg 3-putting 3 consecutive holes after hitting the green; but the winner was Bob and his phenomenal 44 putts at Pawley’s!

1. The Round at Pawley’s Plantation - The aftereffects on Sunday’s debauchery must have left a mark.  The ride down took forever, the snack bar/cart girl closed at 3, 30mph blustery gusts of wind which felt at us on almost every hole; it all didn’t work in our favor.  If it wasn’t your worst round of the tournament (Neil, Grove, Bob), it was you’re your second-worst.  Our group went 1-54 on GIR’s on the back 9, and that one was because Neil’s drive ricocheted off of a tree into the middle of the fairway.  Collectively, not our best effort.

Before we get to the final section just a few extra items:

Next year is MB2KX - start thinking back to Myrtles past to come up with your favorite courses, and Riba, think of where you want the Champion’s pick to be.

Thanks to Greg, photos from this years open can be found at:

http://www.mb2k.com/photos/album/72157622366163051/mb2k9.html

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113743&id=635883387&l=dfec261440

and now - The Top 10 Moments of MB2K9:

HM. Grove’s drive on 18 at Dunes Club - Shits and giggles 2^nd ball - Swing, ball hits ground, ball pops in air, ball caught by Grove, Re-teed. Wish we had video.

10. MB2K9 golf achievements - No records were set in MB2K9 but we had a few top 3 finishes.  Mike’s 339 adjusted score in the 2^nd lowest in MB2K history, while Neil’s 348 score is the 3^rd lowest score.  Neil’s 25 total pars were good for 3^rd on the tournament list, while Greg and Neil’s 9 greens at the Fazio course are good for T-3^rd on the individual round list.  Also, props to Bob for leading the tournament in both fairways categories, 25 total and 9 at Pawley’s.

9. Chris Grove and the Mystery of the Missing Golf Balls - Of course, they end up being in the only place he didn’t look, the other car; and of course, they were found after golf was finished.  Now the only mystery that remains is if he punched himself in the face like he said he was going to?

8. The Practice Round - Never in MB2K history had such a vigilant line been placed in the sand between the L’ville and 6-Burgh crews.  L’ville had early flights into Myrtle so decided to play the Wizard instead of doing nothing all afternoon. 6-Burgh called shenanigans.  Cheater comments were spewed, cry-baby Kanye West email attachments were sent. In the end, the round neither helped nor hurt anyone and will be remembered for Neil’s 18^th hole where he needed a par for 79 and lost his drive and second shot in the drink.

7. The Yacht Club Room 12004A-D - How about the new digs!  Barbie Chestnut overtook Jim Paisley as our favorite travel agent as she hooked us up with a fancy condominium overlooking the scenic inter-coastal waterway and with a slight view of the Ocean.  No cockroaches, semi-comfortable beds, 4 showers, and a separate room for the Grove death-snore equaled a quality time spent by all at the new location.

6. Football mayhem - The Titans, Bills and Steelers all took an L on Sunday, resulting in angry, drunk, 6-burghers yelling at other patrons and making fun of the poor fat toothless bills fan.  This would prove to be the winner of the MB2K “Hatorade” moment, which occurred when the Steelers lost and the whole bar started clapping.

5. A Better, Smarter MB2K - The decision last year to move Myrtle to a Sat PM/Sun AM/Mon PM/Tue AM format was a complete success.  Accompanied by the condo move, and the group flight arrival times, MB2K9 was the easiest and most thought out tournament to date.  The only exception was the Monday morning drive to Pawley’s which will rethink our desire to go back to Caledonia in MB2KX.

4. Sticky Fingaz - “The Order”.

3. Round 2 at the Barefoot Fazio Course - The antithesis of the round at Pawley’s Plantation. All 6 players shot adjusted rounds in the 80’s (Bob 82, Neil 82, Greg 83, Grove 85, Pete 88, Riba 88) for the first time in MB2K history. Our first run at a Barefoot course was a success, and there are three others still to play.

2. Y.E. Riba - Riba’s road to the championship included his best 2 rounds in MB2K history (100, 102).  While in previous years he would tire after a few rounds, this year Riba seemed to get better as the days progressed.  His unadjusted total of 415 was his lowest by 17 strokes and 43 strokes better than he did last year, once again proving the handicapping system pretty solid for the second consecutive year.  Once again, congratulations to Y.E. Riba on a tourney well played, and be ready next year to defend your crown!

1. The golf - Another solid MB2K played with no disruptions. The magical rain storms predicted by weather.com stayed away, and we even had two sunny days to finish up our trip.  13 of the 24 rounds saw adjusted scores in the 80’s, so for the most part the golf was fairly decent.

Until MB2KX!

When you read this email tomorrow morning, you will officially be 25 days away from the world’s greatest golf tournament: The Ninth Annual Myrtle Beach Open aka MB2K9 aka NAMBO! aka the one before double digits.

The summer of ot9 has seen memorable golf. It started with Eagle Rock at the Vinch wedding, rubbed its balls in some of our faces at Torrey Pines, gave us the redneck half of the Grover Slam in West Virginia, and culminated in the burgh this past weekend with some hilly golf and rainy hilly golf.

As we arrive at MB2K9 we have reached a turning point in our time honored tradition.  Gone are the late night bar adventures; gone are the nights which don’t affect our morns; gone are the wizards, firehouse subs and cockroaches; bring on man o’war, sticky fingaz and barefoot resorts.  Say goodbye to friday and saturday nights and say hello to sunday afternoon and monday night. But one thing remains the same, and we all know what that is.

Handicaps:

Math is our friend. Excel, our confidant: BEHOLD! the handicaps for MB2K9:

This years handicaps come from a calculation of 3 factors:

1. Your strokes from MB2K8
2. Your strokes from the 2009 Grover Invitational 3. Your handicaps on MB2K.com - 14 strokes (Greg and Neils handicap)

(The stroke system for MB2K is an inexact science.  At the end of the day, we are trying to give everyone a fair shake in the title. If anyone feels this is inaccurate, feel free to let me know and we can retry this).

Pic - 0 strokes
Neil - 0 strokes
Grove - 10 strokes (1. 10; 2. 12; 3. 7; total 29/3) Bob - 12 strokes (1. 14; 2. 10; 3. 11; total 35/3) Pete - 15 strokes (1. 17; 2. 14; 3. 15; total 46/3) Riba - 19 strokes (1. 19; 2. 16; 3. 23; total 58/3)

Odds:

Mike “Y.E.” Riba - 19 strokes - I believe a par par bogey finish on Thursday at Quicksilver has Y.E. feeling a little confident heading to MB2K9.  A new job also has Y.E. stronger than ever and ready for 4 rounds of golf.  He also officially has the greatest nickname is MB2K history. Odds - 10/1

2 time and Current MB2K Champion Robert Smith “the III” - 12 strokes - The anti-Y.E. started off par par on thursday only to finish up sloppily. The III played a lot of golf early in the season, but hasnt been playing much of late as he finally did what we all suspected and became a homo(ner). So here’s the question - Does the defending champion has 4 rounds of golf in him? Odds 8/1

Pete “NMD” Vinch - 15 strokes - What does NMD stand for? No More Distractions. Now that NMD is married, there’s nothing going to stand in his way of losing the BPTHNWAM tag.  According to Vinch, we’ve had some rounds in the 90’s recently.  If we get some MB2K rounds in the 90’s we could see the tag lifted.  Odds - 8/1

2 time MB2K Champion Neil “Schoey/Tit/Jew” Schoenberg - 0 strokes - Schoey decided Pic wasn’t the only one who could play a lot of summer golf.  8 rounds in May, 12 rounds in august, some added iron length, a 79 and a few low 80’s later and someone feels a little confident going into MB2K9, someone who hasnt been relevant at a MB2K in 6 yrs.  It all comes down to the tee game - keep it in play. Odds - 6/1

3 time MB2K Champion Greg “Pic” Picarello - Pic has played a lot of summer golf again as well. Some days the swing is broken, other days he’s flirting with 70’s.  The fact remains, no one is more consistent in MB2K than Pic. 2 70’s last yr, and an 82,82,81 stretch earlier this year proves that fact.  Smart money. Odds - 5/1

MB2K Champion Raymond “Chris” Grove - 10 strokes - Grover Slam 09, you heard it hear 2nd. Even though he hasnt golfed much this yr due to baby abey, i saw something on Friday that could result in some low scores.  All he needs to due is harness the new gut strength added to his irons (i know the feeling) and we could see Grover Slam 09 become reality.  Or he could shoot 4 rounds in the 100’s and pretend its a Grover Inv and finish dead ass last. Odds - 4/1

25 days bitches……

Welcome to the Ninth Annual Myrtle Beach Open, officially known for this year as NAMBO!  I am your official NAMBO! historian/documenter, two time MB2K champion Neil Schoenberg.

We are welcoming back the same 6 participants we have had since ‘06, including Robert Smith III, MB2K8 champion (2nd championship).

Golf over the past year has included the 3rd annual Grover Invitational, coincidentally won by none other than Chris Grove, who posted two sub-100 rounds after playing 1 round of golf in the new year, and after back to back last place Grover Inv finishes.

A lot of other events have taken place since MB2K8. Lets discuss:

- Greg Picarello got married and moved out of his folks house.  About time; somewhere Joe Picarello is sitting with a cigar in hand thanking lord jebus he doesnt have to deal with his middle aged son living at home anymore. Praised be Jesus!

- Chris Grove moved back to the burgh and more importantly, had a little jewish baby named Abraham. Mazel Tov!

- Pete Vinch used some FBI shit and allowed himself to be fericiously whipped in order to get married. Drugs!

- Neil Schoenberg convinced his girl friend to move in with him, and then promptly asked her for a security deposit and made sure she had sufficient references. L’chiam!

- Mike Riba finally caved and got his girl to move in with him, but still lives farther from pittsburgh then the philly guys so he doesnt hang out when we come to pittsburgh, even though it only happens every so often, and wont happen again til the last weekend in august, where we fully expect mike not only to hang out but to crash at ben or groves so that he can drink, because jess is coming and you should meet her. End Rant!

- Bob “City of Champions” Smith is the same as last year except he’s a little happier because he’s MB2K champion and the stillerz and guinees won. GO ON J-DATE!

With that said, NAMBO! will be scheduled a little differently this year than MB2K’s in the past.  We will fly down on friday, play rounds on Saturday through Tuesday and then fly home tuesday evening. Here’s a look at the courses:

Saturday PM - Man O’War - Instead of having Greg anally rape the wizard, we are going back to an old friend from MB2K1.  Neil’s 94 was the best score of that day.

Sunday AM - Barefoot Resorts, Love Course - New course for NAMBO! Apparently very nice.  Plus Riba looks a little bit like Davis Love so he’s got that going for him.

Monday PM - Pawley’s Plantation - New course for NAMBO! A Nicklaus course, apparently very nice and the MB2K8 Champion pick.  Plus Grove looks a little bit like Jack Nicklaus so he’s got that going for him.

Tuesday AM  - Dunes Club - New course for NAMBO! Robert Trent Jones and a top 100 public course to finish off NAMBO! Plus, eh, i dont know what Robert Trent Jones looks like anyway.

Odds, Strokes and Player recaps will follow in the 75, 50 and 25 updates….till then…flog on bitches!

But Wait:

I leave you with the most important part of NAMBO!

TEN @ nyj 1:00PM

kc  @ PHI 1:00PM

no  @ BUF 4:05PM

PIT @ cin 4:15PM

yuh footy!

]]> http://www.mb2k.com/2009/06/18/100-days-til-mb2k9/feed/ http://www.mb2k.com/2008/09/17/mb2k8-stats-and-ramblings/ http://www.mb2k.com/2008/09/17/mb2k8-stats-and-ramblings/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:30:28 +0000 schoey23 http://www.mb2k.com/?p=34 Robert Smith the III did not disappoint - After predicting victory all summer long, Bob overcame a 5 stroke deficit to the defending MB2K champion Greg Picarello entering the final round and eased his way to a 7 stroke victory.  Bobs consistency over 4 rounds proved too strong for Pics two rounds in the 70’s, including an MB2K record 77 in the first round. The Career MB Standings are as follows:

3 wins - Greg Picarello
2 wins - Neil Schoenberg, Bob Smith the III
1 win -  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, with handicap adjustments, I believe they ended as:

Sixth Place - Peter Vinch - 378
Fifth Place - Mike Riba - 374
Fourth Place - Chris Grove - 349
Third Place - Neil Schoenberg - 347
Second Place - Greg Picarello - 343
First Place - Robert Smith the III - 336

Now onto the ramblings:

The top 10 quotes/sayings/objects of MB2K8:

HM. The Final Countdown Card - Was introduced before MB2K8, but its involvement above the fridge was vital for when morale was down. Hopefully someone brought it home.

10. The Breakfast of Champions - 1 part Banana, 1 part Chocolate Donut, 1 part Starbucks Coffee, 1 part Tums

9.  The Collision at the Collesium (OSU vs USC) - Another failed ploy by ESPN to make an early season college football game bigger then it needs to be.

8.  Riba’s True Love - Outback….and his order doesn’t require a menu.

7.  The Motivational Posters - Slavery (it gets shit done), Water balloon toss (its just that intense), Sometimes (you wanna just break the law), Courage (iron my shirt bitch) and Holy Shit (is that a grizzly bear)……..1 more to come…

6.  The Pass - Grove’s car led home from Bilo, but was passed by Neil’s car on the inside at the entrance to the condo. Neil’s car +1.

6.B The Pass 2 - Neil’s car leads to the airport from Sticky Fingaz but goes the wrong way out of the parking lot, makes and illegal U and watches Grove’s car head towards the same light. As Neil’s car waits to make a left onto airport road, Grove’s car drives past, middle fingers and all. Grove’s car +1.

5. Hi Dave, I love your show - The official show of MB2K made another late night appearance, highlighted by all time favorites Black Bush, Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch and Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Story of Rick James (we gave him some help).

4. New Bilo staples - Cinnamon buns, beef jerky, pretzel sandwiches and of course, tums.

3. Bear Grylls Swolen Face - Allergic moron + hunger + honey + african bees + not wrapping your forehead with your shirt = X-files looking face 

2. Mooseknuckle - Because camel toe has an ugly sister.  And we saw it live at Outback.

1. Glass pong - The official game of MB2K8 - involved plastic wiffle golf balls and the hole in the patio table from the umbrella. 4 players take turns with 2 balls. Hours of fun for everyone. Riba was the first to 5, Neil was the first to double figures and Grove had the best run with 5 made in a 5 minute span. 

The top girls of MB2K8:

5. The Woman on the Philly-Charlotte flight - Large, hairy and coughing up a lung to boot. We were all hoping to sit next to her.

4.  The Par-3 ladies at Trueblue/Caledonia - A pair of knockouts (for George Burns)

3. The Cartgirls - Didn’t the cartgirls in Myrtle used to be girls, and not 30-40 yr old Myrtle Beach natives. Just because we are in our 30’s doesnt mean they all have to be also. ugh.

2. Our waitress at Outback - She paid more attention to the older guys at the other table, but at least she talked to us (even though she had to). The closest thing to a stripper we encountered.

1. The Cartgirl at the Legends - Riba talked to her about football for 10 minutes, and we didn’t buy anything from her. Very nice, cute girl. Sadly, this is the best it got in MB2K8.

The Top 10 Most Disappointing Moments, Events, Things of MB2K8:

HM. Riba Talking about Quitting - Don’t do it Riba!

10. Pic Puking - The 2nd puke in MB2K history, resulted from a mix of pizza and cigars. We are still awaiting the first MB2K puke resulting from drinking.

9.  Neil’s 11 (10) - Par 4 13th at Caledonia - Tee shot to 1st bunker, to Waste Bunker, to 2nd bunker, over green to 3rd bunker, still in 3rd bunker, still in 3rd bunker, still in 3rd bunker, out of 3rd bunker, chip, missed putt. lame.

8.  Grove’s PW’s - For the 2nd straight year, Grove snaps a club. PW’s throughout the world weep, and hope to not be purchased by a man named Raymond who is not Floyd (fuck him and his par 5’s).

7.  True Blue - For all the great things we heard and read about this course, they all failed to say how ridiculously hard the course is. Add in a half hour wait, slow play, and extreme heat and humidity; the result is a bad experience.

6.  Pete’s game - What happened Pete? 4 rounds higher than any rounds from the previous 2 yrs.  Or is this all a plan to get more strokes for MB2K9? hmmmmmm. I’m onto you Vinch.

5.  The Cockroaches - All over the patio. All over the front door. All over the walls. Grossness.

4.  The Fridge - It froze everything we wanted to drink, and when we left it still held a case of beer and a case of water. Sloppyness.

3.  The Bars - Booze, Girls, Shots, Strippers, Debauchery - MB2K8 had it all; every round was played with horrible hangovers on no sleep. Oh wait. That was bizzaro MB2K8. The Real MB2K featured one night of drinking and one night of half the guys going to the pool hall.  Crazyness.

2.  No Sunday Football Day - Football sunday is not meant to be spent travelling and watching segments of games on blurry bar tv’s.  As I sit here typing this watching the eagles-dallas MNF game, I realize how much better it would be watching this in Myrtle.

1. The Stupid Airlines - Baggage Fees, $5 to change seats, cancelling flights, 5 hour layovers, losing golf bags, and redirecting flights; US Air annoyed all this yr. 

and now - The top 10 moments of MB2K8:

HM. The Streak Continues (sort of) - Pics unemployment streak ran to 8, if you count him not having a full time job which he had to take vacation days to attend MB2K8 like the rest of us.

10. MB2K8 Shot of the Year - Grove’s shot at 18 at Caledonia - most of us lost balls at Caledonia. Grove’s drive went to the pinestraw 200ish out, and he hit a 5 wood over the water and poop to the green to save par.  Runner-up - Pics chip in on 9 at Arrowhead for birdie which started his back-9 run.

9.  Neil’s 84 - It took 8 yrs, but he finally broke 85 at the Legends Moorland Course. See what happens when you keep drives in play. 3rd lowest round of MB2K8.

8.  Poker 2008 - I don’t have the final tallies, but im calling this a draw between Vinch and Smith.  Co-champions. Bob now leads with 2.5 Poker Championships to Pete’s 1.5 and Neil’s 1.

7.  Logistics - We all managed to be on the same flight from Charlotte to Myrtle and back. We had our first first-class ride to Myrtle and were able to avoid any trips back to the airport. 

6.  Caledonia - One of the nicest, if not the nicest, course we’ve played in MB2K history.  Not impossible to play (looking at you True Blue), in tip-top condition with beautiful scenery. We will definitely be coming back here.

5.  Sticky Fingaz - The “greatest audible in MB2K history” occurred as a Firehouse Subs trip was redirected mid-route to Sticky Fingaz. For the second straight year the official restaurant of MB2K, with two appearances. 

4.  Potential for MB2K9 - Ideas are thrown together and plans are discussed, but the potential for MB2K9 could be mindblowing.  First, possibly buying a condo instead of renting each year. I give this 3/1 odds, considering we would have to find a good deal(A-Jew, bless you), it would result in people having to make trips, and ultimately we all may be too lazy for this endeavor.  Someone suprise me.  Secondly, switching the trip around from a thurs-sun tourney to a sat-tues tourney with a sunday morning round in order to watch football all day sunday.  This has the makings of a MB2K tradition on our hands. Odds 1/1 - I don’t see why this can’t happen.

3.  Pic’s 77 and 79 - The best 2 rounds in MB2K8 and most likely the best 2 rounds in the history of MB2K - The 77 was outstanding to watch with a +1 back 9 and 8 pars, and retribution for the 81 (with 10) from last year. Pic’s game had us all spend hours reassessing the handicaps, (which coincidentally, worked out rather well).  Pic also crushed the tourney greens and pars records. 

2.  The Year of the Bob - We will never hear the end of this one, but you have to take your hat off to Bob for his summer dedication, consistent golf, and lack of meltdowns (except for 17-18).  His 93 in round 1 was his lowest MB2K score ever, and his unadjusted total of 392 his lowest overall score by 13 strokes.  For all of you who question the handicaps, Bob was the only player to improve his score from last yr by more than 3 strokes.  Congratulations Smith and F Bob.

1.  The golf - Ike stayed away, we got a little wet but nothing too bad.  We dealt with a few slow rounds and some heat, but all in all another solid showing for MB2K. We are getting old, and so we’ll make adjustments, but the 8th year was again a great success.

See ya next year.  Bitches.

Seeing as the strokes were pretty solid last year, and i think most players are playing at that same level this year, I’m going to leave them as is…we can tweek the first night there, over some firehouse subs and boones farm………….

Defending and lone MB2K 3-time champion Greg “No Job” Picarello - 0 strokes - The streak will most likely continue, as Pic may be doing some contracting work, but should have no full time job to speak of.  Pic has been hitting the ball quite well as of late (79 at Mountain View) and will be looking to become back to back champion.  3/1 odds on a repeat

2-time MB2K champion Neil “Allergic to Sand” Schoenberg - 0 strokes - Its been 4 years since Schoey won at Myrtle and has yet to break the 85 he shot at Mountain View last week down there.  Has been hitting driver decently most rounds and should be interesting to see if that results in a strong showing this year.  5/1

MB2K Champion Robert “9 holes” Smith III - 12 strokes - Bob has made a push for the championship this year with extra golf in the summer. It should be interesting to see if this pays off.  His recent string of sub 100’s (mid 80’s with strokes) would put him in contention this year.  5/1

MB2K Champion Raymond “Abraham producer” Grove - 7 strokes - With all thats going on for Grove this year, its been tough for him to get out on the course, and so consistency could be a factor in Myrtle.  But since this isnt a grover invatational at least a last place finish is very unlikely. 6/1

BPTHWAM Pete “FBI” Vinch - 12 strokes - Not sure if Pete has been golfing lately, but the best player to have never won at myrtle is now attending his 8th championship and looking for his first win. He was in position last year but couldnt come through in the final round.  13/2

Mike “Just for fun” Riba - 15 strokes - Riba is gracing us with his presence again this year and we’re all better people for it.  Last year his final round 102 was so close to breaking 100 so we are all pulling for a sub 100 round this year.  10/1

Here’s the courses we will be playing at MB2K8

Thursday - Arrowhead Country Club – Arrowhead has become the new Wizard with MB2K visiting here for the final round of MB2K6 and the 2^nd to last round of last years event.  MB2K6 saw an avg adjusted score of 90.3, while MB2K7 saw the average drop to 83.7. You know what that means – we’re all shooting 70’s this year sons!

Friday – True Blue – Don’t know much about True Blue. Not sure why a golf course would name itself after a Madonna song. Do you think Madonna had a Kaballa dream about A Rod 20 years ago and named a song after his lips? Strange world. Anyways, True Blue from the whites is 6375, so we’ll have our work cut out for us on day 2 after we shoot 70’s day 1. 

Saturday – Caledonia Golf and Fish Club – Bring your rod Smith (ghey), cause when you quit after 9 on round 3 this year, you won’t have the Stillerz, but you can get your fish on.  Caledonia is a top 100 USA course, as noted by Golf Digest. A par 70 with only 3 par 5’s, so scoring might be hard to come by. 

Sunday – The Legends, Moorland – Back in MB2K2, before the tour expansion of ot 6, we played the first of 3 Legends courses; the Moorland course. I don’t remember much about it, but I do know all the Legends courses are hilly, with big greens. So maybe someone’s putter will be the key to a final round MB2K8 Championship. 

Odds at the 25 day recap.  

 MB2K7 was “The Year of Pain”

 MB2K8 will be known as “The Year of Sponsitilities.”  (Responsibilities if you cant speak baby talk)…..

 Raymond Christopher Grover Cleveland - Our friend Ray will be welcoming the first offspring of the MB2K family later on this year, and is also in the process of setting up marriage plans.  Grove is the first MB2K player who has utterred the phrase which will be heard a million times over the course of our lives “I’m never going to get a chance to golf again.” Good thing its only a figure of speech…Grove is also moving back to the Burgh after a stint in Philly.  Good luck sir, Philly will miss you although im sure the feeling is not mutual (F Philly).

Greg Picarello - Greg is also engaged to be married, but more amazingly, Greg is employed. Some saps finally showed some pity on a young man with a college education and a masters and decided to hire Mr. Picarello for a small fee. Will the streak be broken? 100 days greg….100 days…..

Bob Smith the Third - Bob is in first place in 2 fantasy baseball leagues. 

Peter Vinch - Pete is ALSO engaged to be married.  He is also possibly getting promoted at his crazy gubment job.  He also shattered the under for conversations with his fiancee in AC that weekend…..

Neil Schoenberg - New job, new car, new condo…..I’m broke son, broke!

 Mike RIba - What is going on in the world of Riba? Wouldn’t we all like to know……..fill us in mike, fill us in.

- When it says its going to be 68, it probably won’t be 68, so it will be somewhat cold, but hot at some points too…now you know how grandma felt

- They won’t have much food/drink on the course, and definitely no cartgirls- so come prepared.

- Temporary Tees (sidehiles and heavier rough than in the rough apply).

- Swing changes - your perfect drive from 1-13 may go south by hole 14…

- Slow greens - muscle up nancies.

- Geese Shit - apparently, birds dont fly south for the winter anymore, because, there’s no seasons, because, the world is broke.

 Addendum #1

- There will be soreness - Muscles you havent used in months will wonder wtf you are doing to them…..

As people send me other ones or I scan in additional ones from Pete/Neil, they will be added, as well.

So, everyone should dig through all of their old shit and see what they can find.  Like Grove said, this stuff will be hilarious to look back on in the future!

Bitches.