Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Best Dressed!

Great dress Doug. Annette, was there anything under the kilt?

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Egan Cup Goes East!


Egan Cup Fans,

Yes, that is right. The Egan Cup has finally gone East after 4 years. But it was another close one right down to the wire. Pat came to play and everyone was amazed at his first shot off the tee that ended just in front of the green after a 260 yard drive.

I told Pat that the winning score would be no lower than an 84 as it was a tough course that he had never played before. He said: "I didn't drive 2000 km to shoot an 84." I thought he would have some competition from Back To Back 2009 Champ London Tim and Scot Doug our well known 2008 Champion. But the Scots fell back and the Irish took over. Pat shot a 78 and with the Callaway Scoring system used in the previous two years his net score was a 73.

I shot a 81 and my net was down to a 73 also. It was an exciting banquet as no one knew who the winner was until Sean put the scores up on the wall to show that we tied. The tie breaker is broken by the person who shoots the best score and London Tim presented the Egan Cup to Pat from the cheers of the 43 attending. Sean did a great job inputting the scores and almost missed the start of the banquet. If anyone wants to view them on the Internet just let me know and I can directed you to the site and give you the password.

I don't know what happened to the ladies this year as they were so close to winning last year. Maybe 2011 will be there year.

Some highlights of the day are many and I will just name a few.

The Shot of The Day was made by Sybil who got a birdie on the first hole. It was a sizzling shot, low on the ground off the tee that zoomed straight for a seagull and she clipped him on his wing. He was last seen heading towards the hotel with one wing dragging on the ground. Even the Starter laughed at this one.

Another highlight was the outside bar that we took over after our round. There was only one other person in the bar and I think he was working there. It was a hot day and the beer tasted great. Rumour had it the next day that even some home made Martguerita's made it to the tables.

Ty and Alli have been working all summer on ideas, trophy's and whatever for the Egan Cup and had a great time. They made center pieces for the tables, made trophies out of left over pine from their ceiling, made a hat for the Most Honest Golfer and put all the photos and videos together of previous Egan Cups for the presentation at the hotel. They even came up with the idea of having a door prize for the kids and one for the non golfers who look after the kids while the golfers are out having fun.

So here are the winners:

The Most Honest Golfer - Melanie with a score of 147. Now is that honest or what.
Closest To The Pin (female) - Melanie again. Go figure.
Closest To The Pin (Male) - Kevin. What gives here - it looks like a family runaway.
Longest Drive (female) - Sybil. Guess those $2000 worth of golf lessons has finally paid off.
Longest Drive (Male) - Scott. No I didn't make a mistake but ask some of the long ball hitters what happened to them - if you dare.

Best Dressed - Doug - the 2008 Champ. He showed up with his Scottish Kilt and everyone wanted to look under it. Great job Doug. His prize was a framed golf tee shirt with a photo of Mae Egan in the middle.

Low Gross - Pat. He was presented with a framed 8 by 10 photo of the 2007 Egan Cup Champ with an authentic signature. I am sure he will treasure this for years to come.

I think my best gift was to Alan who came from the richest province and we thank him all the time for all the money he gives to Quebec and Ontario. A beautiful white Taylor Made golf hat with 'Golf Quebec' in large letters on the front.

Morgan won the door prize for the kids and Gaye won the door prize from this year's sponsor - 40 Creek Whisky. Alli's friend is the Ottawa rep and she did a nice package for us but George was seen taking it back to his room.

It was a beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky. The best part was that the course was not busy and we were not rushed and we all still finished in just over 4 hours.

The 2010 Champ was off early the next morning with the Egan Cup heading for N.B. He only made one stop before leaving Ottawa. He stopped to see Steven Harper to get his first Old Age Pension cheque as on Monday he was a Senior Citizen for real.

If anyone wants to put photos on the blog or make comments please let me know and I can give you the password.

2007 Egan Cup Champ