As a serious journalist who always
keeps his nose close to the ground, I have sniffed out a story that
is indeed strange. What is this thing called the “President's Cup”
that is supposed to be played at the Annual Banquet in the Fall of
2019? Yea, yea, I know, that's so far in the future (October, 2019)
we have more important things to worry about.......like the state of
the nation after an election......or should I put out the garbage
tonight or in the morning......or is it too cold today to play
golf.....you know, important things. But I digress!
The President's Cup, some new format
dreamed up by that upstart tournament director, Sam Jenkins, is a
match play event! Match play! Well, nobody plays match play anymore.
That went out of style when golf came to America, right? No, you say,
it is still being played? Like it is the format for the USGA Amateur
Championship.....it is the way the NCAA determines it's
champions.....and, it is still one of the features of the
…...(gulp)...Ryder Cup?
Ok, ok, so it is still a major part of
golf, so now we have to have it in the ASGA? Well, Mr. Jenkins says
yes it will be part of our schedule next year. Ok, so what is this
all about?
My expert reporting has found out that
the President's Cup is a format where the players who sign up for the
annual banquet tournament will be divided into two teams and lined up
to play each other in a match play format. Something called a draft
will be held where two captains will choose their teams on an
alternate basis and line-ups will be set up similar to the Ryder Cup.
And who are those so-called captains? According to my astute and nose
to the grindstone reporting, the current ASGA President,
uh....uh...what's his name.......oh, yea, Paul Redden, will choose
the two captains early next year.
Soooo, Jenkins has tentatively named
the two teams, Blue and White, according to a secret email that I was
able to get from a hacker friend of mine. How mundane! I could think
of two better names than that off the top of my head, like North and
South teams.....nooo....maybe not, we'd have 118 players on one side
and 2 on the other, besides we know how that competition turned out!
Maybe East vs West? … ..no, if you were on the East team people
might end up calling you a Yankee from New York and if you were on
the West team you'd be associated with California and everybody knows
that Texas and California are rivals. Since it is the “President's”
Cup, we could call one team Junior and the other Eric....no, forget
that! Senators and Judges? Representatives(too long)! How about
Democrats and Republicans? Oh gosh, NO! Enough is enough!
I got it! Longhorns and ….and.....dare
I say it...Aggies? That would be a one-sided choice so no to that.
What about the Texans and the Cowboys! Now we're getting somewhere.
Who would refuse to be on either team, right? Still. Not great. Maybe
Blue and White wasn't so bad after all.
Do you have a preference or two new names?
Send them to Mr Jenkins. I'll alert him your choices are coming. I
have his secret email address, scjenkins29@gmail.com.
