All I can say is Thank You. Thank you to George for organizing such a great event. Thank you to the East team for playing so well. Make no mistake, the East team lost because of its captain. We lost 11-9 and it is solely because I was 0-2 this weekend.
Thank you to everybody who I played with this weekend that had to witness my atrocious golf game. Hufnagel, Lewis, Bert, Whitaker, Riefs and Jud were all very patient. Thurms carried me all day on Saturday and deserves an award for having to deal with that. Unfortunately Buck and Pittock were assassins on the greens. Pittock himself 'walking in' (think Tiger at Medinah) 75 feet of putts on the back nine including a 50 footer and Buck hitting a putt on 15 that would have ended up back at the tee box had it not hit the hole, bounced straight up in the air and then back down into the jar!
Thank you to all of the great guys I met this weekend. It always amazes me how a bunch of GCA guys can be put in a room together having never met and end up with some incredible stories including a ride in Schmidt's car that might have set the record for the most amount of man ever to be in the 3rd row of an SUV in history. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to hang out with such great people for the weekend, including Whitaker and Hufnagel who might might be two of the nicest guys alive.
But most importantly, thank you to the members and staff of Kingsley Club. They were very kind to open their club to us this weekend and, as always, made everything perfect. I truly believe it is the best place on the planet and having the most fun golf course I've ever played is only a small part of it. Thanks to Dan Lucas, the course conditions were amazing. Thanks to Justin, Brian and David, the experience was perfect.
Every time I leave the Kingsley Club I feel very fortunate to have been invited and to have had another opportunity to experience such a wonderful place. Yesterday was no exception, but as I drove out with the trees changing colors and the clear blue northern Michigan sky, I was truly grateful.