Class News
Golf Outing, Spring 2008
All were welcome but the weather limited the participation to 13 hardy souls. Below are Chris Getman's usual thoughtful reflections on the event.
The spring golf outing occurred in what was for us ideal weather
conditions.
There were tornado warnings and the threat of 3 inches of rain, but as
long as they'd let carts out on the course, thirteen classmates showed
up. Wimping out were Trippe, "I understand that there might be some
moisture on my windshield when I pull the car out of the garage?" Evans
who had an emergency call to sandbag the floods in Iowa, Francis and
Crabtree "New Jersey doesn't do thunderstorms" and Baxter who claimed he
sprained his ankle putting on his socks.
Attending were Huffard, Truebner, Lee, Lindsay, Padley, Hoffmann,
Wilson,
Putzel. Post, Wolf's Head (Capodilupo), Basler, Getman and Chris Philips
(Penn State '64 and Ohio State 70 PhD), a sandbagger from Rhode Island
and a guest of Getman.
It's important to note that with few exceptions it always rains on the
day of the 1964 golf outing. So consistent is this that the Governor of
Georgia called us last year during their draught and asked if we'd
schedule an outing at Augusta, knowing it would bring much needed rain.
Sadly our treasurer, Chip Brennan, was in Australia and was unavailable
to authorize the reimbursement for the airport parking (first-class air
fare, hotel accommodations and meals were included in the proposal) so
the deal fell through. So be it.
So here we were at the Yale golf course with the threat of rain. We had
a nice lunch together and because there we 13 of us divided into one
foursome and three threesomes.
The foursome, Truebner, Putzel, Capodilupo and Post went first, followed
by Wilson, Padley and Huffard, Lindsay, Hoffmann and Basler, with
Philips, Lee and Getman unfortunately bringing up the rear.
The weather was quite cooperative given the fact that it was the 1964
golf outing. There were intermittent sprinkles; followed by clear skies,
followed by gushing downpours, but the stalwart thirteen persisted.
When all was said and done, we met at Mory's to award the prizes and
deal with the disclaimers and excuses which accompanied the results
which required the two best balls per team including handicaps to count.
First, the foursome of Putzel, Post, Capodilupo, and Truebner reported
that they had a 159 total. Wilson, Huffard and Padley all skipped out
before dinner, probably wishing not to disclose their combined score.
They were immediately disqualified. Wilson, looking like a drowned rat,
announced that he was skipping Mory's and going home to a hot bath and a
scotch. This was met with little sympathy.
The team of Basler, Hoffmann and Lindsay seemed reluctant to disclose
their results, but did manage to redeem themselves at Mory's, wiping out
the condiment tray and the basket of rolls. Their score still remains
confidential.
So it boiled down to the foursome and the Lee, Philips, Getman threesome
to claim the title. The foursome claimed they had shot a 159, but for
some reason had forgotten their scorecard. If that weren't bad enough,
they made a couple of other questionable assertions. First and foremost
Capodilupo claimed to be a 17 handicap. When he drove the green on the
first hole (the #3 handicap) some eyebrows were raised and a polygraph
was requested.
The fact is that at Mory's the 159 scorecard was mysteriously missing,
while the legitimate 183 was visible to all. This, by the way, included
three unused mulligans which subtracted three strokes from the 183 net.
The foursome also claimed that Putzel had played the entire round with
the same ball and that he had made a birdie. Those of us, who remember
his $400 contribution to the Alumni Fund for $20 per lost ball, find
this assertion suspect. That he got a birdie: do pigs fly? This entire
submission reeks of sleaze.
However, as the last group to play, the Lee, Philips, Getman trio had a
lot with which to contend. First, they were subject to playing out of
the divot holes left by Truebner, many of which would accommodate only a
sand wedge and thereby sacrifice distance, and they had to deal on three
occasions where one of the groups in front had actually landed on the
green and left an unrepaired ball mark which denied Lee his usual 40
foot gimmes.
Subtract another three strokes for the LPG trio.
Finally, it's important to note that there were some delegates that
dropped out of the contest early and pledged their delegates. The CPTP
foursome received Galvin's stated 12 handicap and his usual +20 result,
while the LPG trio was endorsed by the Baxter +30 and usual +20 result.
Evans and Trippe chose to pledge their delegates to the LHB and HWP
trios respectively. New Jersey didn't matter nor will it ever.
So the net result was that, surprise, surprise the Lee, Philips Getman
trio was once again the winner despite the fact that Lee claiming to be
a 12 handicap with everyone was playing off of his ball recorded a tidy
102.
Can we market our Joe Blvitch talent?