july 29th was a sunny day, and that was a special thing in itself lately, it set the tone of the April Fool's Open golf tournament held at the Bernardsville Country Club. blue skies. high spirits. good times. extraordinary golf! with the sun taking it's time, the members and guests had the luxury to take the event all in, a full day of fun, food and fraternizing. a party indeed. fore!
the BCC golf course, if i must say so, was in spectacular condition. it welcomed 12 golfers who gathered to achieve one of backyard golf's highest honors, to hold the coveted silver BCC Cup as the club's champion. last year's Tick Open champ, tony d'anna, returned with the cup, along with other members of the Steeple View CC crew, billy jo and pops, dead eye derek all the way down from connecticut. also there, the rodeo clowns (and one clown's new little family), jeff! jeff! jeff! dreitein and stuart (who?), another old roomy and the lovely cheryl darling, all blessing the club with their appearance.
in the first qualifying round the players got acclimated and started showing the skills that would make this one of the most exciting tournaments in BCC history! the groundskeeper (winning the Octopine Trophy for closest to the pin, 3'8") held a small lead over a tightly packed bunch. in the seeded second round the solid play continued, and it became clear that one needed to make birdies to score points. again the groundskeeper held a small lead (15pts) to make it into the final, along with tony and matt (13pts). the two last spots in the final would be contested with a BCC Cinderrella Story Sudden Death on #5 Octopines Revenge, while members and guests watched from the BCC Patio, as they sat down to enjoy a BCC-Bar-B-Q. the sudden death foretold the final, billy jo and todd, who was now using a fairway wood to the hole, both made birdies, and derek, who was last to play and closest to the pin, didn't. competitive stuff indeed.
her ladyship, monique, hosted the BCC Patio soiree and blessed us with her company, her tomato mozarella garlic hoagie and her german potato salad. bar-b-qued hot dogs, burgers, and the house spicy pork and beans joined the menu. a merry feast was had by all. long live the queen!
the championship round began with the groundskeeper's sand wedge tee shot at #1 O.K. Corral (95yds), soaring at the pin, just over the flag, onto the back of the small green, leaving him with the best effort of the group. the end of the championship round began for the groundskeeper when billy jo made a birdie, ouch. at #2 One Bad Apple (127yds), tony had a mere tap in putt for birdie. on the next hole, Sight Unseen (113yds), matt's ball actually hopped into the hole! then out! another tap in. #4 Octopine (103yds), another birdie by billy jo! omg! guess what happened on #5 Octopine's Revenge (83yds)? another birdie! tony joining billy jo with the lead. #6 Pine's Gauntlet (109yds)? yep! once again billy jo, and once again a birdie. this is nuts! todd shouted out,"i'm here too!", with yet one more birdie on #7 Big Round-up (129yds). what was left? a groundskeeper begging for a point. california todd, just completely disappointed in himself. matt thinking of holding his son again. a defending champ looking for a miracle, just looking. and after tapping in for par, past champ, billy jo became the BCC's only other three time champion, and took the coveted silver BCC Cup home to a shelf at the Steeple View Country Club. hail to capt. billy jo! the BCC thanks members and guests for making it the special day that it was. and the high jinx continued into the night. and the groundskeeper made his point. BCCNews
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