The BGA - Twenty
Three Years of Southern Tour Golf
XXIII
is the AIR TOUR and it is for the 23nd Annual , BGA Event
23 is MJ's number and this year provides a fitting theme for the event which will highlight many courses in the Jumpmans former digs of North Carolina. How do you live that rock and roll lifestyle? - you pony up for the 23rd year of this great golf tour! The Cardell boys just keep on making this event better and better as many lives orbit around this full week of good clean fun. This is why we toil in servitude the other 51 weeks of the year to make this week the greatest annual experience to live on in our hall of fame memories. Soon walking canes will be a standard edition in the bag as the elders are turning senior status (some of which have to make a party out of turning 6 decades to refrain from mourning the passing of time) while still whipping up on the flatter bellies (flat bellies all but gone). There are still the old standbys like Calcutta with a new betting twist, the Bush Bowl Battle with ongoing visual drama, Skodies, Animals, putting contests, and of course the special social interaction with some guys who only see each other but once a year at this annual tradition of hitting golf balls around like they are trying to hurt us. Ah the smell of Ben Gay in the air with sides of Tums, Advil and where the hell are my reading glasses - what did he say - what was I talking about - where are we going, as popular phrases. But hey you are only as old as you feel and I only feel as old as the BGA or 23 and in my prime. Now for the prime time of your life here is a quick summary of this years planned event. Keck is once again creating the BGA Booklet with all of the sorted details so this makes my job of informing the masses easier as you can get all of the details onsite without making a copy of the web page for the agenda. As I know many are chomping at the bit for BGA info we still take the time to outline the major aspects of this years event and summary of years past at your fingertips. So get out those reading glasses and squint over these details that will start your juices flowing.
Note: Click on the "Hackers" link above to see past BGA Events.
2006 BGA XXIII TOUR EVENT LINE UP April 29 - May 5, 2006 |
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DAY |
TEE TIMES |
COURSE VENUE |
TENTATIVE GAME |
COMMENTS |
SATURDAY (1) |
12:00 |
Arrowhead |
3-2-1 Old School |
Kick off at old favorite that is close to 501 & the Airport |
SUNDAY (2) |
8:00 |
Myrtlewood |
Morning with WIPA vs ROTC Teams? |
Early Tee Time front end of 36
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SUNDAY (3) |
1:00 |
Myrtlewood |
Two Man Scramble "XXIII 7th Annual Bush Bowl" |
Drunken Scramble "Bowl Brothers 2006 defending Champs" Tourney |
SUNDAY EVE |
Drunk & Loaded |
New Rules |
CALCUTTA AUCTION |
AUCTION For MONDAY CALCUTTA MATCH-UPS |
MONDAY (4) |
1:00 |
Rivers Edge |
2006 Calcutta |
Money Match-up from Sunday night Auction with revised rules |
TUESDAY (5) |
1:00 |
Crow Creek |
Wolf on the water |
Links on the Front & Forest on the Back |
TUESDAY |
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Putting Contest |
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WEDNESDAY (6) |
7:30 |
Legends |
Race of the Horses |
Betting the order the horses Early Tee Time front end of 36 |
WEDNESDAY (7) |
12:45 |
Legends |
Backstretch of the track |
The turn could prove fatal |
THURSDAY (8) |
1:00 |
Tigers Eye |
Fore Skins Game |
Island greens and elevation changes - bring extra balls! |
THURSDAY EVE |
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2006 SKODIE TOURNEY |
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THURSDAY EVE |
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TEAM DRAFT NIGHT |
Shirts Hand Out |
FRIDAY (9) Cinco de Mayo Tourney |
12:15 |
Thistle |
Team Earl vs Team Crawdad |
Will the rules change again to keep Earl as a continuous captain? |
FRIDAY EVE |
7:30 |
Your Place |
BANQUET NIGHT |
2006 BGA AWARDS Will we be on liquid diets? |
2006 Handicap Brackets
Bracket |
Strokes |
Players |
Depths of Hell | -6 |
T List (May get a lawyer to file appeal) |
Sub-Base | -2 |
Joe Judd |
Base |
0 |
Stan, Cuzi, Yip, Tex |
Free-Base |
2 |
Ashman, Crawdaddy, Probst-Rookie, Kimball |
Wanna Bees |
4 |
Coke, Krami, Dan, Doc, Newt |
Strikers |
6 |
JC, CC, Loffy |
Strokers |
8 |
Huffy, Swany |
Hackers |
10 |
George, Bohm, JT, Keck, Miser-Rookie |
Honkers |
12 |
Tony, Harding, John Cal |
Baggers |
14 |
Gala, Lloyd, Hendi |
Slashers |
16 |
Earl, Kalich |
Bonkers |
18 |
Griff, Phil(Sandbagger), RichMark |
Remember your Bracket and count your strokes!
2006 BGA HOUSING
The housing for 2006 is the same fine accommodations from last years BGA housing as everyone will be staying at the Condos of Myrtlewood again. There will be a couple of Texas Condos again so look out for the Lone Star boys. Also check with them Texans for late developments on the traditional Texas BBQ on opening (officially Friday) night to place your first bets and getting the official Keck-Off Book with all of the important info for 2006.
2005 BGA Green Jacket Winner - Dave "Crawdaddy" Crawford
2005 Bush Bowl Champs - The Bowl Brothers - JT & Tex
2005 Items to remember (off of the award chart)
A CRAWDAD SWEEP OF SORTS-NOT!
The Team of JC & Crawdaddy won the Horserace due to injections of Crown during the race. Crawdad also teamed up with Tony to win the putting contest. On top of his Jacket performance during the final tournament Crawdad also managed to win the Calcutta for his owners. Lets see - Jacket, Horse Race, Calcutta, and the Putting Contest - quite a showing.
It was an amazing year for Crawdad, with the exception of his encounter with the ever powerful Bowl Brothers, he almost took a sweep to the house (Add an assist to Coke for wining the Skodie cap-wow imagine that Coke places another no vote for a unanimous decision). Just goes to show you that those Bowl Brothers do not lay down for just anybody. Stay optimistic you Bush Brothers as you two will one day have the maturity and experience that the Bowl Brothers enjoy.
Bush Bowl - is it less filling or just great taste?
Congrats also go to Doc, JC & Gala for getting voted on to the Executive Council in 2005.
BGA
AWARD HISTORY
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YEAR
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JACKET MAN
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IRON MAN
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ROOKIE
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BEST DRESSED
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SKODIE
MASTER
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1984
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Marty Skodechek
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None
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None
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None
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None
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1985
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Tim Moore
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None
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None
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None
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None
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1986
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John Callaghan
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None
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Jeff Check
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None
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None
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1987
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John Callaghan
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"Shulu"
Shayka
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Mike Cirba
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Tim Moore
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None
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1988
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Jim Mortimer
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Dan Cardell
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Tony Cardell
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Jeff Check
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None
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1989
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Lloyd Hamashin*
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Dave Coughenour
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Paul Gruseski
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John Callaghan
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None
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1990
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Dick Gongaware
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Chris Cardell
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Ralph Borrello
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Tim Moore
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None
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1991
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Mike Fapore
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Earl Newsome
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Stan Skiba
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Chris Cardell
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None
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1992
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Dan Cardell
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George Balocik
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Bob Kramer
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Earl Newsome
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None
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1993
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Chris Cardell
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Mark Keckeisen
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Terry Adams
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Mark Keckeisen
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None
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1994
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Stan Skiba
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Lloyd Hamashin
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Pete Cahill
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Tim Moore
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None
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1995
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George Balocik
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Milo
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Steve Joosten
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Jim Quinn
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John Cal
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1996
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Mark Sikorski
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Milo
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Jeff Pederson
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JT Burk
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Mark Sikorski
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1997
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Bob Kramer
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Jeff Pederson
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Joe Judd
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Bob Kramer
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Dan Cardell
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1998
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Dave Coughenour
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Chris Cardell
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Mark Kimball
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Earl Newsome
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Mark Kimball
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1999
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Tony Welka
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George Balocik
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John Henderson
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Jim Quinn
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Milo
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2000
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Joe Judd
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J.T Burk
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Dale Newton
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Dan Cardell
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Dan Cardell
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2001
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Earl Newsome
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J.C. Burk
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J.C. Burk
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Chris Cardell
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Stan Skiba
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2002 |
Tony Cardell |
Earl Newsome |
Phil Bro |
Dave Crawford |
Joe Judd |
2003 |
JT Burk |
George Balocik |
Steve Thoe |
Dave Crawford |
Dan Cardell |
2004 |
Steve Joosten |
Kramie |
Bill Ash |
Joe Judd |
Stan Skiba |
2005 |
Dave Crawford |
Milo |
Kurt Loftgren |
Dan Cardell |
Dave Coughenour |
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