01/19/2022
Where do I even start? How do I even start this recap? I'm still recouping in some form. Spending 26+ hours in a bar in under two days is an accomplishment I never thought I would hit but here we are. Another accomplishment is having 36 players in our Main Event! Garrett, Matt, and I were drunkenly talking about hosting a Golden Tee tournament way back in 2019, and look at it now.
First, I would like to thank each player that came to play Friday, Saturday or both days! Second, one more thank you to those players that traveled from out of state! The turnout was for the weekend was truly amazing for a local Michigan tournament. There were 24 players (should of been 26 sorry Ben & Harry) in the Doubles Hybrid Only tournament on Friday and 36 total players in the Main bracket on Saturday. In the last tournament, we only had 24 players in the Main Bracket.
The Hybrids Only tournament created some of the funniest times I've ever had playing Golden Tee. We did random teams and draws for places which created a few interesting matchups. Allen and Garrett made a huge run from the losers bracket after losing their first game and then landing themselves a 3rd place spot! Jason V and Steve Z carried themselves to the finals with only one loss to the winners. But, Steve B and Steve E were literally unbeatable. They went 5-0 in addition to winning it all. I'd say I had to tell players about 100 times that it is HYBRIDS ONLY leading up to the tourney. Whoever's idea it was to move the penalty stroke to 5 if you don't use a hybrid for your shot, thank you. We went through almost the entire tournament without a single non-hybrid shot. Jason V apparently didn't like that rule and accidentally hit a 10.5 driver in the final match guaranteeing The team of Steve's, Steve B & Steve E, the win!
1. Steve B & Steve Z
2. Jason V & Steve Z
3. Allen O & Garrett A
Bracket Link: https://challonge.com/hybridsonly
After getting to bed around 3am and back at the bar at 9am, the machines filled up quickly with 36 players entering in the Main Bracket. The three qualifying courses: Baja Ria, Anse Coco, and Tropical Hills gave the beach theme at the Winter tournament in Michigan, ironic. At the end of qualifying, there were 6 hole-in-one hitters for a nice $150 each! Kenny C, CJ W, Steve B, and Gordy B took the top 4 spots in the 24-man Main bracket. None of that mattered to 15th place Dave S because he beat 3 of the 4 top qualifiers to push himself to the King of the Hill spot. His first time being King of something other than a few cases of Busch Light. But leave to CJ to take the Cinderella story, if it can be called that. CJ went 9-1 in the Main bracket after losing his first match to KOTH Dave S. CJ took both games in the finals to make one hell of a run for the win!
1. CJ W
2. Dave S
3. Kenny C
4. Steve B
Bracket: https://challonge.com/MiWinterInvite
With only our second Purple Bracket at a Putt Putt Pass tournament, we upgraded from 5 to 12 players. Brittany C placed at the number 1 spot had a clean run to the finals. She will definitely be in the money at the woman's tournament in Florida! But she was able to take down Corey H who came in as an 11th seed.
1. Corey H
2. Brittany C
3. Ricardo P & Travis T
Bracket: https://challonge.com/MiPurps
Andrew C - It was great playing games with you starting Thursday night. Have a safe trip in the U.S. Thank you for the looney.
Steve H - Thank you as always for your input and help. You're the reason these tournaments started happening.
Kenny C - Thank you for jumping in and helping with the bracket's matches while I was playing. Someone had to take drunk Matt's spot at times. I'm napping like you at the next tournament.
Allen O - Thank you for letting us use another machine, if that wasn't the case the tournament might of never ended. Did you reheat that frozen White Castle?
CJ, Dave S, Fitz, and everyone else who came from out of state: We were ecstatic when we knew/found out you joined us for this Michigan tournament! We hope your time in the Mitten state was good enough to come back to another tournament. Two out of staters dueling off in the finals, worth it.
West Michiganders: Geral, and the rest of the crew at some point one of you will win this eastside tournament. We appreciate you guys coming across the state! Gordy, thank you for your help during the tournament.
Ken: The player who showed up and wasn't sure he was going to play in the hybrids tournament. I'm not sure if you're on here but we hope you had enjoyed yourself.
Alan: He's been banned from the rest of the tournaments unless he wins the next one.
Steve B: We'll see Carl at the next tournament. Carl might be a better player than Beattie.
Corey H: Congrats on the Purple Bracket win. You and Joe D were the two names I somehow remembered from the start.
Harry: I'm pretty sure the best times I have at these tourneys is playing money games with you. Doubles team together is a must.
Streamers in the chat: We got up to 214 views on one of the streams. Thanks for sticking around with the multiple stream links. We hope to do a better job next tourney.
Well, f**k! If you made it this far then you'll find out that we plan on having our next tournament in May. The Summer Michigan Meetup is planned for the second or third weekend in May. We are looking at another venue but we know Jamboozies will do if needed. More info will come throughout the next month.
Once again, thank you and thank you again for all of the support! It means so much to us!
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