THW Golf Headlines

Sunday, January 29, 2012

enderdog Encounters Speed Bump On Road to 8th Championship Victory, MacTHW Wins at Torrey Pines

by MacTHW

MacTHW’s steady pace puts an end to enderdog’s championship winning streak, as the rookie has to settle for a tie for second with the Golfsmack Open defender, binkdog. However, the winning streak for Team binkerton continues, despite rumors of a pending team split. enderdog grabs another course record and binkdog scores a win. Meanwhile, the Skins leaderboard gets shaken up, MacTHW falls behind. It was a busy and exciting tournament weekend with lots of ground to cover so enjoy your extra verbose headlines…

A confident enderdog, who expected to waltz in and breeze through to another tournament victory, suffers a setback early during the first round as he finds himself unprepared to deal with battery problems. Never having been in a situation where he may have played himself out of a tournament so early on, enderdog goes on a seventeen hole pouting spree, even though said situation was not nearly as bad as me made it not sound by going on mute. Meanwhile, binkdog mounts a great defense of his title, only falling back one stroke to MacTHW during round one, where admittedly, MacTHW made some lucky putts.

Round 1:

enderdog gets himself together and rejoins the group on Teamspeak. He rebounds during round two, taking back a stroke from MacTHW. In bizarro-world, B-Dub runs into trouble along the front nine, shooting an unexpected 44. binkdog gives up four strokes as his defense falters slightly on the very tough greens at Torrey Pines.

Round 2:

With the first two rounds of the Golfsmack Open in the bag, the golfing quintet head to everyone’s favorite course, TPC Scottsdale, where Team Awesome attempts to take advantage of a dejected enderdog in their rivalry with Team binkerton. MacTHW makes a mad dash for the record, besting the rookie by a stroke at the turn. With vengeance on the mind, enderdog goes on a bird hunting expedition along the back nine. He proves to be successful and stages a hostile takeover in what may have been one of the most unheralded course record setting victories at THW Golf. Congratulations to enderdog on becoming the new Course Pro at TPC Scottsdale. MacTHW vows to be back.

TPC Scottsdale:

In the team game, the rounds stays in balance along the front but Team binkerton scores successive wins along the back, eventually winning the round with 4UP.

Having just lost a course to the rookie, MacTHW suggests a trip to Sheshan in hopes of staging a coup of his own. It turns out to be an ill-fated trip, as MacTHW lands himself in the caboose while enderdog strolls to victory.

Sheshan:

Ash takes off for the evening, so it’s up to Team BigMac to take on Team binkerton, who’s success is allegedly breaking up the team from the inside. Nonetheless, the binkerton boys make quick work of Team BigMac with a decisive 4UP victory.

One more round for friday evening as the quartet head to TPC Sawgrass. MacTHW leads at the turn but binkdog’s putter heats up along the back nine, leading him to victory on this last round of Friday evening. Score a .1 for the binkdog. In an attempted interview after the round, all the Texan could say was “Daggum, I win, I win, I win!”.

TPC Sawgrass:

In the team effort, Team binkerton, despite the apparent rift between it’s members, delivers yet another defeat to Team BigMac, winning the round at 2UP.

Saturday brings us to the two final rounds of the Golfsmack Open.

enderdog proclaims it to be moving day, but MacTHW is one step ahead of the enderdog, flattening all four tires on the moving van and filling it’s gas tank with sugar.

Round three starts off with all five golfers within a few strokes of one another. While Ash, B-dub and enderdog run into the Torrey Pines buzzsaw, binkdog and MacTHW look to take the lead. binkdog extends his lead over enderdog by four and MacTHW increases his lead on the rookie by six. binkdog moves into second place and sets his sights upon MacTHW.

Round 3:

Somehow MacTHW still manages to hold the lead going into the fourth round at Torrey Pines. The course has been grueling so far, catching golfers off guard and chewing them up. A small lead can easily be squandered on a single hole. binkdog and enderdog are nipping at MacTHW’s heels but MacTHW manages to avoid lurking bogies and stays the course with par, refusing to give up any strokes to his pursuers. MacTHW starts to fade along the back but not enough to give up the lead. binkdog and enderdog find themselves tied for second, with B-dub taking fourth and Ash taking fifth place.

Round 4:

The final Golfsmack Open standings are:

Torrey Pines | Course PAR: 72 | Tournament PAR: 288
POS	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	THRU	TOTAL	SCORE
1	MacTHW	72	71	70	74	72	287	-1
T2	binkdog	73	75	72	75	72	295	+7
T2	enderdog	77	70	76	72	72	295	+7
4	B-Dub	71	80	76	72	72	299	+22
5	Ash	94	93	88	89	72	364	+76

MacTHW suggests a trip to sunny TPC Scottsdale to relax after a very tough tournament. After all, it’s THW Golf’s favorite course these days. Also, Team Awesome tests to see if the glue that holds Team binkerton is still intact. B-dub goes low and makes an assault on the course record. enderdog tries to keep up, but it’s too much for the rookie, who has to settle for a second place tie with binkdog. Ash turns in a century.

TPC Scottsdale:

Team Awesome finds the bond between team binkerton is still holding, although rumors suggest the rift is growing. Team binkerton racks up another win, this one at 4UP.

Ash takes a leave for the evening and the remaining four golfers make another attempt at TPC Scottsdale. This time, enderdog goes on the offensive, firing off a 66, keeping him two strokes ahead of MacTHW, who was also on a record-seeking mission.

TPC Scottsdale:

Team BigMac takes on Team binkerton and finally score a 2UP win against the dominating binkdog and enderdog team machine. Hopefully this is not the straw that breaks up the two ‘dogs.

Thanks to everyone who turned out for this weekend’s activities. In a rare turn of events, the course record was NOT broken throughout the tournament. In fact, it did not even appear to be in danger of being broken. This speaks for the toughness of Torrey Pines. Next weekend is the Cappuccino Cup at none other than TPC Scottsdale. Although the course record was just taken by enderdog, knowing him, he’s already furiously practicing and looking to set an even lower record.

Hope to see everyone next weekend.

Friday, January 27, 2012

2012 Golfsmack Open

by MacTHW

The Art Department comes through with an awesome Caddyshack inspired poster. And yeah, that’s a Torrey Pine tree!

Now binkdog has a poster to inspire his vigorous defense of The Golfsmack Open, having won it waaaaaaay back in 2011. Will 2012 be the year when binkdog returns to the tournament championship podium? Will enderdog continue on his championship warpath?

Find out at…The 2012 Golfsmack Open

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Playstation ChickenStick on the Horizon?

by MacTHW

Screenshot courtesy The ‘Geek.

Have the new owners of the ChickenStick finally cracked the nut that is the PS3 Move version of the ChickenStick? The screenshot says they will be demoing such a device at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show on January 25th. Although, EA will need to have completely re-tooled their motion control for Tiger Woods 13. If it is still that same abomination as it is for Tiger Woods 12, then the Move ChickenStick will have no hope.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

THW Pretzels

by MacTHW

The Marketing Department is at it again…

Monday, January 16, 2012

Virg Returns

by MacTHW

It’s been a while since game headlines have come out, but it’s the new year, and it’s time to get back to headlines. A new scoring variants appears on the scene. Virg returns to virtual golf links. These are your headlines for the second golfing weekend of the new year.

Virg makes an appearance Friday evening, joining binkdog and MacTHW for four rounds of collecting skins and victories.

First up, the trio tackle Greenbrier. Their clubs must be cold as no one shoots any stellar scores, although Virg manages to pick up 10 of the 18 available skins.

The Greenbrier:

Who’s afraid of Wolf Creek? Not our golfing trio. binkdog claims that Wolf Creek no longer scares him. It may not scare him, but he still has some issues that need to be worked out, as MacTHW manages to sneak in a one stroke victory. binkdog cleans up on the skins front, snagging 10 of ‘em.

Wolf Creek:

Next, the trio heads to everyone’s favorite course, Banff Springs. All three golfers are off-track for the record but binkdog attempts to land another uncelebrated Eagle on the 18th in order to increase his wins by one. Unfortunately it was not to be and binkdog has to settle for a tie with MacTHW. Virg grabs 11 more skins.

Banff Springs:

For the last game of the evening, the trio head to TPC Scottsdale, the most vied for course as of late. Virg is on pace for a record, firing a 31 at the turn. Some unfortunate bogeys along the back snarl his record attempt, letting MacTHW slide by for a victory. Virg doesn’t get a record but grabs 13 more skins for the evening.

TPC Scottsdale

Saturday, while waiting for enderdog to make his way to the tee box, Ash, binkdog and MacTHW decide to tee off at TPC Sawgrass without him. MacTHW carves out a wide lead at the turn, forcing Ash and binkdog to play catch-up. MacTHW maintains his lead and grabs the first win of the evening, along with 9 skins.

TPC Sawgrass:

enderdog finally arrives, signaling that it’s time for a Team Awesome - Team binkerton showdown. Of course, everyone wants a shot at TPC Scottsdale. MacTHW throws down five birdies on the front nine, putting him well on pace to beat his own record. Three bogies along the back spoil his record attempt.

TPC Scottsdale:

In the team game, MacTHW’s five birdies prove to be helpful in Team Awesome defeating Team binkerton, going 2UP on the 17th.

Next, the golfers return to Els, the home of the first Occupy movement. enderdog is hungry for a win and goes low on the back nine. MacTHW is not able to neutralize the ender-threat and concedes a two stroke defeat to enderdog.

The Els Club:

In team play, Team binkerton plays it slow and carefully, looking to avoid yet another loss for the evening. Team Awesome goes dormie on the 17th and is unable to bring the game even by the 18th. Team binkerton wins with 1UP.

enderdog looks to have Whistling Straits in his sights, so that’s where the golfers head for the last round of Saturday evening. MacTHW leads at the turn but enderdog looks to make up for lost ground along the back. He manages to overtake MacTHW winning the round by two strokes and grabbing 8 skins along the way.

Whistling Straits:

In team play, Team Awesome falls back by one on the 5th and is never able to bring the game back to even. The game ends on the 14th as Team binkerton goes 5UP.

Great games everyone. Many thanks to Virg for joining us again this weekend.