The 2015 Newport Cup

[Big C]

Glad to have you, @Club Rat . I think your assesment is spot on - the oddsmakers have the Red team money line at -150 right now. Clearly we are the favorites!

[GolfLug]

Thanks everyone, looking forward to a memorable event and golfing with an abundant of premier golf fanatic's.

Although, if I were a betting man, I would have to wager the West Coast Team will be victorious.

They have a slight edge over the East coast guys who play a much different style of golf courses than Desert Golf.

Also, they have a much better Captain !!!

Club Rat

Welcome!

Well for your sake good thing you are not a betting man then!

A much better Captain?? Wow, wasting no time with the niceties. Going straight for the jugular are we?

Yupp, this is going to be fun!

[kpaulhus]

I want to partake in the trash talking, but the high schooler in me keeps coming back with yo mama jokes lol.

However, the west team is so tough, we top our bloody marys off with some rattle snake venom.

[DaveP043]

Not trash talking, but when I was in Milwaukee I had a Bloody Mary garnished with a Usinger's sausage, and served with a pony-bottle of Miller High Life.  Breakfast of Champions!!

[iacas]

However, the west team is so tough, we top our bloody marys off with some rattle snake venom.

Your captain is afraid of snakes. Even the ones the size of a small worm. So there.

[mvmac]

Your captain is afraid of snakes. Even the ones the size of a small worm. So there.

There's no snakes in Arizona, right?

[mchepp]

There's no snakes in Arizona, right?

Only those wearing blue colors.

[kpaulhus]

There's no snakes in Arizona, right?

You must not miss many fairways? lol...this picture was taken on a phoenix golf course.

[Golfingdad]

There's no snakes in Arizona, right?

No.  I'm pretty sure that they all skipped town when the governor signed that law that said all illegals (vertebrate or otherwise) had to carry their papers at all times.

[mvmac]

You must not miss many fairways? lol...this picture was taken on a phoenix golf course.

I played Pinnacle Peak CC a couple years ago and there was a big one on the cart path near the first green.

And the "fear" is more of an "ick" factor than a fear of getting injury or something like that.

[Golfingdad]

I played Pinnacle Peak CC a couple years ago and there was a big one on the cart path near the first green.

And the "fear" is more of an "ick" factor than a fear of getting injury or something like that.

Our captain may not be a big fan of them, but I am ...

[SavvySwede]

I've heard snakes are like bulls. They attack when they see red.

[jbishop15]

I played Pinnacle Peak CC a couple years ago and there was a big one on the cart path near the first green.

And the "fear" is more of an "ick" factor than a fear of getting injury or something like that.

No snake-fear shame from me. Once a garden snake slid past me when I was cutting the grass and I ran at a full sprint for about thirty seconds before I stopped.

Our captain may not be a big fan of them, but I am ...

Jesus Christ.

[Pretzel]

Playing in in a tournament down in Pueblo Colorado (Walking Stick Golf Course) I once had a rattlesnake seek refuge from the sun underneath my bag while I was putting. I went to grab my putter headcover, which I usually toss under the bag while I putt, and found the headcover to have been displaced. That one scared me a bit for sure.

[mvmac]

Jesus Christ.

The pic of @Golfingdad does not in any way represent the views and opinions of the Red Team

[Shindig]

I want to congratulate @Club Rat on his getting onto the team, and I hope he enjoys the victory that much more. [quote name="mvmac" url="/t/80658/the-2015-newport-cup/270#post_1184063"]There's no snakes in Arizona, right?[/quote] They have two sports teams named after types of snakes, but going from the precedent that there are neither lakes nor clipper ships in Los Angeles, I'd say you're safe.

[Club Rat]

I want to congratulate @Club Rat on his getting onto the team, and I hope he enjoys the victory that much more.

They have two sports teams named after types of snakes, but going from the precedent that there are neither lakes nor clipper ships in Los Angeles, I'd say you're safe.

Have faith Shindig, the West Coast Team will be drinking "Champs" pane from the Newport Cup this year.

The East Coast has no clue about the "Jumping Cholla's"  in the Desert which awaits their wayward shots.

I'm going to give a little advice to the East Coast members - "Pack a pair of needle nose pliers and welding gloves in your bag" you'll wish you had them when you need them.

Also, carry several clubs if you venture off "Las Sendas" which translates in Spanish "the Pathways" and is also the name of one of the toughest golf courses in AZ.

Club Rat

[DaveP043]

The East Coast has no clue about the "Jumping Cholla's"  in the Desert which awaits their wayward shots.

I'm going to give a little advice to the East Coast members - "Pack a pair of needle nose pliers and welding gloves in your bag" you'll wish you had them when you need them.

I've seen the jumping cholla before, I think I got within maybe 10 paces of it.  Now, I've never played at Moon Valley, do they have cactus in the fairway there?