It was a lovely height of summer Friday when the Goodboys teed off at Sagamore-Hampton Golf Club in North Hampton, NH. After a first day team “best ball” competition, here are the standings:

1. Team Funny Shank (The Funny Guy” / “The Great White Shank”): -12
Team Skip While You Walk The Dog (Skipper” / “Doggy Duval”) -12
3. Team Green Deuce (“Deuce” / “Hulkigan”) -8
Defending Team EXEC-COMM (“2 Times” / “Possum”) -8
5. Team Bet on White Geese(“Vegas” / “Goose”) -5
6. Team Baby Bear Killer (“Killer” / “Cubby” Myerow: -4

As for yours truly, a 46 + 48 = 94 tied my all-time best Goodboys record. A couple of last-minute tweaks to my swing resulted in a fairly-solid tee game, and from 100 yards in I put in arguably my best performance of the year.

Tomorrow the Goodboys return to regular stroke play as they vreturn to Wentworth By The Sea C.C. in Rye, NH. The weather is expected to be as spectacular as it was today, allowing this New Englander to breathe in the fresh seacoast air and actually feel a cool breeze or two on the skin. It’s absolutely the best time of year to be in New England, and Wentworth will provide quite the stern test for our second day of golf.