Adrian (aka ‘Chief’) has been a stalwart of the annual Red, White and Blue tournament for eight years now. He’s come close to winning a couple of times, but his aggressive play off the tee, while exciting to watch, has always meant that eventually the big numbers have come and the Big Club has eluded his grasp once again. Recently, however, the Chief has taken to hitting irons off the tee (further than some of us hit driver, I might add) and the results have been impressive. Could 2014 prove to be the year that the Chief finally achieves his dream and takes the Big Club home to impress Mrs Chief?
The field was a little smaller than usual this year, but here are the men that stood in his way – and how they fared:
Bruce’s first tee antics were well up to scratch. His golf? Not so much.
Mike’s confidence on the first tee was, once again, sadly misplaced.
The two shot per round penalty incurred for winning last year proved too much for Sir Stanley to overcome.
Billy V’s verdict on his second foray into the RWB? : “Still disappointing. Very disappointing.”
A 3 round net score of 206 and tied 3rd place for Dave. Just like the man himself: very respectable.
Al tied for 3rd place and seemed to have a good time, although with his accent it’s never easy to be sure.
Sitting on the bench on the 10th tee, Bud holds a narrow lead. He’s not to know that it will all go pear shaped on the very last hole of the tournament – a dreaded double on #18.
Bud’s misfortune on #18 means that Adrian sneaks through for a total of 204 and victory by a single shot. There’s a rumour going round that Mrs Chief is going to post this picture on Facebook.
Many thanks to all who took part in the RWB this year and congratulations on the stunning array of gift wrapped prizes. As Stan Mills said: ” I don’t really want to win the tournament – I just want to see who gets what in the prizes!” No Indonesian sex gods this year (Mike Worley was away) but I got a flagon of beer, a bottle of wine and about 200 ‘experienced’ golf balls. It took away a lot of the pain brought on by three rounds of decidedly average golf. Thanks, mystery donor!
Hope to see you all next Labour Day weekend for the 15th annual running of the Red, White and Blue.
All da best and hail to the Chief!
Dave B.
The musings of Bagger Dave 
Ah, what a wonderful time was had by all. Congrats to you and the lads Dave on what I know to be a fun filled event! Great post by the way.
We did indeed, Martin, although I have to admit everyone was bagged by the time we’d played 36 holes on Sunday. Not as young as we were…