HOUSTON GOLF LEAGUE

THE BLUES TEAMS AGAIN

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This year started with so much promise and aspirations, especially coming off of a great 2018 season. In 2018, The League had dished out over $38,000 in prize purse and average player count, per tournament, was $16.5. This year the total prize purse was $10,000 less. $28,000 with the player count, $13.5 per tournament. I am looking for any suggestions or ideas that would attract and maintain players. Please enter your comments on the contact page on our website. Even The Culture Cup was a microcosm of The League's downward-spiral of lack of participation. Only two teams were involved this year. The Red Team did not even have six players who wanted or able to play. So the defending and four-time champions Blue Team teed it up against the White Team, under the direction of Captain Craig Colbert. The veteran Colbert was feeling good about his chances. He mostly handpicked his team from the Beaumont area. And after Saturday matches, he had good reason to be. The score was all tied up going into the Sunday Singles Matches, where the White Team has done extremely well in. Their Achilles heels, normally a slow start on Saturday, in the best ball match and alternate shoot match. To wrestle away the Cup from the Blue Team, the White Team needed to Win 4 of the 6 matches. Khris Colbert man handles Chuck Tolliver 6 and 4 and Captain Roland Turner could not get over the hump to beat a red hot Jonathan Cole. The two veterans, Tony Barnett & Lonnie Knowles were never really threatened to give the Blue Team two much-needed points. So the 2019 Culture Cup would come down to four players, Jarrod Ballou & David Blevins match and Craig Colbert and David Knowles. Unfortunately for Craig, David showed out after David's slow start on the first 5 holes. Craig went up two, but from then on Colbert would only win one more hole to lose the match 3 and 1. Blevins' and Ballou's match went back and forth all day. Blevins finally gained control of the match on 15 to go two up, with three to play. But Jarrod amazingly won 16 and 18 to half the match and securing the cup outright. For the Blue Team, it was a total team effort. Everyone earned points. But by far the Cup MVP was David Knowles. He won the Par 3 Challenge and most of the deuce and skin pot for over $400. Making his trip back to Dallas a lot more enjoyable. Thank you guys for your participation and comment on the 2019 season. Next year will be great. I promise you that!