Curt's weekend started Thursday night, when friends started arriving for the Piker Open. Seven of the ten guys were here visiting Thursday night, and five of them spent the night. They were up early Friday morning - they played two rounds at Oak Hills on Friday, so they had to get an early start. Friday was the 'Founders Cup'...something new to the Piker Open this year; it was team play, modeled after the Ryder and/or Presidents Cup. Conveniently, the five people that spent the night here were all on the same 'Founders Cup' team - so, they could get dressed in their team uniform without anyone from the other team seeing them :)
A slightly awkward picture of 'Team VanderWal' - Curt, Jeremy, Pete, John and Dustin.
Although it was close after the first 18 holes, Team VanderWal ended up with a HUGE win! The final nine holes was singles match play, and Team VanHuizen only got 1/2 a point...to the non-golfers reading this, that's not good. In the end, Team VanderWal won 17.5 to 7.5! The above picture shows the team with the official Piker trophy...which apparently gets to stay at our house for the year.
The official Founders Cup score sheet, created by Curt. He made, and printed, this at work (of course).
The guys played another 18 holes on Saturday, this time at Black Bear Ridge. Saturday was just normal individual stroke play; and congrats to Colin, who was the winner this year. Curt had a rough go on Saturday, and unfortunately finished last. He is usually really lucky on the golf course - if his ball goes in the rough, he'll find it, and be able to play it! Or, if his ball hits a tree, it will bounce right into the fairway. Crazy! But, those things weren't happening on Saturday.
In case you can't tell by my lengthy summary of the Piker, I'm a little jealous of the whole thing! It just seems like so much fun. But, it's a boys only event, so I'll never get to play in it. I'd be horrible anyway, but it would be fun!
Anyway, since nine of the ten guys were staying at our place on Friday night, I wasn't allowed to be at home. So, Jeanette had Maria and I over for a girls night. I picked up Thai food on my way home from skating, and we ate that, watched a movie and then visited for awhile. It wasn't anything too crazy, and we didn't really stay up too late...probably because Jeanette is pregnant and due any day, so she doesn't have a lot of energy. It was a good night though.
And, just for fun, some pictures of what nine men did to our house in two short days...
Our dining and living rooms. Yup, the dining room table was swapped out for a ping pong table. And below that, notice the random futon mattress...it didn't matter where it was, if there was floor space, the guys slept there! And, I'm guessing by the couches, they wanted to try stadium seating?!?
And, our fridge! Notice the beer shoved everywhere, including the fruit drawer.
Saturday was a typical day for me, I had to skate and went from the arena to the golf course to work. It was a quiet evening at the golf course and I didn't have to stay late...which was perfect, because Curt and I left for Acton following my shift.
More about that in the next post...
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