Montecristo Cigars

    For the last 6 years a group of us have been participating in an annual golf tournament where Montecristo cigars are awarded as prizes.  Sound good?  I thought so and I signed up as soon as I heard about it.  This was the brainchild of an old and dear friend who got on to this Golf Course’s mailing list and found out that mid-week the green fees are very reasonable plus for a few dollars more you get to stay in some of the big show homes built along the fairways.  You see they’re trying to sell property and  course memberships, you don’t have to sit through any high-pressure sales meetings, its cheap golf with high end accommodations, (flat screen TV in every room , king size beds, Hot tubs) and they throw in a power cart as well.  We each contribute a small entry fee and we get enough money to buy a box of Montes, last year the lucky 5 players ( Only 5 prizes awarded ) each won 2 Montecristo Sublimes LE 2008.The first 5 years went without a hitch and as time went on we grew in number to 28 players and for the first time it started to feel all wrong.  2 players immediately drove their cart into a pond on the way to the first tee box. It was hard to explain to the folks at the pro-shop why their cart was almost 25 yards off the cart path and actually quite far from the course.  The driver of the cart tried to explain that he saw a duck look at him with a real menacing stare and …. well….. what kind of man backs down from a challenge like that .  2 players sent home.On the second hole two players from our group hit the course marshall in the shoulder at fairly close range which resulted in a stern warning becoming a fist fight and 2 more players thrown off the course.  Another player decided that it would be funny to remove all of his clothing and start chasing 2 women walking their small dogs on the course.  Now as you can probably guess things got a bit tense. We tried to talk some sense into the guy but have you ever seen that “lights on but nobody home” look in some people’s eyes  after a few drinks, and more drinks, and more drinks, and more drinks.  One of the guys from our last foursome thought it would be pretty funny to take all of the flags from every green after they had finished their putts and keep them in their golf bags because, after all, it would look really cool….. Good God!!!!!  4 more players removed.  We were cut off the mailing list and next year we’ll need to find another course.