The MountainView Golf Tournament on Friday, September 12 was part golf, part silliness and part challenge. The men and women of the MountainView/Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA) and MPWGA combined for the second annual Kings and Queens Tournament. In actuality, there were knights and damsels and but a single king and queen. The day started out with a proclamation by royalty. King Al Bolty and Queen Debbie McMullin charged their courts to have a good time and slay a few dragons while pursuing golf perfection.
The golf gods were kind to us today. They provided blue skies and tranquil weather while keeping the heat at a bearable temperature. Unfortunately, the gods saw fit to turn our golf course into a chamber of horrors. Here are some examples of the tortures they had in store. On two holes, we could only use one club. (It turns out I can putt pretty well with a driver.) We had to use toy putters on hole six. (I three-putted from ten feet.) There was a castle and a moat on hole 16. Let your imagination run wild with that information. The only thing missing was a fire-breathing dragon.
Luckily, after golf, we were treated to a feast at the MountainView banquet hall. Wine and mead flowed liberally while some participants started eating with their fingers. The debauchery ceased when King Al and Queen Debbie entered the hall to proclaim that the jousting tournament was cancelled because the knights were unable to stay on their horses. Court Jester Wayne Clark was unable to keep the crowd entertained, so they left to take to their beds and have a well-deserved nap.
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